CPAN shell

matth has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi, I am having problems with the CPAN shell. I have followed the advice of : http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/Networks/Installing_and_Using_CPAN.html The o conf command shows me the CPAN home as :

 cpan_home          /home/name/.cpan
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and the make_arg as:


 make_arg
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ie. nothing. I have tried the following commands to change this situation.:

cpan> makepl_arg PREFIX=/home/name/.cpan/
Unknown command 'makepl_arg'. Type ? for help.

cpan> makepl_arg: PREFIX=/home/name/.cpan/
Unknown command 'makepl_arg:'. Type ? for help.

cpan> makepl_arg: LIB=/home/name/.cpan/
Unknown command 'makepl_arg:'. Type ? for help.
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But with no luck. I get the message:

Unknown command 'makepl_arg:'. Type ? for help.
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Any advice would be welcome? Do I have to re-install CPAN. If so, how do I do that?

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Re: CPAN shell by fruiture (Curate) on Dec 05, 2002 at 17:41 UTC
`# in doubt, consult the help, or the manpage cpan> ? [...] o conf [opt] set and query options [...] cpan> o conf makepl_arg WHETEVER=YOU_WANT` [download] -- http://fruiture.de	[reply] [d/l]
(z) Re: CPAN shell by zigdon (Deacon) on Dec 05, 2002 at 17:43 UTC
The answer lies within the question :) Type ? for help. `cpan> ? ... o conf [opt] set and query options cpan> o conf makepl_arg PREFIX=/home/name/.cpan/ cpan>` [download] -- Dan	[reply] [d/l]