Fellow Monks,

Trying to learn how to install modules via CPAN. Working in the Terminal on Mac OS 10.3. Type:
cpan> install Bundle::CPAN

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It starts trying to fetch with FTP::Net and after all kinds of messages, it fails and kicks me back to the CPAN prompt. Apparently, the 3 ftp sites I selected originally aren't cooperating. Here's a sample:
local: Digest-MD5-2.30.tar.gz remote: Digest-MD5-2.30.tar.gz
ftp: local: Digest-MD5-2.30.tar.gz: Permission denied
221 Goodbye.
Bad luck... Still failed!
Can't access URL ftp://cpan.uky.edu/pub/CPAN...

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This is my first attempt to follow all the great advice I've read at the Monastery about using modules. I just need to get it all working.

Questions: Can I re-create my config file so I can find some viable ftp sites? If so, how or where is it and what is it called?

I feel like if I can get through this, I'll discover a whole new world.

—Brad
"A little yeast leavens the whole dough."

In reply to Frustrations with CPAN module installation by bradcathey

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