You have put your finger on the problem

I ran the following script (via cron): 
#!/bin/bash

cd ~/.cpan/build/GAAS-fwrgdL/

/usr/bin/tar -xvvf MIME-Base64-Perl-1.00.tar

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with the following result: 
/home/washburn/scripts/TestTar.sh: line 5: /usr/bin/tar: No such file 
+or directory

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I then followed the above advice and changed the MyConfig.Pm line:

  'tar' => q[/usr/bin/tar],

to

  'tar' => q[/bin/tar],

and ran (via cron)

cpan MIME::QuotedPrint::Perl

which worked and produced the following email:

CPAN: Storable loaded ok (v2.18)
Going to read /home/washburn/.cpan/Metadata
  Database was generated on Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:26:58 GMT Running inst
+all for module 'MIME::QuotedPrint::Perl'
Running make for G/GA/GAAS/MIME-Base64-Perl-1.00.tar.gz
CPAN: Digest::SHA loaded ok (v5.47)
CPAN: Compress::Zlib loaded ok (v2.017)
Checksum for /home/washburn/.cpan/sources/authors/id/G/GA/GAAS/MIME-Ba
+se64-Perl-1.00.tar.gz ok
drwxr-xr-x gisle/gisle       0 2004-01-14 06:57:14 MIME-Base64-Perl-1.
+00/
-rw-r--r-- gisle/gisle    1054 2004-01-14 06:43:17 MIME-Base64-Perl-1.
+00/README
-rw-r--r-- gisle/gisle     129 2004-01-14 06:22:52 MIME-Base64-Perl-1.
+00/MANIFEST
drwxr-xr-x gisle/gisle       0 2004-01-14 06:57:14 MIME-Base64-Perl-1.
+00/lib/
drwxr-xr-x gisle/gisle       0 2004-01-14 06:57:14 MIME-Base64-Perl-1.
+00/lib/MIME/
drwxr-xr-x gisle/gisle       0 2004-01-14 06:57:14 MIME-Base64-Perl-1.
+00/lib/MIME/QuotedPrint/
-rw-r--r-- gisle/gisle    6218 2004-01-14 06:52:44 MIME-Base64-Perl-1.
+00/lib/MIME/QuotedPrint/Perl.pm
drwxr-xr-x gisle/gisle       0 2004-01-14 06:57:14 MIME-Base64-Perl-1.
+00/lib/MIME/Base64/
-rw-r--r-- gisle/gisle    4143 2004-01-14 06:52:44 MIME-Base64-Perl-1.
+00/lib/MIME/Base64/Perl.pm
-rw-r--r-- gisle/gisle    6191 2004-01-14 06:52:21 MIME-Base64-Perl-1.
+00/Changes
-rw-r--r-- gisle/gisle     206 2004-01-14 06:43:11 MIME-Base64-Perl-1.
+00/Makefile.PL
drwxr-xr-x gisle/gisle       0 2004-01-14 06:57:14 MIME-Base64-Perl-1.
+00/t/
-rw-r--r-- gisle/gisle     453 2004-01-14 06:34:20 MIME-Base64-Perl-1.
+00/t/unicode.t
-rw-r--r-- gisle/gisle    5926 2004-01-14 06:37:57 MIME-Base64-Perl-1.
+00/t/quoted-print.t
-rw-r--r-- gisle/gisle    8298 2004-01-14 06:32:40 MIME-Base64-Perl-1.
+00/t/base64.t
CPAN: File::Temp loaded ok (v0.21)

  CPAN.pm: Going to build G/GA/GAAS/MIME-Base64-Perl-1.00.tar.gz

Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for MIME::Base64::Perl
cp lib/MIME/QuotedPrint/Perl.pm blib/lib/MIME/QuotedPrint/Perl.pm cp l
+ib/MIME/Base64/Perl.pm blib/lib/MIME/Base64/Perl.pm Manifying blib/ma
+n3/MIME::QuotedPrint::Perl.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/MIME::Base64::Perl.3pm
  GAAS/MIME-Base64-Perl-1.00.tar.gz
  /usr/bin/make -- OK
CPAN: YAML loaded ok (v0.68)
Running make test
PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_h
+arness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t t/base64.t ........ ok t/qu
+oted-print.t .. ok t/unicode.t ....... ok All tests successful.
Files=3, Tests=334,  1 wallclock secs ( 0.04 usr  0.01 sys +  0.03 cus
+r  0.01 csys =  0.09 CPU)
Result: PASS
  GAAS/MIME-Base64-Perl-1.00.tar.gz
  /usr/bin/make test -- OK
Running make install
Prepending /home/washburn/.cpan/build/MIME-Base64-Perl-1.00-YPCdEH/bli
+b/arch /home/washburn/.cpan/build/MIME-Base64-Perl-1.00-YPCdEH/blib/l
+ib to PERL5LIB for 'install'
Installing /home/washburn/lib/perl5/MIME/Base64/Perl.pm
Installing /home/washburn/lib/perl5/MIME/QuotedPrint/Perl.pm
Installing /home/washburn/share/man/man3/MIME::QuotedPrint::Perl.3pm
Installing /home/washburn/share/man/man3/MIME::Base64::Perl.3pm
Appending installation info to /home/washburn/lib/perl5/x86_64-linux-t
+hread-multi/perllocal.pod
  GAAS/MIME-Base64-Perl-1.00.tar.gz
  /usr/bin/make install  -- OK
No virus found in this incoming message.

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I should have run this

ls -lg /usr/bin/tar
ls: /usr/bin/tar: No such file or directory

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before bothering the perl monks.

In reply to Re^3: non-root CPAN with cPanel does not untar by johnwashburn
in thread non-root CPAN with cPanel does not untar by johnwashburn

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