comment on

The outputs for these two commands are as follows:

C:\Documents and Settings\HP-OVE-User>lwp-request -useUS -m head http:
+//www.eser
ve.com.sa
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in hash element at C:/Program Files
+/Perl/lib/
LWP/Protocol.pm line 53.
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in pattern match (m//) at C:/Progra
+m Files/Pe
rl/lib/LWP/Protocol.pm line 56.
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in concatenation (.) or string at C
+:/Program
Files/Perl/lib/LWP/Protocol.pm line 36.
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in string eq at C:/Program Files/Pe
+rl/lib/LWP
/UserAgent.pm line 199.
HEAD http://www.eserve.com.sa
User-Agent: lwp-request/5.810

HEAD http://www.eserve.com.sa --> 501 Protocol scheme '' is not suppor
+ted
Content-Type: text/plain
Client-Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:21:49 GMT
Client-Warning: Internal response


C:\Documents and Settings\HP-OVE-User>lwp-request -useUS -m get http:/
+/www.eserv
e.com.sa
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in hash element at C:/Program Files
+/Perl/lib/
LWP/Protocol.pm line 53.
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in pattern match (m//) at C:/Progra
+m Files/Pe
rl/lib/LWP/Protocol.pm line 56.
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in concatenation (.) or string at C
+:/Program
Files/Perl/lib/LWP/Protocol.pm line 36.
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in string eq at C:/Program Files/Pe
+rl/lib/LWP
/UserAgent.pm line 199.
GET http://www.eserve.com.sa
User-Agent: lwp-request/5.810

GET http://www.eserve.com.sa --> 501 Protocol scheme '' is not support
+ed
Content-Type: text/plain
Client-Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:21:54 GMT
Client-Warning: Internal response

501 Protocol scheme '' is not supported
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As for LWP, I presently have version 5.814

I've tried upgrading using cpan, but since its already a network issue I'm troubleshooting, I get stuck ... it says I have the latest version, probably because it couldn't connect

cpan> install Bundle::LWP
Fetching with LWP:
  http://ppm.activestate.com/CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in hash element at C:\Program Files
+\Perl\lib/
LWP/Protocol.pm line 53.
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in pattern match (m//) at C:\Progra
+m Files\Pe
rl\lib/LWP/Protocol.pm line 56.
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in concatenation (.) or string at C
+:\Program
Files\Perl\lib/LWP/Protocol.pm line 36.
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in string eq at C:\Program Files\Pe
+rl\lib/LWP
/UserAgent.pm line 199.
LWP failed with code[501] message[Protocol scheme '' is not supported]
Fetching with LWP:
  http://cpan.perl.org/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in hash element at C:\Program Files
+\Perl\lib/
LWP/Protocol.pm line 53.
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in pattern match (m//) at C:\Progra
+m Files\Pe
rl\lib/LWP/Protocol.pm line 56.
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in concatenation (.) or string at C
+:\Program
Files\Perl\lib/LWP/Protocol.pm line 36.
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in string eq at C:\Program Files\Pe
+rl\lib/LWP
/UserAgent.pm line 199.
LWP failed with code[501] message[Protocol scheme '' is not supported]
No external ftp command available


I would like to connect to one of the following sites to get 'authors/
+01mailrc.t
xt.gz':

 http://www.perl.org/CPAN/
 ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/

Is it OK to try to connect to the Internet? [yes]
Fetching with LWP:
  http://www.perl.org/CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in hash element at C:\Program Files
+\Perl\lib/
LWP/Protocol.pm line 53, <STDIN> line 1.
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in pattern match (m//) at C:\Progra
+m Files\Pe
rl\lib/LWP/Protocol.pm line 56, <STDIN> line 1.
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in concatenation (.) or string at C
+:\Program
Files\Perl\lib/LWP/Protocol.pm line 36, <STDIN> line 1.
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in string eq at C:\Program Files\Pe
+rl\lib/LWP
/UserAgent.pm line 199, <STDIN> line 1.
LWP failed with code[501] message[Protocol scheme '' is not supported]
Fetching with LWP:
  ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz
LWP failed with code[500] message[LWP::Protocol::MyFTP: connect: timeo
+ut]
Fetching with Net::FTP:
  ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz
  Could not connect to host 'ftp.perl.org' with Net::FTP
Fetching with Net::FTP
  ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz.gz
  Could not connect to host 'ftp.perl.org' with Net::FTP
No external ftp command available

Please check, if the URLs I found in your configuration file
(http://ppm.activestate.com/CPAN, http://cpan.perl.org) are valid. The
urllist can be edited. E.g. with 'o conf urllist push ftp://myurl/'

Could not fetch authors/01mailrc.txt.gz
Fetching with LWP:
  http://ppm.activestate.com/CPAN/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in hash element at C:\Program Files
+\Perl\lib/
LWP/Protocol.pm line 53.
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in pattern match (m//) at C:\Progra
+m Files\Pe
rl\lib/LWP/Protocol.pm line 56.
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in concatenation (.) or string at C
+:\Program
Files\Perl\lib/LWP/Protocol.pm line 36.
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in string eq at C:\Program Files\Pe
+rl\lib/LWP
/UserAgent.pm line 199.
LWP failed with code[501] message[Protocol scheme '' is not supported]
Fetching with LWP:
  http://cpan.perl.org/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in hash element at C:\Program Files
+\Perl\lib/
LWP/Protocol.pm line 53.
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in pattern match (m//) at C:\Progra
+m Files\Pe
rl\lib/LWP/Protocol.pm line 56.
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in concatenation (.) or string at C
+:\Program
Files\Perl\lib/LWP/Protocol.pm line 36.
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in string eq at C:\Program Files\Pe
+rl\lib/LWP
/UserAgent.pm line 199.
LWP failed with code[501] message[Protocol scheme '' is not supported]
No external ftp command available

Fetching with LWP:
  http://www.perl.org/CPAN/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in hash element at C:\Program Files
+\Perl\lib/
LWP/Protocol.pm line 53.
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in pattern match (m//) at C:\Progra
+m Files\Pe
rl\lib/LWP/Protocol.pm line 56.
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in concatenation (.) or string at C
+:\Program
Files\Perl\lib/LWP/Protocol.pm line 36.
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in string eq at C:\Program Files\Pe
+rl\lib/LWP
/UserAgent.pm line 199.
LWP failed with code[501] message[Protocol scheme '' is not supported]
Fetching with LWP:
  ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz
LWP failed with code[500] message[LWP::Protocol::MyFTP: connect: timeo
+ut]
Fetching with Net::FTP:
  ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz
  Could not connect to host 'ftp.perl.org' with Net::FTP
Fetching with Net::FTP
  ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz.gz
  Could not connect to host 'ftp.perl.org' with Net::FTP
No external ftp command available

Please check, if the URLs I found in your configuration file
(http://ppm.activestate.com/CPAN, http://cpan.perl.org) are valid. The
urllist can be edited. E.g. with 'o conf urllist push ftp://myurl/'

Could not fetch modules/02packages.details.txt.gz
Fetching with LWP:
  http://ppm.activestate.com/CPAN/modules/03modlist.data.gz
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in hash element at C:\Program Files
+\Perl\lib/
LWP/Protocol.pm line 53.
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in pattern match (m//) at C:\Progra
+m Files\Pe
rl\lib/LWP/Protocol.pm line 56.
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in concatenation (.) or string at C
+:\Program
Files\Perl\lib/LWP/Protocol.pm line 36.
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in string eq at C:\Program Files\Pe
+rl\lib/LWP
/UserAgent.pm line 199.
LWP failed with code[501] message[Protocol scheme '' is not supported]
Fetching with LWP:
  http://cpan.perl.org/modules/03modlist.data.gz
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in hash element at C:\Program Files
+\Perl\lib/
LWP/Protocol.pm line 53.
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in pattern match (m//) at C:\Progra
+m Files\Pe
rl\lib/LWP/Protocol.pm line 56.
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in concatenation (.) or string at C
+:\Program
Files\Perl\lib/LWP/Protocol.pm line 36.
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in string eq at C:\Program Files\Pe
+rl\lib/LWP
/UserAgent.pm line 199.
LWP failed with code[501] message[Protocol scheme '' is not supported]
No external ftp command available

Fetching with LWP:
  http://www.perl.org/CPAN/modules/03modlist.data.gz
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in hash element at C:\Program Files
+\Perl\lib/
LWP/Protocol.pm line 53.
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in pattern match (m//) at C:\Progra
+m Files\Pe
rl\lib/LWP/Protocol.pm line 56.
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in concatenation (.) or string at C
+:\Program
Files\Perl\lib/LWP/Protocol.pm line 36.
Use of uninitialized value $scheme in string eq at C:\Program Files\Pe
+rl\lib/LWP
/UserAgent.pm line 199.
LWP failed with code[501] message[Protocol scheme '' is not supported]
Fetching with LWP:
  ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/modules/03modlist.data.gz
LWP failed with code[500] message[LWP::Protocol::MyFTP: connect: timeo
+ut]
Fetching with Net::FTP:
  ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/modules/03modlist.data.gz
  Could not connect to host 'ftp.perl.org' with Net::FTP
Fetching with Net::FTP
  ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/modules/03modlist.data.gz.gz
  Could not connect to host 'ftp.perl.org' with Net::FTP
No external ftp command available

Please check, if the URLs I found in your configuration file
(http://ppm.activestate.com/CPAN, http://cpan.perl.org) are valid. The
urllist can be edited. E.g. with 'o conf urllist push ftp://myurl/'

Could not fetch modules/03modlist.data.gz
Going to write C:\Program Files\Perl\cpan\Metadata
MIME::Base64 is up to date (3.07_01).
Digest::MD5 is up to date (2.36_01).
URI is up to date (1.37).
Net::FTP is up to date (2.77).
HTML::Tagset is up to date (3.20).
HTML::Parser is up to date (3.56).
HTML::HeadParser is up to date (2.22).
LWP is up to date (5.814).
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Is there a clearcut manual way to install it including all the prerequisistes. I mean, where can I download a newer version from, I seem to have found only the present versionn in my searched

In reply to Re^8: LWP - 500 Internal Error by oalvi
in thread LWP - 500 Internal Error by oalvi

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