The documentation of CPAN says
You can set and query each of these options interactively in the cpan shell with the command set defined within the o conf command:
- o conf <scalar option>
- prints the current value of the scalar option
- o conf <scalar option> <value>
- Sets the value of the scalar option to value
- o conf <list option>
- prints the current value of the list option in MakeMaker's neatvalue format.
- o conf <list option> [shift|pop]
- shifts or pops the array in the list option variable
- o conf <list option> [unshift|push|splice] <list>
- works like the corresponding perl commands.
There's a list option called urllist which defines the CPAN mirrors the module will consult. Don't forget o conf commit to store your changes permanently.
Makeshifts last the longest.
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use o conf urllist push your_cpan_mirrors to add a mirror. And when finnised type o conf commit to save your changes.
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In adition, if not only your mirror list is screwed, you can do o conf init to have all the original questions asked of you.
If that doesn't work, try deleting ~/.cpan/CPAN/MyConfig.pm, or in extreme cases, the system-wide CPAN config file, which on Debian is located at /etc/perl/CPAN/Config.pm. YMMV.
You can still download and install packages (including CPAN.pm itself) manually, e.g. by browsing http://search.cpan.org/, finding the module you want, and clicking Download. Then follow the standard untar-make-make test-make install procedure. | [reply]
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Thanks guys, problem solved! | [reply] |