in reply to Re: non-root CPAN with cPanel does not untar
in thread non-root CPAN with cPanel does not untar

Following this line of thought there is this line in your MyConfig.pm or config setting display:

...
    tar                [/usr/bin/tar]
...

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Maybe change it to /bin/tar. Or wherever it is...

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Re^3: non-root CPAN with cPanel does not untar
by johnwashburn (Sexton) on Jun 23, 2009 at 09:34 UTC

    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:

    Read more... (5 kB)

    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.
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