CPAN will not 'o conf init urllist'

jedihawk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I'm not sure if this is the correct place to ask this question, as I'm not specifically seeking wisdom in Perl, but wisdom in CPAN. Even more specifically, CPAN 5.8.8:

I'm trying to install any module. Behold:

cpan[1]> install IMAP::Client
CPAN: Storable loaded ok (v2.16)
Going to read '/root/.cpan/Metadata'
  Database was generated on Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:27:01 GMT
CPAN: Time::HiRes loaded ok (v1.86)
Warning: no success downloading '/root/.cpan/sources/authors/01mailrc.
+txt.gz.tmp9816'. Giving up on it. at /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/FTP.
+pm line 837
        CPAN::FTP::hostdlhard('CPAN::FTP', 'ARRAY(0xc8a820)', 'authors
+/01mailrc.txt.gz', '/root/.cpan/sources/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz.tmp98
+16', 'HASH(0x78897a0)') called at /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/FTP.pm 
+line 515
        CPAN::FTP::hostdlxxx('CPAN::FTP', 'dlhard', 'undef', 'ARRAY(0x
+c8a820)', 'authors/01mailrc.txt.gz', '/root/.cpan/sources/authors/01m
+ailrc.txt.gz.tmp9816', 'HASH(0x78897a0)') called at /usr/lib64/perl5/
+5.8.8/CPAN/FTP.pm line 442
        CPAN::FTP::localize('CPAN::FTP', 'authors/01mailrc.txt.gz', '/
+root/.cpan/sources/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz', 3) called at /usr/lib64/
+perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/Index.pm line 225
        CPAN::Index::reload_x('CPAN::Index', 'authors/01mailrc.txt.gz'
+, 'authors/01mailrc.txt.gz', 'undef') called at /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.
+8/CPAN/Index.pm line 84
        CPAN::Index::reload('CPAN::Index') called at /usr/lib64/perl5/
+5.8.8/CPAN.pm line 955
        CPAN::exists('CPAN=HASH(0x1343dd0)', 'CPAN::Module', 'IMAP::Cl
+ient') called at /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/Shell.pm line 1243
        CPAN::Shell::expandany('CPAN::Shell', 'IMAP::Client') called a
+t /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/Shell.pm line 1639
        CPAN::Shell::rematein('CPAN::Shell', 'install', 'IMAP::Client'
+) called at /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/Shell.pm line 1935
        CPAN::Shell::__ANON__('CPAN::Shell', 'IMAP::Client') called at
+ /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN.pm line 375
        eval {...} called at /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN.pm line 372
        CPAN::shell() called at /usr/bin/cpan line 198
Client not fully configured, please proceed with configuring.

You have not configured a urllist and do not allow connections to the
internet to get a list of mirrors.  If you wish to get a list of CPAN
mirrors to pick from, use this command

    o conf init connect_to_internet_ok urllist

If you do not wish to get a list of mirrors and would prefer to set
your urllist manually, use just this command instead

    o conf init urllist

Warning: no success downloading '/root/.cpan/sources/authors/01mailrc.
+txt.gz.tmp9816'. Giving up on it. at /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/FTP.
+pm line 837
        CPAN::FTP::hostdlhard('CPAN::FTP', 'ARRAY(0xc8a820)', 'authors
+/01mailrc.txt.gz', '/root/.cpan/sources/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz.tmp98
+16', 'HASH(0x7889770)') called at /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/FTP.pm 
+line 515
        CPAN::FTP::hostdlxxx('CPAN::FTP', 'dlhard', 'undef', 'ARRAY(0x
+c8a820)', 'authors/01mailrc.txt.gz', '/root/.cpan/sources/authors/01m
+ailrc.txt.gz.tmp9816', 'HASH(0x7889770)') called at /usr/lib64/perl5/
+5.8.8/CPAN/FTP.pm line 442
        CPAN::FTP::localize('CPAN::FTP', 'authors/01mailrc.txt.gz', '/
+root/.cpan/sources/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz', 3) called at /usr/lib64/
+perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/Index.pm line 225
        CPAN::Index::reload_x('CPAN::Index', 'authors/01mailrc.txt.gz'
+, 'authors/01mailrc.txt.gz', 'undef') called at /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.
+8/CPAN/Index.pm line 84
        CPAN::Index::reload('CPAN::Index') called at /usr/lib64/perl5/
+5.8.8/CPAN.pm line 692
        CPAN::all_objects('CPAN=HASH(0x1343dd0)', 'CPAN::Distribution'
+) called at /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/Shell.pm line 1046
        CPAN::Shell::failed('CPAN::Shell', 1, 1) called at /usr/lib64/
+perl5/5.8.8/CPAN.pm line 413
        eval {...} called at /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN.pm line 413
        CPAN::shell() called at /usr/bin/cpan line 198


cpan[2]> o conf init connect_to_internet_ok urllist
If you have never defined your own C<urllist> in your configuration
then C<CPAN.pm> will be hesitant to use the built in default sites for
downloading. It will ask you once per session if a connection to the
internet is OK and only if you say yes, it will try to connect. But to
avoid this question, you can choose your favorite download sites once
and get away with it. Or, if you have no favorite download sites
answer yes to the following question.

 <connect_to_internet_ok>
If no urllist has been chosen yet, would you prefer CPAN.pm to connect
to the built-in default sites without asking? (yes/no)? [no] yes

You have no /root/.cpan/sources/MIRRORED.BY
  I'm trying to fetch one
Warning: no success downloading '/root/.cpan/sources/MIRRORED.BY.tmp98
+16'. Giving up on it. at /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/FTP.pm line 837
        CPAN::FTP::hostdlhard('CPAN::FTP', 'ARRAY(0xc8a820)', 'MIRRORE
+D.BY', '/root/.cpan/sources/MIRRORED.BY.tmp9816', 'HASH(0xf03690)') c
+alled at /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/FTP.pm line 515
        CPAN::FTP::hostdlxxx('CPAN::FTP', 'dlhard', 'undef', 'ARRAY(0x
+c8a820)', 'MIRRORED.BY', '/root/.cpan/sources/MIRRORED.BY.tmp9816', '
+HASH(0xf03690)') called at /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/FTP.pm line 44
+2
        CPAN::FTP::localize('CPAN::FTP', 'MIRRORED.BY', '/root/.cpan/s
+ources/MIRRORED.BY', 3) called at /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/FirstTi
+me.pm line 1424
        CPAN::FirstTime::conf_sites() called at /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8
+/CPAN/FirstTime.pm line 1151
        CPAN::FirstTime::init('/usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/Config.pm',
+ 'args', 'ARRAY(0x8292d0)') called at /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/Han
+dleConfig.pm line 577
        CPAN::HandleConfig::load('CPAN::HandleConfig', 'doit', 1, 'arg
+s', 'ARRAY(0x8292d0)') called at /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/HandleCo
+nfig.pm line 440
        CPAN::HandleConfig::init('CPAN::HandleConfig', 'args', 'ARRAY(
+0x8292d0)') called at /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/HandleConfig.pm lin
+e 126
        CPAN::HandleConfig::edit('CPAN::HandleConfig', 'init', 'connec
+t_to_internet_ok', 'urllist') called at /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/S
+hell.pm line 393
        CPAN::Shell::o('CPAN::Shell', 'conf', 'init', 'connect_to_inte
+rnet_ok', 'urllist') called at /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN.pm line 37
+5
        eval {...} called at /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN.pm line 372
        CPAN::shell() called at /usr/bin/cpan line 198
Client not fully configured, please proceed with configuring.

You have not configured a urllist for CPAN mirrors. Configure it with

    o conf init urllist

cpan[3]> o conf init urllist


cpan[4]>
[download]

What am I doing wrong here?

Comment on CPAN will not 'o conf init urllist' Download Code

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Re: CPAN will not 'o conf init urllist' by Khen1950fx (Canon) on Jul 14, 2010 at 22:33 UTC
I would get the current version of CPAN. Next, do the configuration manually. Then start the shell and enter `o conf connect_to_internet_ok 1` [download] Then `install Bundle::CPAN` [download] and `install Bundle::LWP` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: CPAN will not 'o conf init urllist' by Anonymous Monk on Jul 14, 2010 at 21:24 UTC
You don't have an internet connection :)	[reply]
Re^2: CPAN will not 'o conf init urllist' by jedihawk (Initiate) on Jul 15, 2010 at 02:14 UTC
No net connection? Haa! I wish it were that simple!	[reply]
Re^3: CPAN will not 'o conf init urllist' by herveus (Prior) on Jul 15, 2010 at 11:31 UTC
Howdy! Is there a proxy server in the way? The http_proxy and ftp_proxy configuration settings can be relevant there. You may also need to set proxy_user to '' instead of leaving it undef. yours, Michael	[reply]
Re^3: CPAN will not 'o conf init urllist' by Anonymous Monk on Jul 15, 2010 at 03:54 UTC
no success downloading means it is that simple	[reply]
Re^2: CPAN will not 'o conf init urllist' by Anonymous Monk on Oct 05, 2010 at 20:26 UTC
I have the same issue here. On a server which indeed has an internet connection. I have no clue why cpan cannot connect. LWP::Agent is installed. wget, elinks, ssh can all connect to remote servers. There is no proxy, just a direct connection to the internet.	[reply]
Re^3: CPAN will not 'o conf init urllist' by Anonymous Monk on Oct 05, 2010 at 20:31 UTC
This all started happening after my cpan client asked me if I would like to install the latest version of CPAN, so I did. Now I get the following: cpan[16]> o conf init urllist You have no /root/.cpan/sources/MIRRORED.BY I'm trying to fetch one Warning: no success downloading '/root/.cpan/sources/MIRRORED.BY.tmp12 +780'. Giving up on it. at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/FTP.pm line 837 CPAN::FTP::hostdlhard('CPAN::FTP', 'ARRAY(0x898d348)', 'MIRROR +ED.BY', '/root/.cpan/sources/MIRRORED.BY.tmp12780', 'HASH(0x8b750e8)' +) called at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/FTP.pm line 515 CPAN::FTP::hostdlxxx('CPAN::FTP', 'dlhard', 'undef', 'ARRAY(0x +898d348)', 'MIRRORED.BY', '/root/.cpan/sources/MIRRORED.BY.tmp12780', + 'HASH(0x8b750e8)') called at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/FTP.pm line 4 +42 CPAN::FTP::localize('CPAN::FTP', 'MIRRORED.BY', '/root/.cpan/s +ources/MIRRORED.BY', 3) called at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/FirstTime +.pm line 1424 CPAN::FirstTime::conf_sites() called at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/C +PAN/FirstTime.pm line 1151 CPAN::FirstTime::init('/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/Config.pm', ' +args', 'ARRAY(0x868dc54)') called at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/Handle +Config.pm line 577 CPAN::HandleConfig::load('CPAN::HandleConfig', 'doit', 1, 'arg +s', 'ARRAY(0x868dc54)') called at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/HandleCon +fig.pm line 440 CPAN::HandleConfig::init('CPAN::HandleConfig', 'args', 'ARRAY( +0x868dc54)') called at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/HandleConfig.pm line + 126 CPAN::HandleConfig::edit('CPAN::HandleConfig', 'init', 'urllis +t') called at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/Shell.pm line 393 CPAN::Shell::o('CPAN::Shell', 'conf', 'init', 'urllist') calle +d at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN.pm line 375 eval {...} called at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN.pm line 372 CPAN::shell() called at /usr/bin/cpan line 198 Client not fully configured, please proceed with configuring. You have not configured a urllist for CPAN mirrors. Configure it with o conf init urllist [download]	[reply] [d/l]