cpan shell issues

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

I'm stuck with cpan shell. Anybody monks with suggestions?



cpan> o conf make_arg: /home/redd/Site_perl/cpan_home/
    make_arg:          /home/redd/Site_perl/cpan_home/

cpan> o conf cpan_home:/home/redd/Site_perl/cpan_home/
    cpan_home:/home/redd/Site_perl/cpan_home/ UNDEFINED

cpan> install Bundle::CPAN
  MD5 Checksum was ok
y/sources/authors/id/A/AN/ANDK/CPAN-1.63.tar.gz: No such file or direc
+tory
y/sources/authors/id/A/AN/ANDK/CPAN-1.63.tar.gz: No such file or direc
+tory
/bin/tar: y/sources/authors/id/A/AN/ANDK/CPAN-1.63.tar.gz: Cannot open
+: No such file or directory
/bin/tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
Using Tar:/bin/tar xvf y/sources/authors/id/A/AN/ANDK/CPAN-1.63.tar.gz
+:
/bin/tar: y/sources/authors/id/A/AN/ANDK/CPAN-1.63.tar.gz: Cannot open
+: No such file or directory
/bin/tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
Couldn't untar y/sources/authors/id/A/AN/ANDK/CPAN-1.63.tar.gz


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•Re: cpan shell issues by merlyn (Sage) on Jan 16, 2003 at 16:57 UTC
It looks like you typed "y" to constructing the "url list", which the CPAN.pm configurator took as a literal "y" instead of "yes". Hint: that's not a yes or no question! Re-run the configuration again, with "o conf init". Don't type "y" for anything. :) -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker Be sure to read my standard disclaimer if this is a reply.	[reply]
Re: cpan shell issues by tall_man (Parson) on Jan 16, 2003 at 16:48 UTC
It looks like the cpan_home directory is not defined. Possibly a misspelling? You should also check your urllist setting. It has to point to a remote or local mirror of CPAN.	[reply]