I've also had trouble using CPAN and so I did the reload index mentioned in this thread and that seemed to go thought but I s til can't get it to go.
It's the same error everytime ( diff module names of course ) :: could not open y... There is a direct perl -MCAPN =e shell; CPAN> install Bundel::CPAN ... cannot open y/sources/authors/id/A/AN/ANDK/CPAN-1.70.tar.gz: no such file Could not open >y/build/ANDK000/Makefile.PL at /usr/libdata/perl/5.00503/CPAN.pm line 3642 I'm root when I do this. Do I need to be in a special directory when I do it? ( I also tried it in root's home directory, same thing ) Permissions :: ([EMAIL PROTECTED](~/perl_cpan_mod ):120)# ls -al y/ total 8 drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 512 Mar 5 11:11 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 512 Mar 5 11:10 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Mar 5 11:11 build drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 512 Mar 5 11:10 sources ([EMAIL PROTECTED](~/perl_cpan_mod ):121)# Or whatelse could I be fumbling up ?? Thanks Dan -- DETAILS -- ([EMAIL PROTECTED](/home/dmuey):101)# perl -MCPAN -e shell; cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.48) ReadLine support available (try ``install Bundle::CPAN'') cpan> relaod index Unknown command 'relaod'. Type ? for help. cpan> reload index CPAN: LWP::UserAgent loaded ok Fetching with LWP: ftp://mirrors.phenominet.com/pub/CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz Going to read y/sources/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz CPAN: Compress::Zlib loaded ok Fetching with LWP: ftp://mirrors.phenominet.com/pub/CPAN/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz Going to read y/sources/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz Scanning cache y/build for sizes There's a new CPAN.pm version (v1.70) available! You might want to try install Bundle::CPAN reload cpan without quitting the current session. It should be a seamless upgrade while we are running... Fetching with LWP: ftp://mirrors.phenominet.com/pub/CPAN/modules/03modlist.data.gz Going to read y/sources/modules/03modlist.data.gz cpan> install Bundle::CPAN Fetching with LWP: ftp://mirrors.phenominet.com/pub/CPAN/authors/id/A/AN/ANDK/CPAN-1.70.tar.gz CPAN: MD5 security checks disabled because MD5 not installed. Please consider installing the MD5 module. cannot open y/sources/authors/id/A/AN/ANDK/CPAN-1.70.tar.gz: no such file Could not open >y/build/ANDK000/Makefile.PL at /usr/libdata/perl/5.00503/CPAN.pm line 3642 cpan> exit Lockfile removed. ([EMAIL PROTECTED](/home/dmuey):102)# --- end details --- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
