Just installed Linux, wanted to get some CPAN modules for Perl. did this:
perl -MCPAN -e shell but it's never done this before - see below: I would like to connect to one of the following sites to get 'MIRRORED.BY': http://www.perl.org/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/ Is it OK to try to connect to the Internet? [yes] Fetching with LWP: http://www.perl.org/CPAN/MIRRORED.BY Now we need to know where your favorite CPAN sites are located. Push a few sites onto the array (just in case the first on the array won't work). If you are mirroring CPAN to your local workstation, specify a file: URL. First, pick a nearby continent and country by typing in the number(s) in front of the item(s) you want to select. You can pick several of each, separated by spaces. Then, you will be presented with a list of URLs of CPAN mirrors in the countries you selected, along with previously selected URLs. Select some of those URLs, or just keep the old list. Finally, you will be prompted for any extra URLs -- file:, ftp:, or http: -- that host a CPAN mirror. Select your continent (or several nearby continents) [] Sorry! since you don't have any existing picks, you must make a geographic selection. Select your continent (or several nearby continents) [] a invalid items entered, try again (we are expecting only numbers between 1 and 0) Select your continent (or several nearby continents) [] 0 invalid items entered, try again Select your continent (or several nearby continents) [] 1 invalid items entered, try again Select your continent (or several nearby continents) []^C [root@981 ~]# curl http://www.perl.org/CPAN/ <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Redirect...</TITLE></HEAD><BODY>The document has moved <A HREF="http://cpan.perl.org/";>here</A>.<P></BODY></HTML> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
