tom smith wrote: > On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Shawn H Corey <shawnhco...@gmail.com > <mailto:shawnhco...@gmail.com>> wrote: > I think the OP is talking about the new modules that don't always play > nice. To find their locations, use -l on perldoc > > perldoc -l CPAN > perldoc -l Bundle::CPAN > > > No, I'm talking about deleting everything on my computer related to the > cpan program, i.e. the cpan program that supposedly makes it easy to > search for and install modules. Currently, I cannot install any modules > using the cpan program (though I've only tried twice). I've only > installed one module, LWP::Simple, and I had to install that by hand > because cpan couldn't get past the 'make test' step. When I installed > LWP::Simple by hand, I just skipped the "make test" step, which means I > could have problems in the future. > > My thought was that if I could delete the cpan program and reinstall a > different version, it might work. I just don't know if cpan is > inextricably intertwined with my new perl 5.10.1 install or not. > > Thanks. >
The cpan program is little more than a shell for CPAN.pm. When you first start cpan, it says to install Bundle::CPAN and a newer version of CPAN.pm. These modules do not play nice. Last time I installed them, I could get cpan to work at all. So, the question is: did you upgrade these modules? -- Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, Shawn Programming is as much about organization and communication as it is about coding. I like Perl; it's the only language where you can bless your thingy. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
