Hi Tom, I'm not sure what the problem is with the FTP proxy. I use an HTTP proxy all the time, and it works fine, using http://www.cpan.org/ as my CPAN mirror. You might want to try that.
-Ken On Wednesday, July 31, 2002, at 05:30 AM, tsackett wrote: > Installing the dev tools fixed the first problem, thanks. At > first it didn't make sense that Apple would have Perl installed > without the necessary files for installing modules, but then I > realized that installing the modules would often require the > compiler. I am slowly becoming enlightened. > > However, the second problem is still with me. Has anyone > successfully configured the CPAN shell to run via a ftp proxy > on Mac OS X? I've been able to do it on a Linux machine on the > same network, but not the Mac. > > -Tom > x57255 > > > On Monday, July 29, 2002, at 02:00 PM, Ian Ragsdale wrote: > >> Have you installed the development tools? I'm pretty sure >> that most of the >> stuff you need to compile perl modules, including the header >> files, is only >> installed with the dev tools. >> >> Ian >> >> On 7/29/02 3:51 PM, "tsackett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I'm having no luck installing modules. I've run into two problems. >>> >>> 1. When I try to use "perl Makefile.PL" to configure a CPAN module, I >>> get the error: "Error: Unable to locate installed Perl >>> libraries or Perl >>> source code." Apparently, it cannot find >>> /System/Library/Perl/darwin/CORE/perl.h. I have confirmed that >>> the file >>> does not exist. Is there something basically wrong with >>> Apple's standard >>> installation of Perl for Mac OS X? >>> >>> 2. Has anyone successfully configured the CPAN shell to use an FTP >>> proxy? I'm on a network that uses the kind of ftp proxy where >>> you first >>> connect to the proxy server, then login as >>> "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". The CPAN documentation makes >>> it sound >>> as if this is a very standard form of proxy. However, After I >>> enter the >>> proxy information, it tries to use ftp to download MIRRORS.BY. >>> As far as >>> I can tell, it doesn't try to use the proxy, and fails to get >>> the file. >>> I thought that there might be a problem because I haven't >>> installed the >>> libnet module yet, but I can't install libnet because of problem 1, >>> above. >>> >>> thanks for any help, >>> Tom Sackett >>> Seattle, Washington >>> >>> >> >
