Thank you very much. I "o conf init"'ed (in case I'd pressed 'y' instead of return for anything else) and everything worked fine.
Richard __ On Wednesday, October 2, 2002, at 02:37 PM, Robin wrote: > You don't need to re-install CPAN, just re-configure it - > > So in the terminal type: > 1) [terminal commandline:]user% cd ~ > 2) [terminal commandline:~]user% sudo mkdir .cpan > 3) [terminal commandline:~]user% cd ~/.cpan > 4) [terminal commandline:~/.cpan]user% sudo mkdir build > 5) [terminal commandline:~/.cpan]user% sudo mkdir sources > 6) [terminal commandline:~/.cpan]user% sudo perl -MCPAN -e shell > cpan>o conf > > > What you wrote: > 1) makes sure you're in your userfolder > 2) makes a folder called '.cpan' which is the default install name > 3) moves you into the new .cpan dir > 4) makes a folder called 'build', used by cpan > 5) makes a folder called 'sources', used by cpan > 6) will list the current CPAN configuration > > to change the config data so that CPAN can see and use the folders you > made, still from the command line > > > > EITHER: > i) cpan>o conf cpan_home = /User/YOUR USERNAME/cpan > ii) cpan>o conf build_dir= /User/YOUR USERNAME/cpan/build > iii) cpan>o conf keep_source_where= /User/YOUR USERNAME/cpan/sources > iv) cpan> o conf commit (save changes to the config info) > > What you wrote: > i) sets the cpan folder to /User/YOUR USERNAME/cpan > ii) sets the new build_dir > iii) sets the source dir > iv) saves changes tyou just made > > > > OR : > cpan> o conf init > > which will run the script which asked you for the config info the > first time you ran CPAN <snip> > HTH > > Robin
