RE : How to reinstall CPAN?

[Steve Hemond]

</usr/local># cpan o conf init
CPAN: Storable loaded ok
LWP not available
CPAN: Net::FTP loaded ok
Fetching with Net::FTP:
[url]ftp://cpan.chebucto.ns.ca/pub/CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz[/url]
Going to read /usr/local/cpan/sources/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz
Could not pipe[./gzip --decompress --stdout /usr/local/cpan/sources/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz |]: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.3/CPAN.pm line 5727.

Same problems ... like every CPAN linked command (gzip, ftp, wget, etc) can't be found by CPAN... but WHY?

Any clues?

Thanks again,

Regards,

Steve Hemond
Programmeur Analyste / Analyst Programmer
Smurfit-Stone, Ressources Forestières
La Tuque, P.Q.
Tel.: (819) 676-8100 X2833
[email]shemond@smurfit.com[/email]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Remo Sanges [mailto:sanges@biogem.it]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 3:18 PM
> To: Hemond, Steve
> Cc: [email]beginners@perl.org[/email]
> Subject: Re: How to reinstall CPAN?
>
>
> cpan o conf init
>
> On Feb 4, 2004, at 8:36 PM, Hemond, Steve wrote:
>

> > Hi folks,
> >
> > For some reason, when running CPAN I get to many problems

> (I installed

> > Perl v. 5.8.3 this morning, don't know if it has an effect)
> >
> >
> > cpan> install HTML::Mason
> > CPAN: Storable loaded ok
> > LWP not available
> > CPAN: Net::FTP loaded ok
> > Fetching with Net::FTP:
> > [url]ftp://cpan.chebucto.ns.ca/pub/CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz[/url]
> > Going to read /usr/local/cpan/sources/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz
> > Can't exec "./gzip": No such file or directory at
> > /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.3/aix/IO/File.pm line 176, <FIN> line 1.
> > Could not pipe[./gzip --decompress --stdout
> > /usr/local/cpan/sources/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz |]: No

> such file or

> > directory at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.3/CPAN.pm line 5727,

> <FIN> line

> > 1.
> >
> > Is there any way I can reinstall CPAN from scratch?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Steve Hemond
> > Programmeur Analyste / Analyst Programmer
> > Smurfit-Stone, Ressources Forestieres
> > La Tuque, P.Q.
> > Tel.: (819) 676-8100 X2833
> > [email]shemond@smurfit.com[/email]
> >
> >
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> >
> >

>
>

[Steve Hemond]

Ok I have figured something out.

The initial configurations are held in /path/to/perl/lib/CPAN/Config.pm

I have corrected the gzip, ftp, tar, etc.. lines so it points to the right absolute path to the binaries.

It works now. Thanks a lot.

Best regards,

Steve Hemond
Programmeur Analyste / Analyst Programmer
Smurfit-Stone, Ressources Forestières
La Tuque, P.Q.
Tel.: (819) 676-8100 X2833
[email]shemond@smurfit.com[/email]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Remo Sanges [mailto:sanges@biogem.it]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 3:18 PM
> To: Hemond, Steve
> Cc: [email]beginners@perl.org[/email]
> Subject: Re: How to reinstall CPAN?
>
>
> cpan o conf init
>
> On Feb 4, 2004, at 8:36 PM, Hemond, Steve wrote:
>

> > Hi folks,
> >
> > For some reason, when running CPAN I get to many problems

> (I installed

> > Perl v. 5.8.3 this morning, don't know if it has an effect)
> >
> >
> > cpan> install HTML::Mason
> > CPAN: Storable loaded ok
> > LWP not available
> > CPAN: Net::FTP loaded ok
> > Fetching with Net::FTP:
> > [url]ftp://cpan.chebucto.ns.ca/pub/CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz[/url]
> > Going to read /usr/local/cpan/sources/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz
> > Can't exec "./gzip": No such file or directory at
> > /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.3/aix/IO/File.pm line 176, <FIN> line 1.
> > Could not pipe[./gzip --decompress --stdout
> > /usr/local/cpan/sources/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz |]: No

> such file or

> > directory at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.3/CPAN.pm line 5727,

> <FIN> line

> > 1.
> >
> > Is there any way I can reinstall CPAN from scratch?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Steve Hemond
> > Programmeur Analyste / Analyst Programmer
> > Smurfit-Stone, Ressources Forestieres
> > La Tuque, P.Q.
> > Tel.: (819) 676-8100 X2833
> > [email]shemond@smurfit.com[/email]
> >
> >
> > --
> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email]beginners-unsubscribe@perl.org[/email]
> > For additional commands, e-mail: [email]beginners-help@perl.org[/email]
> > <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
> >
> >

>
>

[Wiggins D Anconia]

> </usr/local># cpan o conf init
> CPAN: Storable loaded ok
> LWP not available
> CPAN: Net::FTP loaded ok
> Fetching with Net::FTP:
> [url]ftp://cpan.chebucto.ns.ca/pub/CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz[/url]
> Going to read /usr/local/cpan/sources/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz
> Could not pipe[./gzip --decompress --stdout

/usr/local/cpan/sources/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz |]: A file or directory
in the path name does not exist. at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.3/CPAN.pm
line 5727.

>
> Same problems ... like every CPAN linked command (gzip, ftp, wget,

etc) can't be found by CPAN... but WHY?

>
> Any clues?
>

Have you tried entering full paths for the commands? CPAN may be
messing up the cwd for some reason before reaching the commands. I
thought CPAN provided the full paths as the defaults when calling 'o
conf init'??

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