RE: CPAN installation

[Naveenta Anand <anand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Joe,

Thank you for responding. I tried removing my ~/.cpan directory but no luck. 
Also I noticed that when I try to install a  module, it first complains for LWP 
and then it looks for modules and authors directory. The .cpan directory has 
the following structure -

.cpan -> sources -> authors
.cpan -> sources -> modules

But the authors and modules are completely empty. Isn't this unusual?

Naveenta.

On August 1, 2002 12:28 PM, Joe Sirott [SMTP:sirott@pmel.noaa.gov] wrote:
> CPAN should try alternative download methods if LWP isn't present (lynx,
> ftp, etc.). It should warn you if LWP isn't present, and then try one of
> the alternatives.
>
> You might try removing your ~/.cpan directory and trying again.
>
> If you manually install the Perl modules, the configuration scripts will
> handle linking with existing libraries.
> The usual procedure to build a module is:
>
>          perl Makefile.PL
>          make
>          make test
>          make install
>
> At 10:36 AM 8/1/2002 -0400, Naveenta Anand wrote:
> >Hello las_users,
> >
> >I am installing LAS and as you are aware one of the pre-requisites is to
> >have a
> >few CPAN modules installed as listed in the installation document. As I get
> >into the CPAN shell, and try to do install or get, I am told LWP is not
> >installed. Now -
> >
> >1) Is there a way to install CPAN modules without LWP?
> >2) Can I reinstall CPAN all over again from fresh?
> >3) If I manually install the perl modules that are required (which I have
> >downloaded) how do I link these with existing perl libraries?
> >
> >Any help will be deeply appreciated.
> >
> >Thank you in advance,
> >Naveenta
> >
> >Naveenta Anand
> >Software Engineer
> >Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Ottawa.
> >Phone: 991-6940