SPUG: cpan script not working -- behind a firewall or proxy?

tcaine@cac.washington.edu tcaine at cac.washington.edu
Wed Feb 22 18:43:29 PST 2006


You might try setting $CPAN::Config->{http_proxy}.  See "perldoc CPAN" for 
more info.

cpan> o conf http_proxy http://192.168.1.1:8080
cpan> o conf commit

-Todd


On Wed, 22 Feb 2006, Michael R. Wolf wrote:

> I'm teaching a class in Connecticut in community college training room that
> has enough internet connectivity to view search.cpan.org in a browser and
> click the download button to get a *.gz file that I can unwind myself and
> issue the standard mantra: make && make test && make install.
>
> But I don't like doing it by hand.  I much prefer the cpan script!!!!  It's
> automagic.  And it chases dependencies for me.  And.... I'm LAZY!
>
> How much work could it take to get my laziness to pay off??
>
> When I run the cpan script, it goes into config mode, and initially seems to
> succeed at getting some files, but then tells me that it did not succeed at
> getting some files.  Were those new files that it couldn't download, or a
> delayed message about a co-process that didn't really succeed at getting the
> original files?  I'm betting on the later because it never shows me the pick
> list of continents/countries/mirror-sites.
>
> The local sysadmin told me that there's an HTTP proxy on 192.168.1.1:8080.
> It seemed to be key in getting a browser to work.
>
> Since I'm ignorant about proxy servers and ports, could someone share their
> experience or point me to some documentation on how I can debug what's
> missing so that I can configure the cpan script accordingly.
>
> All this is in the service of my Perl evangelism.  I want to turn the class
> on to CPAN, even though none of the Perl material I typically am required to
> use even mentions CPAN.
>
> Please help me help another class of Perl programmers.
>
> Thanks,
> Michael Wolf
>
> -- 
> Michael R. Wolf
>    All mammals learn by playing!
>        MichaelRWolf at att.net
>
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