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trouble installing any cpan modules
I wanted to update my cpan, so i typed:

cpan> install Bundle::CPAN

and got:

CPAN: MD5 security checks disabled because MD5 not installed.
Please consider installing the MD5 module.

gzip: y/sources/authors/id/A/AN/ANDK/CPAN-1.70.tar.gz: No such file or directory
gzip: y/sources/authors/id/A/AN/ANDK/CPAN-1.70.tar.gz: No such file or directory
/bin/tar: y/sources/authors/id/A/AN/ANDK/CPAN-1.70.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
/bin/tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
Using Tar:/bin/tar xvf y/sources/authors/id/A/AN/ANDK/CPAN-1.70.tar.gz:
/bin/tar: y/sources/authors/id/A/AN/ANDK/CPAN-1.70.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
/bin/tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
Couldn't untar y/sources/authors/id/A/AN/ANDK/CPAN-1.70.tar.gz


I dont know how but somehow it doesnt untar the file.

My first time using a cpan module.

thanx,

Shak.
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Re: [shak] trouble installing any cpan modules In reply to
Strange. DO you have your repositories configured correctly?

Try downloading and installing manually.

http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/A/AN/ANDK/

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Paul: May 19, 2003, 5:38 AM