fixing cpan by resetting it
So I ran into a simple little problem.
I wasn't connected to the internet and started cpan. It started to configure for the first time and then when I realised a few seconds later that the internet wasn't connected I hit Ctrl + C
When I connected to the internet and brought CPAN up again, it asked me to continue from where is left, but prompted me for a WHOLE lot of configuration options. I left them to default.
It then asked me for a mirror URL, I think I typed it incorrectly. Now cpan doesn't work at all!!
I would like to reset to the typical first start I'm used to where it will ask to configure everything for me.
I looked at this perlmonks post which suggested deleting /etc/perl/CPAN/Config.pm but it doesn't exist for me. /etc/perl doesn't exist itself.
Question: I'm on CentOS 6.4, how do I reset cpan?
centos perl cpan
edited Oct 23 '18 at 2:07
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So I ran into a simple little problem.
I wasn't connected to the internet and started cpan. It started to configure for the first time and then when I realised a few seconds later that the internet wasn't connected I hit Ctrl + C
When I connected to the internet and brought CPAN up again, it asked me to continue from where is left, but prompted me for a WHOLE lot of configuration options. I left them to default.
It then asked me for a mirror URL, I think I typed it incorrectly. Now cpan doesn't work at all!!
I would like to reset to the typical first start I'm used to where it will ask to configure everything for me.
I looked at this perlmonks post which suggested deleting /etc/perl/CPAN/Config.pm but it doesn't exist for me. /etc/perl doesn't exist itself.
Question: I'm on CentOS 6.4, how do I reset cpan?
centos perl cpan
edited Oct 23 '18 at 2:07
Rui F Ribeiro
39.2k1479130
asked Jul 11 '13 at 18:24
gideon
1831417
add a comment |
So I ran into a simple little problem.
I wasn't connected to the internet and started cpan. It started to configure for the first time and then when I realised a few seconds later that the internet wasn't connected I hit Ctrl + C
When I connected to the internet and brought CPAN up again, it asked me to continue from where is left, but prompted me for a WHOLE lot of configuration options. I left them to default.
It then asked me for a mirror URL, I think I typed it incorrectly. Now cpan doesn't work at all!!
I would like to reset to the typical first start I'm used to where it will ask to configure everything for me.
I looked at this perlmonks post which suggested deleting /etc/perl/CPAN/Config.pm but it doesn't exist for me. /etc/perl doesn't exist itself.
Question: I'm on CentOS 6.4, how do I reset cpan?
centos perl cpan
edited Oct 23 '18 at 2:07
Rui F Ribeiro
39.2k1479130
asked Jul 11 '13 at 18:24
gideon
1831417
So I ran into a simple little problem.
I wasn't connected to the internet and started cpan. It started to configure for the first time and then when I realised a few seconds later that the internet wasn't connected I hit Ctrl + C
When I connected to the internet and brought CPAN up again, it asked me to continue from where is left, but prompted me for a WHOLE lot of configuration options. I left them to default.
It then asked me for a mirror URL, I think I typed it incorrectly. Now cpan doesn't work at all!!
I would like to reset to the typical first start I'm used to where it will ask to configure everything for me.
I looked at this perlmonks post which suggested deleting /etc/perl/CPAN/Config.pm but it doesn't exist for me. /etc/perl doesn't exist itself.
Question: I'm on CentOS 6.4, how do I reset cpan?
centos perl cpan
centos perl cpan
edited Oct 23 '18 at 2:07
Rui F Ribeiro
39.2k1479130
asked Jul 11 '13 at 18:24
gideon
1831417
edited Oct 23 '18 at 2:07
Rui F Ribeiro
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asked Jul 11 '13 at 18:24
gideon
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edited Oct 23 '18 at 2:07
Rui F Ribeiro
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I believe cpan maintains its files in the directory of the user that ran it. So if it was root then they'd be in /root/.cpan. You can just blow this directory away completely.
Alternatively you can re-run the "wizard" that asks you all those CPAN questions using this command:
$ cpan o conf init
edited Jul 11 '13 at 20:15
cjm
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answered Jul 11 '13 at 18:40
slm♦
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Thanks for your answer. I deleted the directory/root/.cpancpan still doesn't give me that first launch message, when I didsudo cpanthencpan> o conf initit ran all the regular auto configuration except the urllist config, but prompted me to do that. When I did it let me select a continent, country and gave me the right list of mirrors. It's all working now :D
– gideon
Jul 11 '13 at 18:51
add a comment |
Removing /root/.cpan certainly helps, but if you want to go back to the first launch message, you need to remove CPAN/Config.pm. To find out where it is, try:
perldoc -l CPAN
i.e.:
ls -l `dirname $(perldoc -l CPAN)`/CPAN/Config.pm
edited Sep 30 '14 at 10:31
Tejas
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answered Sep 30 '14 at 9:39
Joao Costa
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replace Config.pm with fixed version
wget http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/A/AN/ANDK/CPAN-2.16.tar.gz
tar -zxvf CPAN-2.16.tar.gz
sudo mkdir /usr/share/perl5/CPAN/ -p
sudo cp ./CPAN-2.16/lib/CPAN/FirstTime.pm /usr/share/perl5/CPAN/FirstTime.pm
source
edited Sep 22 '18 at 11:59
Thomas
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answered Sep 22 '18 at 11:36
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On my shared hosting server, there is also a ~/.cpan/CPAN/MyConfig.pm file. Deleting the whole ~/.cpan folder did the job for me. Deleting /usr/share/perl5/CPAN/Config.pm requires root privilege so no can do for me.
This code works for me to reset and re-run cpan setup with no output (extracted from my sslcert cron script).
if [ -d ~/.cpan ]; then rm -fR ~/.cpan ; echo y | cpan > /dev/null 2>&1; fi
Same line also ran on my ubuntu desktop pc.
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delete /usr/share/perl5/CPAN/Config.pm and then run CPAN again
edited Aug 1 '16 at 10:36
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I believe cpan maintains its files in the directory of the user that ran it. So if it was root then they'd be in /root/.cpan. You can just blow this directory away completely.
Alternatively you can re-run the "wizard" that asks you all those CPAN questions using this command:
$ cpan o conf init
edited Jul 11 '13 at 20:15
cjm
20.4k57073
answered Jul 11 '13 at 18:40
slm♦
247k66513678
Thanks for your answer. I deleted the directory/root/.cpancpan still doesn't give me that first launch message, when I didsudo cpanthencpan> o conf initit ran all the regular auto configuration except the urllist config, but prompted me to do that. When I did it let me select a continent, country and gave me the right list of mirrors. It's all working now :D
– gideon
Jul 11 '13 at 18:51
add a comment |
I believe cpan maintains its files in the directory of the user that ran it. So if it was root then they'd be in /root/.cpan. You can just blow this directory away completely.
Alternatively you can re-run the "wizard" that asks you all those CPAN questions using this command:
$ cpan o conf init
edited Jul 11 '13 at 20:15
cjm
20.4k57073
answered Jul 11 '13 at 18:40
slm♦
247k66513678
Thanks for your answer. I deleted the directory/root/.cpancpan still doesn't give me that first launch message, when I didsudo cpanthencpan> o conf initit ran all the regular auto configuration except the urllist config, but prompted me to do that. When I did it let me select a continent, country and gave me the right list of mirrors. It's all working now :D
– gideon
Jul 11 '13 at 18:51
add a comment |
I believe cpan maintains its files in the directory of the user that ran it. So if it was root then they'd be in /root/.cpan. You can just blow this directory away completely.
Alternatively you can re-run the "wizard" that asks you all those CPAN questions using this command:
$ cpan o conf init
edited Jul 11 '13 at 20:15
cjm
20.4k57073
answered Jul 11 '13 at 18:40
slm♦
247k66513678
I believe cpan maintains its files in the directory of the user that ran it. So if it was root then they'd be in /root/.cpan. You can just blow this directory away completely.
Alternatively you can re-run the "wizard" that asks you all those CPAN questions using this command:
$ cpan o conf init
edited Jul 11 '13 at 20:15
cjm
20.4k57073
answered Jul 11 '13 at 18:40
slm♦
247k66513678
edited Jul 11 '13 at 20:15
cjm
20.4k57073
edited Jul 11 '13 at 20:15
cjm
20.4k57073
edited Jul 11 '13 at 20:15
cjm
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20.4k57073
answered Jul 11 '13 at 18:40
slm♦
247k66513678
answered Jul 11 '13 at 18:40
slm♦
247k66513678
answered Jul 11 '13 at 18:40
slm♦
247k66513678
247k66513678
Thanks for your answer. I deleted the directory/root/.cpancpan still doesn't give me that first launch message, when I didsudo cpanthencpan> o conf initit ran all the regular auto configuration except the urllist config, but prompted me to do that. When I did it let me select a continent, country and gave me the right list of mirrors. It's all working now :D
– gideon
Jul 11 '13 at 18:51
add a comment |
Thanks for your answer. I deleted the directory/root/.cpancpan still doesn't give me that first launch message, when I didsudo cpanthencpan> o conf initit ran all the regular auto configuration except the urllist config, but prompted me to do that. When I did it let me select a continent, country and gave me the right list of mirrors. It's all working now :D
– gideon
Jul 11 '13 at 18:51
Thanks for your answer. I deleted the directory
/root/.cpan cpan still doesn't give me that first launch message, when I did sudo cpan then cpan> o conf init it ran all the regular auto configuration except the urllist config, but prompted me to do that. When I did it let me select a continent, country and gave me the right list of mirrors. It's all working now :D– gideon
Jul 11 '13 at 18:51
Thanks for your answer. I deleted the directory
/root/.cpan cpan still doesn't give me that first launch message, when I did sudo cpan then cpan> o conf init it ran all the regular auto configuration except the urllist config, but prompted me to do that. When I did it let me select a continent, country and gave me the right list of mirrors. It's all working now :D– gideon
Jul 11 '13 at 18:51
add a comment |
Removing /root/.cpan certainly helps, but if you want to go back to the first launch message, you need to remove CPAN/Config.pm. To find out where it is, try:
perldoc -l CPAN
i.e.:
ls -l `dirname $(perldoc -l CPAN)`/CPAN/Config.pm
edited Sep 30 '14 at 10:31
Tejas
1,79621839
answered Sep 30 '14 at 9:39
Joao Costa
1212
add a comment |
Removing /root/.cpan certainly helps, but if you want to go back to the first launch message, you need to remove CPAN/Config.pm. To find out where it is, try:
perldoc -l CPAN
i.e.:
ls -l `dirname $(perldoc -l CPAN)`/CPAN/Config.pm
edited Sep 30 '14 at 10:31
Tejas
1,79621839
answered Sep 30 '14 at 9:39
Joao Costa
1212
add a comment |
Removing /root/.cpan certainly helps, but if you want to go back to the first launch message, you need to remove CPAN/Config.pm. To find out where it is, try:
perldoc -l CPAN
i.e.:
ls -l `dirname $(perldoc -l CPAN)`/CPAN/Config.pm
edited Sep 30 '14 at 10:31
Tejas
1,79621839
answered Sep 30 '14 at 9:39
Joao Costa
1212
Removing /root/.cpan certainly helps, but if you want to go back to the first launch message, you need to remove CPAN/Config.pm. To find out where it is, try:
perldoc -l CPAN
i.e.:
ls -l `dirname $(perldoc -l CPAN)`/CPAN/Config.pm
edited Sep 30 '14 at 10:31
Tejas
1,79621839
answered Sep 30 '14 at 9:39
Joao Costa
1212
edited Sep 30 '14 at 10:31
Tejas
1,79621839
edited Sep 30 '14 at 10:31
Tejas
1,79621839
edited Sep 30 '14 at 10:31
Tejas
1,79621839
1,79621839
answered Sep 30 '14 at 9:39
Joao Costa
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answered Sep 30 '14 at 9:39
Joao Costa
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answered Sep 30 '14 at 9:39
Joao Costa
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replace Config.pm with fixed version
wget http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/A/AN/ANDK/CPAN-2.16.tar.gz
tar -zxvf CPAN-2.16.tar.gz
sudo mkdir /usr/share/perl5/CPAN/ -p
sudo cp ./CPAN-2.16/lib/CPAN/FirstTime.pm /usr/share/perl5/CPAN/FirstTime.pm
source
edited Sep 22 '18 at 11:59
Thomas
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answered Sep 22 '18 at 11:36
Mohannd
63
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replace Config.pm with fixed version
wget http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/A/AN/ANDK/CPAN-2.16.tar.gz
tar -zxvf CPAN-2.16.tar.gz
sudo mkdir /usr/share/perl5/CPAN/ -p
sudo cp ./CPAN-2.16/lib/CPAN/FirstTime.pm /usr/share/perl5/CPAN/FirstTime.pm
source
edited Sep 22 '18 at 11:59
Thomas
3,73661225
answered Sep 22 '18 at 11:36
Mohannd
63
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replace Config.pm with fixed version
wget http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/A/AN/ANDK/CPAN-2.16.tar.gz
tar -zxvf CPAN-2.16.tar.gz
sudo mkdir /usr/share/perl5/CPAN/ -p
sudo cp ./CPAN-2.16/lib/CPAN/FirstTime.pm /usr/share/perl5/CPAN/FirstTime.pm
source
edited Sep 22 '18 at 11:59
Thomas
3,73661225
answered Sep 22 '18 at 11:36
Mohannd
63
replace Config.pm with fixed version
wget http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/A/AN/ANDK/CPAN-2.16.tar.gz
tar -zxvf CPAN-2.16.tar.gz
sudo mkdir /usr/share/perl5/CPAN/ -p
sudo cp ./CPAN-2.16/lib/CPAN/FirstTime.pm /usr/share/perl5/CPAN/FirstTime.pm
source
edited Sep 22 '18 at 11:59
Thomas
3,73661225
answered Sep 22 '18 at 11:36
Mohannd
63
edited Sep 22 '18 at 11:59
Thomas
3,73661225
edited Sep 22 '18 at 11:59
Thomas
3,73661225
edited Sep 22 '18 at 11:59
Thomas
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3,73661225
answered Sep 22 '18 at 11:36
Mohannd
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answered Sep 22 '18 at 11:36
Mohannd
63
answered Sep 22 '18 at 11:36
Mohannd
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On my shared hosting server, there is also a ~/.cpan/CPAN/MyConfig.pm file. Deleting the whole ~/.cpan folder did the job for me. Deleting /usr/share/perl5/CPAN/Config.pm requires root privilege so no can do for me.
This code works for me to reset and re-run cpan setup with no output (extracted from my sslcert cron script).
if [ -d ~/.cpan ]; then rm -fR ~/.cpan ; echo y | cpan > /dev/null 2>&1; fi
Same line also ran on my ubuntu desktop pc.
answered 31 mins ago
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On my shared hosting server, there is also a ~/.cpan/CPAN/MyConfig.pm file. Deleting the whole ~/.cpan folder did the job for me. Deleting /usr/share/perl5/CPAN/Config.pm requires root privilege so no can do for me.
This code works for me to reset and re-run cpan setup with no output (extracted from my sslcert cron script).
if [ -d ~/.cpan ]; then rm -fR ~/.cpan ; echo y | cpan > /dev/null 2>&1; fi
Same line also ran on my ubuntu desktop pc.
answered 31 mins ago
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On my shared hosting server, there is also a ~/.cpan/CPAN/MyConfig.pm file. Deleting the whole ~/.cpan folder did the job for me. Deleting /usr/share/perl5/CPAN/Config.pm requires root privilege so no can do for me.
This code works for me to reset and re-run cpan setup with no output (extracted from my sslcert cron script).
if [ -d ~/.cpan ]; then rm -fR ~/.cpan ; echo y | cpan > /dev/null 2>&1; fi
Same line also ran on my ubuntu desktop pc.
answered 31 mins ago
5p0ng3b0b
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On my shared hosting server, there is also a ~/.cpan/CPAN/MyConfig.pm file. Deleting the whole ~/.cpan folder did the job for me. Deleting /usr/share/perl5/CPAN/Config.pm requires root privilege so no can do for me.
This code works for me to reset and re-run cpan setup with no output (extracted from my sslcert cron script).
if [ -d ~/.cpan ]; then rm -fR ~/.cpan ; echo y | cpan > /dev/null 2>&1; fi
Same line also ran on my ubuntu desktop pc.
answered 31 mins ago
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delete /usr/share/perl5/CPAN/Config.pm and then run CPAN again
edited Aug 1 '16 at 10:36
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answered Aug 1 '16 at 10:14
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delete /usr/share/perl5/CPAN/Config.pm and then run CPAN again
edited Aug 1 '16 at 10:36
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answered Aug 1 '16 at 10:14
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delete /usr/share/perl5/CPAN/Config.pm and then run CPAN again
edited Aug 1 '16 at 10:36
Tejas
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answered Aug 1 '16 at 10:14
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delete /usr/share/perl5/CPAN/Config.pm and then run CPAN again
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answered Aug 1 '16 at 10:14
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