In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jeremiah Foster wrote:
> Hello there! I am having difficulty downloading the Socket module to
> make a script work. Below is the result of my attempt installing from
> the command line via Perl;
> 
> Any suggestions?

Perhaps looking at one of the HOWTO's on the web for installing Perl
modules without root access will be useful for you:

http://people.nl.linux.org/~joor/noroot.shtml

        Mark

> 
> Jeremiah
> 
> Trying with "/usr/bin/wget -O -" to get
>     ftp://ftp.loaded.net/pub/CPAN/modules/03modlist.data.gz
> --12:05:09--  ftp://ftp.loaded.net/pub/CPAN/modules/03modlist.data.gz
>            => `-'
> Resolving ftp.loaded.net... done.
> Connecting to ftp.loaded.net[12.30.171.126]:21... connected.
> Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
>==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.
>==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD /pub/CPAN/modules ...
> No such directory `pub/CPAN/modules'.
> 
> System call "/usr/bin/wget -O -
> 'ftp://ftp.loaded.net/pub/CPAN/modules/03modlist.data.gz'  >
> yes/sources/modules/03modlist.data"
> returned status 1 (wstat 256)
> Warning: expected file [yes/sources/modules/03modlist.data.gz] doesn't
> exist
> Issuing "/usr/bin/ftp -n"
> Local directory now
> /home/jeremiah/perl_scripts/log_manage/yes/sources/modules
> CPAN: Permission denied
> modules: No such file or directory
> 03modlist.data.gz: No such file or directory
> Bad luck... Still failed!
> Can't access URL
> ftp://ftp.loaded.net/pub/CPAN/modules/03modlist.data.gz.
> 
> Please check, if the URLs I found in your configuration file
> (ftp://ftp.loaded.net/pub/CPAN/) are valid. The urllist can be edited.
> E.g.
> with 'o conf urllist push ftp://myurl/'
> 
> Could not fetch modules/03modlist.data.gz
> Going to write yes/Metadata
> Warning: Cannot install Socket, don't know what it is.
> Try the command
> 
>     i /Socket/
> 
> to find objects with matching identifiers.
> 
> cpan> i /Socket/
> No objects found of any type for argument /Socket/
> 
> cpan>
> 
> 


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