On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 7:57 AM, Shawn H Corey <shawnhco...@gmail.com> wrote:
> tom smith wrote: > > I actually read something that said not to install Bundle::CPAN. Then > > sometime later I tried to install my first module, and in the fog of > > trying everything possible to get cpan to install LPW::Simple, I saw > > that message instructing me to update Bundle::CPAN, and I tried that. > > But I never had cpan working before that. cpan didn't work before > > installing Bundle::CPAN and it doesn't work now. That is why I want to > > wipe every trace of cpan off my computer. > > > > > > Removing every trace of cpan from your machine may take a lot of effort. > Have you tried just replacing CPAN.pm from > http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/ANDK/CPAN-1.9402/lib/CPAN.pm I ran a find on the root directory to discover all the places where CPAN.pm is located: $ find / -type f -name CPAN.pm /System/Library/Perl/5.8.6/CPAN.pm /Users/me/.cpan/Bundle/CPAN.pm /Users/me/my_tar_extractions/perl-5.10.1/lib/CPAN.pm /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.10.1/CPAN.pm Here is some more information: $ which perl /usr/local/bin/perl $ perl -v This is perl, v5.10.1 (*) built for darwin-2level Copyright 1987-2009, Larry Wall <snip> $ which cpan /usr/local/bin/cpan $ cpan -v /usr/local/bin/cpan script version 1.9, CPAN.pm version 1.9402 Then I ran a diff on the CPAN.pm from your link and the one at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.10.1/CPAN.pm, $ diff --normal /Users/me/Documents/cpan_pm_co.txt /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.10.1/CPAN.pm $ So they are identical. The next thing I would like to try is to get rid of Bundle::CPAN, which I think is this: /Users/me/.cpan/Bundle/CPAN.pm Can I safely remove the whole .cpan directory? Here's what's in it: $ cd /Users/me/.cpan $ ls Bundle Metadata build histfile sources $ If all else fails, you could try contacting the author at > http://search.cpan.org/~andk/ > > Ok. I think I'm pretty close. But I kind of suspect they won't answer.
