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Takkun
Takkun

Reputation: 6361

Rerun CPAN Config on Linux?

I accidentally interrupted CPAN while it was doing the initial configuration and now I cannot start it again.

I am receiving the error

Error while requiring CPAN::MyConfig: CPAN/MyConfig.pm did not return a true value at /usr/share/perl/5.14/CPAN/HandleConfig.pm line 507

Is there any way to rerun the config if I can't even open the cpan shell?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2723

Answers (2)

Ask Bjørn Hansen
Ask Bjørn Hansen

Reputation: 6943

As Jonathan said, moving that file out of the way will let you continue. Though better would be to use "cpan minus": http://search.cpan.org/dist/App-cpanminus/lib/App/cpanminus.pm

It is much faster and simpler to use and has lots of amazing features.

https://github.com/miyagawa/cpanminus

Upvotes: 4

Jonathan Leffler
Jonathan Leffler

Reputation: 753675

Remove the file CPAN/MyConfig.pm (or, better, move it somewhere; you might want to look at it).

Then try again.

Upvotes: 6

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