CPAN shell problem

[doe1967]

Greetings,

I am a newbie, just learning Perl. My PC is running Vista and has ActivePerl-5.10.0.1003 installed. It runs .pl scripts just fine. However, when I tried to use the CPAN.pm module in the DOS prompt, I ran into a problem.

First, I run "perl -MCPAN -e shell". Then in the CPAN shell, I try to find all modules with "LWP" in them (I have an exercise that tells me to install LWP::Socket. Here is the error I receive:

cpan> i /LWP::/
CPAN: Storable loaded ok (v2.18)
Going to read C:\Perl\cpan\Metadata
Database was generated on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:03:12 GMT
Going to read C:\Perl\cpan\sources\authors\01mailrc.txt.gz
CPAN: Compress::Zlib loaded ok (v2.008)
............................................................................DONE

CPAN: LWP::UserAgent loaded ok (v5.810)
CPAN: Time::HiRes loaded ok (v1.9711)
Fetching with LWP:

http://ppm.activestate.com/CPAN/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz

CPAN: YAML::XS loaded ok (v0.26)
Alert: While trying to 'parse' YAML file
'C:\Perl\cpan\FTPstats.yml'
with 'YAML::XS' the following error was encountered:
Usage: YAML::XS::LibYAML::Load(yaml_str) at C:\Perl\site\lib/YAML/XS.pm line 70.

The line 70 in XS.pm looks like this:

return YAML::XS::LibYAML::Load(do { local $/; <$IN> });

and being a newbie, I have no clue what's wrong with it

I reinstalled Perl, but got the same error. Googled it but couldn't find any answers

I can actually install this LWP::Socket module using the Perl Package Manager, but I'd love to be able to use command prompt to work with CPAN. Is there a way to find out what this error means and how to fix it?

 

[travs69]

If you use activestate you must use the PPM. I think strawberry perl will allow you to compile your own.

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Travis - Those who say it cannot be done are usually interrupted by someone else doing it; Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions;

 

[doe1967]

Thanks a lot, travs69! I uninstalled ActivePerl, installed Strawberry Perl, and everything is working like a charm!

I got a "db prepare failed" error, but after running:

cpan> reload index

I am back in business. I could run:

cpan> install LWP::Socket

and now am able to go on with my training course (the one from scriptsocket.com).

Million thanks again!