Using CPAN with a proxy failing after o conf init /proxy/

user_662996 0
Viewed 42597

I have a Linux box in a corporate environment in which web access is gated through a proxy which requires authentication.

During a first run of cpan it auto configures everything that it normally does:

Autoconfigured everything but 'urllist'. Please call 'o conf init urllist' to configure your CPAN server(s) now!

commit: wrote '/usr/lib/perl5/5.10.0/CPAN/Config.pm'

Knowing that I have a proxy to navigate, and having read the docs and several pages on the web about proxy and cpan I:

cpan[1]> o conf init /proxy/

If you're accessing the net via proxies, you can specify them in the CPAN configuration or via environment variables. The variable in the $CPAN::Config takes precedence.

Your ftp_proxy? []

Your http_proxy? [] 10.12.8.9:3128

Your no_proxy? []

If your proxy is an authenticating proxy, you can store your username permanently. If you do not want that, just press RETURN. You will then be asked for your username in every future session.

Your proxy user id? [] my_net_id

Your password for the authenticating proxy can also be stored permanently on disk. If this violates your security policy, just press RETURN. You will then be asked for the password in every future session.

CPAN: Term::ReadKey loaded ok (v2.30) Your proxy password? Please remember to call 'o conf commit' to make the config permanent!

cpan[2]> o conf commit commit: wrote '/usr/lib/perl5/5.10.0/CPAN/Config.pm'

All should be good now, right? So I wish,

cpan[3]> i /Some::Module/ CPAN: Storable loaded ok (v2.18)

I would like to connect to one of the following sites to get 'authors/01mailrc.txt.gz':

http://www.perl.org/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/

Is it OK to try to connect to the Internet? [yes] LWP not available

Trying with "/usr/bin/curl -L -f -s -S --netrc-optional" to get http://www.perl.org/CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 407

System call "/usr/bin/curl -L -f -s -S --netrc-optional "http://www.perl.org/CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz" > /root/.cpan/sources/authors/01mailrc.txt.tmp29726" returned status 22 (wstat 5632) Warning: expected file [/root/.cpan/sources/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz.tmp29726] doesn't exist

Trying with "/usr/bin/wget -O /root/.cpan/sources/authors/01mailrc.txt.tmp29726" to get http://www.perl.org/CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz --2012-07-17 15:57:38-- http://www.perl.org/CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz Connecting to 10.12.8.9:3128... connected. Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently Location: http://www.cpan.org/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz [following] --2012-07-17 15:57:38-- http://www.cpan.org/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz Connecting to 10.12.8.9:3128... connected. Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 407 Proxy Authentication Required 2012-07-17 15:57:38 ERROR 407: Proxy Authentication Required.

So where's the password prompt?

What am I missing to configure cpan to access the internet through the corporate proxy with authentication?

cpan perl proxy configuration
4 Answers
[root@localhost ~] cpan

Terminal does not support AddHistory.

cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.9800) Enter 'h' for help.

list my download url

cpan[1]> o conf urllist 


urllist
    0 [http://mirror.waia.asn.au/pub/cpan/]
    1 [ftp://mirrors.coopvgg.com.ar/CPAN/]
    2 [http://httpupdate3.cpanel.net/CPAN/]

Type 'o conf' to view all configuration items

add CPAN mirror list

cpan[2]> o conf urllist push http://httpupdate3.cpanel.net/CPAN/

Please use 'o conf commit' to make the config permanent!

commit

cpan[3]> o conf commit

commit: wrote '/root/.cpan/CPAN/MyConfig.pm'

cpan[4]>

now you can install perl module again like : cpan -i Text::Template

user_136594990
Related