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HTTP::Request and CPAN support

I have tried installing HTTP::Request and I think i have missed up my CPAN ...... Not sure what to do now, do I have to reinstall the CPAN again...

This is what I get:

Code:

root@Admin:~# perl -MCPAN -e shell

Terminal does not support AddHistory.



cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.7601)

ReadLine support available (try 'install Bundle::CPAN')



cpan>

Any support will be appreciated.
I have also tried to download my HTTP::Request from here:
http://search.cpan.org/search?mode=m...P%3A%3ARequest

i Have installed it but it wont work yet, what I mean it work is when I install f-prot it would still say

Code:

File permissions: /usr/local/f-prot/f-prot rwxr-x-r-x  OK.

File permissions: /usr/local/f-prot/tools/check-updates.pl rwx------    OK.

Checking for new virus signatures:

Error: Unable to include perl module: 'HTTP::Request'.

Please install this module and try re-running this script.

(Hint: man CPAN)

the thing is that i cant run the update online ... i cant use ftp proxy... so I need to download the file manually and install it my sefl.

thanks.

cpan> install HTTP::Request

and it will install itself...

after this you should be able to do

/usr/local/f-prot/tools/checkupdates.pl

As I said I cant, I am restricted, I need to do everything manually.

Code:

cpan>  install HTTP::Request

Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.6/CPAN.pm line 716, <FIN> line 2.

DEBUG: c[3]$@[Can't locate URI/URL.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.6/i486-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6/i486-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl) at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.6/CPAN.pm line 704, <FIN> line 2.

]ret[] at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.6/CPAN.pm line 716, <FIN> line 2.

LWP not available

Fetching with Net::FTP:

  ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz

then I will get
could not connect to ftp.perl.org -- try again later: Connection timed out.
Could not connect to ftp.perl.org -- try again later: Connection timed out.