Changes between Version 9 and Version 10 of DownloadCPAN

Timestamp:

03/07/11 08:44:44 (2 years ago)

Author:

szabgab

Comment:

proxy configuration

DownloadCPAN

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 === Corporate Proxy ===
 
+People behind a (corporate) proxy will not be able to access the CPAN servers directly. 
+First they need to tell the CPAN client which proxy to use.
+For this, launch the cpan client by typing '''cpan''' on the command line. 
+You should get a cpan> prompt and in there type the following: (obviously replace
+the address of the proxy server with the one you have in your company).
+
 {{{
-$ cpan
 cpan> o conf http_proxy http://proxy.corporate.com:8080
 cpan> o conf commit
@@ -20 +25 @@
 }}}
 
+Once you did this the cpan command should work.
 
 === WxWidgets and WxPerl ===