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

Question

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 configu

Answer 1

[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