X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_20 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org From: "David Christensen" To: Cc: "'Andrew DeFaria'" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: Unable to use cpan Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:39:41 -0700 Message-ID: <00c101ca21ac$76c194d0$6444be70$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Andrew DeFaria wrote: > $ cpan Algorithm::Diff ... > Error while trying to rename=20 > '/home/p6258c/.cpan/sources/modules/03modlist.data.gz.tmp3996' to=20 > '/home/p6258c/.cpan/sources/modules/03modlist.data.gz': No such file or d= irectory My guess is that it is a file system ownership/ permission issue. Vista is= more picky than XP. Take a look at all the folders down to /home/p6258c/.= cpan/sources/modules/ with Windows Explorer -> Properties -> Security and B= ash 'ls -l'. If something looks strange, you might be able to fix it with = Windows Explorer, 'chmod', and/or 'chown'. I try to make sure that I only install and administer Cygwin and Cygwin sof= tware while logged in as Administrator. For Perl modules, I find that Cygw= in packages (if available) work better than CPAN. When one of my Cygwin installs starts acting up, I move C:\cygwin aside and= start over -- either with a fresh download, or with an archived copy of C:= \cygwin\setup. HTH, David -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple