Timeout for inactivity during Makefile.PL? [0] 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? Your no_proxy? You have no /mnt/am2/07/925/00000007/htdocs/.cpan/sources/MIRRORED.BY  I'm trying to fetch one  Please, install Net::FTP as soon as possible. CPAN.pm installs it for you  if you just type      install Bundle::libnet No external ftp command available Please check, if the URLs I found in your configuration file () are valid. The urllist can be edited. E.g. with ``o conf urllist push ftp://myurl/'' Cannot fetch MIRRORED.BY Couldn't open : No such file or directory at /opt/KQperl/lib/CPAN/FirstTime.pm line 336, chunk 20. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted, chunk 20.