CPAN

The default, ask, is the most conservative setting, but you should consider answer 

ing follow since this will greatly ease the task of installing modules with lots of 

dependencies.

The CPAN modules uses various external programs, and you'll be asked to 

confirm their location:

Where is your gzip program? [/bin/gzip]

If you don't want the CPAN module to use a particular external program type a 

space and press Enter. This can be useful if you know a program is broken on your 

system or won't be able to perform its task.

Towards the end of the questions, the CPAN module will present you with a 

choice of which mirrors to use. First, you'll identify your continent:

(1) Africa

(2) Asia

(3) Central America

(4) Europe

(5) North America

(6) Oceania

(7) South America

Select your continent (or several nearby continents) []

then country:

(1) Canada

(2) Mexico

(3) United States

Select your country (or several nearby countries) []

and finally you'll select several mirrors from a list:

(1) ftp://archive.progeny.com/CPAN/

(2) ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/CPAN/

(3) ftp://cpan.cse.msu.edu/

...

Select as many URLs as you like,

put them on one line, separated by blanks []

Make sure you pick more than one since many mirrors have limits on the number 

of people that can use them at one time. Also, not all mirrors are equally up to 

date. To make the best possible picks, you should visit http://mirror.cpan.org,

where you can view a profile of each mirror including how up to date they are.

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