Hi, I get the following problem both on Mac OS X (perl v5.8.6) and RHEL 5.3 - does anybody know what causes this problem and how to fix it? When running the following command: perl -MCPAN -e shell It gets to the point where it asks me to select a continent, but it doesn't give me the list to select from(I've seen this list in some online postings, so i know what's missing). It seems that something is missing from the perl installation, or this command is unable to retrieve the continent list from somewhere? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- First, pick a nearby continent and country (you can pick several of each, separated by spaces, or none if you just want to keep your existing selections). Then, you will be presented with a list of URLs of CPAN mirrors in the countries you selected, along with previously selected URLs. Select some of those URLs, or just keep the old list. Finally, you will be prompted for any extra URLs -- file:, ftp:, or http: -- that host a CPAN mirror. Select your continent (or several nearby continents) [ ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- regards, js.