note educated_foo <blockquote><code>gzip: /Users/markwellons/Library/Application: not in gzip format gzip: Support/.cpan/sources/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz: No such file or direct +ory</code></blockquote> Something is failing to escape spaces in filenames. To debug this, try installing the modules in Bundle::CPAN one by one. <p><b>EDIT</b>: Alternatively, look at <code>o conf</code> and change your setting of (at least) <code>cpan_home</code> to something without spaces. You should probably report this as a bug, but in general, to avoid problems with UNIX software, don't put spaces in your filenames. 777434 777434