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From:
Richard Lee
Date:
May 4, 2008 20:32
Subject:
Re: Perl Modules
Chas. Owens wrote:
> On Apr 16, 2008, at 13:33, Monty wrote:
>> Hope this is the right forum for this.
>>
>> I recently downloaded Curses-1.23.tar from CPAN for installation on to
>> my Solaris 8 system. I installed the module in the same area as all
>> my other perl modules: /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.5, but I noticed
>> there's also a directory named /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl.
>>
>> Under the directory 5.8.5, I untarred the file and it created a
>> directory named Curse-1.23 and put everything under it. I moved the
>> Curses.pm module up to the 5.8.5 directory and renamed the Curses-1.23
>> directory to Curses, so I can "use Curses" in my scripts.
>>
>> Is this the correct way to install this module? My scripts can't seem
>> to find it.
> snip
>
> No, this is not the proper way to install a Perl module. You have
> four common routes to installing a module:
> 1. become root and use CPAN
> 2. become root and install manually
> 3. use CPAN as a normal user and set PERL5_LIB (or use the lib pragma)
> 4. install manually as a normal user and set PERL5_LIB (or use the lib
> pragma)
>
> 1. become root and use CPAN:
> su -
> perl -MCPAN -e "install Curses"
> #answer all of the questions, the defaults tend to be correct
>
> 2. become root and install manually
> su -
> gzip -dc module-version.tar.gz | tar xvf
> cd module-version
> perl Makefile.pl
> make
> make test
> make install
> #stop if at any step where you get errors
>
>
> 3. use CPAN as a normal user and set PERL5_LIB (or use the lib pragma)
> #like 1., but you should set PREFIX=/some/directory/you/countrol
> perl -MCPAN -e "install Curses"
> echo "export PERL5_LIB=/some/directory/you/countrol" >> .profile
>
> 4. install manually as a normal user and set PERL5_LIB (or use the lib
> pragma)
> gzip -dc module-version.tar.gz | tar xvf
> cd module-version
> perl Makefile.pl PREFIX=/some/directory/you/countrol
> make
> make test
> make install
> #stop if at any step where you get errors
> echo "export PERL5_LIB=/some/directory/you/countrol" >> .profile
>
>
>
I am planning to use 3 or 4.. as I am not root user on this machine.
Problem is, this is solaris and there is only gcc available. What is the
method to say use gcc ?
Also, for 3), am I suppose to export PERL5_LIB before doing the perl
-MCPAN........ ?
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