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On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 07:25:54PM -0700, Joe Alagna wrote: > This is the most basic of questions. I hope you don't mind me asking. I'm > just starting to learn to use putty to install things. > > I need Storable in my /usr/bin directory. I've been able to upload it to > my server and even install it, but I'm not sure if I have installed it to > the proper directory and in the proper form. Wanting to put Storable into /usr/bin is something of a bizarre request. Its sort of like asking "How do I steer my fan belt?" Storable is a Perl library you use when writing Perl programs, not a program you run directly. Most of what is on CPAN are libraries. In general they should not go into /usr/bin/. /usr/bin/ is for programs. Some instructions on its installation can be found here: http://search.cpan.org/~ams/Storable-2.08/README (the same README file is in your /home/storable directory) http://search.cpan.org/~ams/Storable-2.08/Storable.pm Or you can run the command "perldoc Storable" to get the same information. > person /home/storable# ls > ChangeLog Makefile.PL Storable.pm t > MANIFEST README Storable.xs Handy Unix tip, its quite bizarre to create a directory in /home to contain the source of a library. /home is typically reserved for user's directory. Normally you'd put this into /usr/local/src > person /home/storable# perl Makefile.PL /usr/bin Passing a directory to Makefile.PL doesn't do anything. I'm curious where you got information that said the above would work. You can't do what you want because, again, Storable is not a program and should not go into /usr/bin. Its a thing you write programs with. Your copy of Storable is installed with all your other Perl programs. If you want to know where that is run "perldoc -l Storable". In fact, Storable comes with Perl. You already had a copy installed. But its *not* a program.Thread Previous | Thread Next