eric@lucii.org on Thu, 1 May 2003 07:15:23 -0400


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Re: [PLUG] Perl module install on OSX


Gabe:

On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 09:40:52PM -0400, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 03:47:38PM -0400, Eric Lucas wrote:
> > modules but I've heard (it through the grapevine) that the
> > usual "perl -MCPAN -e shell" command won't know where perl
> > is installed and will try to install another copy of perl.
> 
> I find that hard to believe. If `perl` didn't know where its modules
> were, it couldn't use them either.
> 
> Is it possible that what you've heard is someone who tried to
> install a module with a "require 5.8.0" or similar in it, and CPAN
> was just trying to install the newer version of Perl?

That makes the most sense... I'll check for that when installing
the modules.

I gather from this you're saying that "perl -MCPAN -e shell" should
work just fine.
 
> > When I walk in on Friday, I'd like to have an idea of how
> > to get the modules installed correctly.
> 
> fink?

Hua? 

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=fink



Eric
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