Please see below, for some more questions. On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Chas. Owens <chas.ow...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:37, Raheel Hassan <raheel.has...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Thanks a lot for your explanation. For adding support of CGI, SSL and > MySQL > > in perl, what modules do i need to install. Please write down the > commands > > for installing and uninstalling and also for checking that what modules > are > > installed by default in perl as i have read the apache doccumentation > where > > it is not mentioned clearly. > snip > > CGI[1] is part of Core Perl, so you already have it. SSL should be handled > for you by Apache, but in case you need to make your own SSL connections > you > can use IO::Socket::SSL[2]. For MySQL you will need DBI[3] and > DBD::mysql[4]. Can you please explain IO::Socket::SSL and DBD::mysql why we write in our programs these lines.. > > In general, if you need some code to do something you should look on > CPAN[5]. > > You can test whether a module is installed or not by saying > > perl -MModule::Name -le 'print "ok"' I have written this command * perl -DBD::Mysql -le* and received this response *"Recompile perl with -DDEBUGGING to use -D switch (did you mean -d ?) Unrecognized switch: -::Mysql (-h will show valid options). "* > > > If you get "ok" back then it is installed, if you get back an error then > either it is not installed or you need to set PERL5LIB to point to where it > is installed. How i will set the PERL5LIB to point where it is installed. > > > There are multiple methods of installing modules. In order of my > preference: > > * use a package manager: > > apt-get install libdbi-perl For adding MySql support which modules do i need to add.Because at CPAN web site when i searched DBD and DBI there are many modules available. > > > * use cpan > > cpan DBI > > * compile from a tarball > > 1. download a tarball from CPAN > 2. decompress tarball > 3. change directory into the extracted tarball Is it manadaotry > > 4. perl Makefile.PL What is the function of makefile.pl > > 5. make > 6. make test > > if all of the steps above succeed without errors > > 7. make install > > 1. http://perldoc.perl.org/CGI.html > 2. http://search.cpan.org/dist/IO-Socket-SSL/SSL.pm > 3. http://search.cpan.org/dist/DBI/DBI.pm > 4. http://search.cpan.org/dist/DBD-mysql/lib/DBD/mysql.pm > 5. http://search.cpan.org > > -- > Chas. Owens > wonkden.net > The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read. >
