On Jan 8, 2010, at 10:25 AM, Jim Gibson wrote: > You can install modules without using CPAN. Download the distribution file > from: > > <http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/A/AD/ADAMK/File-HomeDir-0.89.tar.gz> > > Unpack it in any directory. > > Go to the top-level directory (File-HomeDir-0.89). > > Execute the commands: > perl Makefile.PL > make > make test > make install > > (Depending upon your admin privileges, You may have to replace the last > command with 'sudo make install'. > > The module should now be installed.
Thanks, Jim - I ran 'make install' (without sudo) and found that it wanted to install into /Library/Perl/5.10.0/. As it turns out, that dir already contains File/HomeDir version 0.88. Diff'ing with 0.89 reveals only an insignificant documentation change. (I also wasn't sure it was a good idea to be changing anything in /Library/Perl/5.10.0/ -- being unsure whether or not that was used by the OS -- although there's *also* a /System/Library/Perl/5.10.0/ -- so I don't know if /Library/Perl/ is "mine" or not.) Maybe what I need is some concise, accurate description of a Perl (& CPAN) installation on Mac OS X "Snow Leopard" (v10.6). I've read enough warnings about messing with the OS's Perl installation to want to steer completely clear of that. I guess that, up to now, I've been lucky. > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org > For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org > http://learn.perl.org/ > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
