Hi Chris,

On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:29:08 -0600
Chris Stinemetz <chrisstinem...@gmail.com> wrote:

> >
> > Is that your company's policy, or do you just lack root access? If it's the
> > latter, then see the various resources at 
> > http://perl-begin.org/topics/cpan/ ,
> > so you can see how to install Perl modules from CPAN under your home 
> > directory.
> >
> 
> It isn't a company policy just circumstance. The unix box I'm using
> doesn't support DNS nameserver lookup or a C compiler.
> 
> I'm currently using Perl 5.6.1 which doesnt' support local::lib and I
> can't install perlbrew to upgrade my Perl version due to the fact I
> can't figure out to get wget to work correctly without having DNS
> nameserver lookup capabilities.
> 
> Any suggestions?

It sounds like a really mal-functioning UNIX system. Why isn't it getting fixed
to support DNS and a C compiler?

Regards,

        Shlomi Fish

> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Chris
> 



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