Hi Eric, On Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:23:17 -0500 Eric James Michael Ritz <lobbyjo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone. > > Here is my question: What is the preferred way to test a system for > installed modules? For example, I have a Perl program I would like to > distribute. It depends on a number of modules from CPAN and I would > like an easy way to test for the existence of those modules. I > suppose the user could always run the program and then install them > whenever he gets an error about the packages not being found, but it > feels like there should be a friendlier way to address that. > > Is there a common way in Perl to say, “This program depends on these > packages and requires them to be installed before running?” And if > so, is there a common, automated way to prompt the user to install any > of those missing packages? > Yes, there is. See: * http://search.cpan.org/dist/Module-Build/ * http://search.cpan.org/dist/Module-Install/ * http://search.cpan.org/dist/ExtUtils-MakeMaker/ Regards, Shlomi Fish > Thanks in advanced and happy holidays everyone! > > -- > ejmr > 南無妙法蓮華經 > > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Freecell Solver - http://fc-solve.shlomifish.org/ You can never truly appreciate The Gilmore Girls until you’ve watched it in the original Klingon. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
