Steve, An earlier post mentioned the cpan2rpm package located at e-smith.org. This makes life simple as you can make an rpm of your module easily, for example:
instead of # perl -MCPAN -e 'install "CGI"' you just do: # cpan2perl CGI from the base of your RPM build directory, assuming you have a RPM build directory setup and ready to go. Then you install the rpm and keep track of what you have easily. Also, to see what exactly is installed now, what I do is keep a file in the root directory which I put together and keep updated with this command: # rpm -qa | sort > installed.rpms this gives me an alphabetivally sorted list of all installed rpms. If I forget what's on the system, I check this file. As far as checking what's in the perl distribution, the easiest way for me is to just run: # locate module-name and see what you get ;-) Regards, John C. steve wrote: >Thanks Rich for this RT RPM, > >I have read the 'Read Me' which raises some questions. > >Has anybody installed this RPM? If so, would you care >to share your experieneces. > >Being totally clueless to Perl, but wanting to learn, >how can I verify that the Perl prerequisites will be >satisfied, and/or search-verify the Perl packages are >allready installed,not installed,etc. Any pointers are >great, I have read the recent posts about the various >Perl books and will be gathering them soon. > >I have recently installed the nPulse which required >the following command, perl -MCPAN -e 'install CGI' , >is this the Fast CGI that RT needs and will it >conflict with RT. > >I hope these questions are not too stupid. If these >are RTFM questions, a hint of which FM to start with would >be greatly appreciated. > >Thanks to any and all who help. > >Steve Lewis >Fayetteville, AR, USA > > > >-- >Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues >Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org > -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
