Perl remains my weapon of choice for regex-intensive stuff. But most of
the quick-and-dirty stuff I do these days is done in Python. Java has Maven/Ivy, Python has easy-install and Perl has CPAN. The first 2 are pretty much pussycats, but CPAN is a wildcat. Some of it, I think, is just their equivalent of DLL hell, but Perl seems to always end up invoking C code and the C code frequently won't compile properly. If you're pulling in a lot of modules, you never really know if they'll all install clean at any given time. So I generally get my perl package fixes through the OS system package manager (apt-get or yum) and try and avoid CPAN. On Wed, 2010-08-04 at 15:38 -0400, Otto Gvert wrote: > Chris, > Thanks for the tip on using cpan. I did however manage to botch it big time. > Something in my original set up. Think I missed a sub directory. > > William, > Thanks for the push on google. After I did a 'clean Date::Calc' I took a > chance > and followed an older command line 'sudo apt-get install libdate-calc-perl' > command and it worked perfectly. > > Guys thanks, > Otto > > > Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 12:14:08 -0400 > > Subject: Re: Perl help > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > CC: [email protected] > > > > If there's no package provided by Ubuntu, I'd use CPAN. > > > > Run cpan at the command line; you will probably have to go through a bit of > > setup if it's the first time you're running it. You should be able to accept > > the default for just about everything. > > > > Once you have a cpan> prompt, type, enter: > > > > install Date::Calc > > > > > > > Follow the prompts (it may have to install some dependencies too). That > > should be it! > > > > Chris Lee > > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Otto Gvert <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > On Ubuntu 10.04 using Perl 5.10.1 need help installing > > > the Date::Calc module. When it comes to installing stuff > > > I'm out of my element. > > > tia > > > Otto > > > > . --------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml Unsubscribe [email protected]
