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Oh yeah, OS packages are way better if they are there... CPAN is just a hair better than downloading them yourself :) I shoulda checked to see if Ubuntu had that before I recommended CPAN. Chris Lee On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Tim Holloway <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > >
