On Jul 23, 2004, at 5:21 PM, Ingo Weiss wrote:
I am using XML::LibXML and so far did all the testing on my Linux web server (meaning that I had to be online to test). Now I would like to set my Mac up for local development - is it possible to install XML::LibXML on a Mac (Panther)? Can I just go ahead and install it from CPAN?
It's been a while since I last built it, but if memory serves it should build cleanly. You're using Panther, so the low-level C library it needs is already included - if you were using Jaguar or earlier, it would be more difficult.
An alternative is the CamelBones "Fat Camel" package, and the related "XMLKit" package. That will install Perl 5.8.4, along with a long list of XML-related modules. The full list is in the original announcement here:
<http://tinyurl.com/4h7e6>
I'm working on an updated package with the recently-released Perl 5.8.5, too.
If not, is there an easy way to check which CPAN modules work on a Mac?
Most of them work just fine. It can't hurt to search the list archives for the name of the module you're thinking about - if there are problems, they're often discussed here:
<http://www.mail-archive.com/macosx%40perl.org/>
sherm--
