On Mar 3, 9:11 pm, John Bokma <j...@castleamber.com> wrote: > Philip Semanchuk <phi...@semanchuk.com> writes: > > > In other words, if I was a Perl user under Ubuntu would I use > > the pkg manager to add a Perl module, or CPAN, or would both work? > > Both would work, but I would make very sure to use a separate > installation directory for modules installed via CPAN.
What's worked best for me is: use *only* the apt system to install modules into your system Perl (`/usr/bin/perl`) and use *only* cpan/ cpanp/cpanm to install modules into *your own* Perl (for example, you may have installed into `/opt`). > AFAIK there are also programs that pack CPAN modules/bundles into > something the package manager can use to install. Right. If you really want to install a module for which there's no Debian package, and you don't want to install your own Perl, this is a good route to take. Incidentally, this is the same way I recommend handling the situation with Python: Use only aptitude to install packages for your system Python, and use only pip to install packages into your own Python (which you built and installed elsewhere, ex., `/opt/py-2.6.4`). ---John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
