Re: Perl Module Installation
On Aug 23, 2006, at 4:25 PM, Michael Barto wrote: Typically: #./configuration #make #make check <= VERY IMPORTANT!! #make install In about 12 years of doing perl I think I've never seen an installation sequence that looks like that. I think you mean: % perl Makefile.PL % make % make test % sudo make install In recent days you might also see some modules that use Module::Build instead of MakeMaker, and those can have a different installation sequence: % perl Build.PL % ./Build % ./Build test % sudo ./Build install Well-behaved Module::Build-based modules will provide both options. -Ken
Re: Perl Module Installation
Michael Barto wrote: If you have downloaded the module instead of using CPAN, look at the file "INSTALL" in the module. If should tell you what to do: #./configuration #make #make check <= VERY IMPORTANT!! #make install Hmm, doesn't look very typical!! Most perl modules don't have an "INSTALL" file, "./configuration" will produce an error as there's no such file in the directory (you mean "./configure" I think, but it will also give an error as it's not appropriate for a perl module), and you probably shouldn't be running the first three of those things as root... Mo, just in case you either (a) can't get the cpan script to run (it's sometimes a little finicky to set up behind a proxy server, for example), or (b) wish to do things by hand, here's the standard sequence to go through in order to install DBI. If you have downloaded DBI-1.52.tar.gz then move it somewhere convenient (eg, a directory called "src" in your home directory; make this directory if necessary). Then % cd ~/src % tar zxf DBI-1.52.tar.gz % cd DBI-1.52 % perl Makefile.PL [[ At this stage you might get warnings about missing prerequisite modules; in that case you will have to install them beforehand using the same procedure described here. This can cause quite a bit of cascading backwards if the module you're installing has a lot of dependencies: getting stuck in such an installation cycle will make you appreciate cpan (the script, not the repository). ]] % make % make test [[ Then if the tests all pass...]] % sudo make install The last of these will ask for your password (I'm assuming you're an admin user). The module will automatically be installed in the appropriate place on your machine. No need to manually copy anything anywhere. Best of luck, Paul
Re: Perl Module Installation
If you have downloaded the module instead of using CPAN, look at the file "INSTALL" in the module. If should tell you what to do: Typically: #./configuration #make #make check <= VERY IMPORTANT!! #make install But using CPAN is better. There are other issues in the MacOS X for manual installation or modules such as where the modules are install. The manual method may put them in /usr/local instead of in /Library. Be careful. LogiQwest uses DBI.pm for our product which runs in Perl for multiple Unix types. (we develop on the Mac by the way for Unix reasons with desktops). The following link I have posted that might be useful to you for you DBI installation. It is part of our documentation (though it is general for Unix): http://www.logiqwest.com/dataCenter/Demos/RunBooks/EnterpriseView/Docs/DbiDbdInstallation.html But many of the other links on this page do not work. Moisés Chicharro wrote: Hi All, Can anyone point me to a decent tutorial for installing perl modules. The one I have downloaded is DBI-1.52.tar.gz I am running OS X 10.4.7 and have never installed a perl module before. I have found various pages on the net but I don't want to mess things up so would like to make sure that the tutorial I am reading has been recommended by some experts! :) I am also assuming that the right directory for my install is System/Library/Perl/5.8.6/ Thankyou in advance, Mo -- Michael Barto Software Architect LogiQwest Inc. 16458 Bolsa Chica Street, # 15 Huntington Beach, CA 92649 http://www.logiqwest.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 714 377 3705 Fax: 714 840 3937 Cell: 714 883 1949 'tis a gift to be simple This e-mail may contain LogiQwest proprietary information and should be treated as confidential.
Re: Perl Module Installation
On Wed, August 23, 2006 12:27 pm, Moisés Chicharro said: > Hi All, > > Can anyone point me to a decent tutorial for installing perl modules. > > The one I have downloaded is DBI-1.52.tar.gz > > I am running OS X 10.4.7 and have never installed a perl module > before. I have found various pages on the net but I don't want to > mess things up so would like to make sure that the tutorial I am > reading has been recommended by some experts! :) > > I am also assuming that the right directory for my install is > System/Library/Perl/5.8.6/ > > Thankyou in advance, > Mo In general the best way to install Perl modules is to use CPAN. Use Terminal and run 'perl -MCPAN -e shell' (or just 'cpan') and answer the questions it asks. If you don't know the answer, use the default. Then, while in the CPAN shell, type 'install DBI'. It will get the latest version, unpack it, test it, and install it for you. You will of course need the devloper tools to do this, in case you haven't installed them already. Daniel T. Staal --- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---
Perl Module Installation
Hi All, Can anyone point me to a decent tutorial for installing perl modules. The one I have downloaded is DBI-1.52.tar.gz I am running OS X 10.4.7 and have never installed a perl module before. I have found various pages on the net but I don't want to mess things up so would like to make sure that the tutorial I am reading has been recommended by some experts! :) I am also assuming that the right directory for my install is System/Library/Perl/5.8.6/ Thankyou in advance, Mo
