Re: Perl install problems OSX 10.4.11
Hi, Thanks for your excellent response, makes installing so easy assuming I did it correctly. I think everything that was required is installed, but I am not sure everything was installed in the right location. It appears that Perl 5.10.1 was installed and all the modules I installed are associated with Perl 5.10.1. When I try to run the get_iplayer PVR module I get the following error: Can't locate loadable object for module HTML::Parser in @INC (@INC contains: /opt/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/darwin-2level (I have abbreviated the error message) And when I enter perl -v I get the following: This is perl, v5.8.8 built for darwin-2level So the system does not see the Perl 5.10.1 install. Can someone please tell me if there is a was to install the modules so they relate to perl, v5.8.8, or point get_iplayer to use Perl 5.10.1. Thanks, Terrence On 12 Sep 2009, at 05:02, Packy Anderson wrote: On Sep 11, 2009, at 5:33 PM, Mine wrote: I don't fully understand what Perl does but if Perl comes installed with OSX it appears that I also have an install of Perl via MacPorts. I assume that get_iplayer is looking at the preinstalled Perl but I am not sure. Perl is a programming language, and it appears that get_iplayer is written in it. The perl that comes installed with OS X is located at /usr/bin/ perl. If you've also installed perl from some other source (like MacPorts) then you might have another perl at some other location. I've taken a look at the iplayer source (available through http:// linuxcentre.net/getiplayer/) and it's definitely using the Perl that comes with OS X at /usr/bin/perl/ Although I am no expert, I have used the Terminal to install binaries before so i will give it a go. It's fairly simple. Type sudo perl -MCPAN -e shell At a Terminal prompt and enter in your password when prompted. You'll be asked to configure CPAN the first time you run it; just take the defaults and you'll be fine. Then, once you get a cpan[1] command prompt, type the following: cpan[1] install LWP and hit enter. It will automatically figure out what prerequisites you need and download all the packages. Again, I generally take the defaults and everything works well. -packy
Re: Perl install problems OSX 10.4.11
At 23:22 +0100 9/12/09, Mine wrote: Hi, Thanks for your excellent response, makes installing so easy assuming I did it correctly. I think everything that was required is installed, but I am not sure everything was installed in the right location. It appears that Perl 5.10.1 was installed and all the modules I installed are associated with Perl 5.10.1. When I try to run the get_iplayer PVR module I get the following error: Can't locate loadable object for module HTML::Parser in @INC (@INC contains: /opt/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/darwin-2level (I have abbreviated the error message) And when I enter perl -v I get the following: This is perl, v5.8.8 built for darwin-2level So the system does not see the Perl 5.10.1 install. Can someone please tell me if there is a was to install the modules so they relate to perl, v5.8.8, or point get_iplayer to use Perl 5.10.1. I suspect that Apple's perl is 5.8.8 and it is installed in /usr/bin. It needs to stay there because Apple's updates may depend on it. Installing 5.10.1 in /usr/bin/ replacing 5.8.8 is not recommended. I also suspect that perl 5.10 is installed in /usr/local/bin but that might be different like /opt/bin depending on just how you installed it.. Look around for it. /opt/local/lib/ sounds unlikely to me. You are probably going to make a change to your PATH environment variable to make the directory that perl 5,10 resides in appear before /usr/bin. A shell command like: setenv PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH # csh PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH # something like this in bash export PATH You can also specify PATH in a startup file $HOME/.MacOSX/environment.plist. but you'll have to create that including the .MacOSX directory unless it's already there. There are some instructions on Apple's web site. Ask if you'd like a sample. @INC is a perl array that lists directories in which modules can be found. There are a bunch of standard locations relative to the directory that perl itself lives in but you can add more directories by setting the PERL5LIB environment variable to a PATH-like list of other directories. That too can be done in environment.plist. It's a bit hard to understand why iplayer doesn't have an installation script or at least some less geeky instructions for users. -- -- A fair tax is one that you pay but I don't --
