Command line installing perl modules

2008-01-31 Thread Bobby
Hi, I'm trying to figure out how to install perl modules from command line (to automate the install process). CPAN allowed me to d/l direct which results in tarballs. Are there any caveats to watch out for when installing them this way? This will be done only on brand new Slackware 12

Re: Command line installing perl modules

2008-01-31 Thread Chas. Owens
On Jan 31, 2008 3:01 PM, Bobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip This will be done only on brand new Slackware 12 installs which does not have CPAN. snip That doesn't sound right. Are you certain you have Perl installed? CPAN is part of Core Perl and should be there if Perl is installed. Try perl

Re: Command line installing perl modules

2008-01-31 Thread Bobby
On Thursday 31 January 2008 17:45:53 Chas. Owens wrote: On Jan 31, 2008 3:01 PM, Bobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip This will be done only on brand new Slackware 12 installs which does not have CPAN. snip That doesn't sound right. Are you certain you have Perl installed? CPAN is part

Re: Command line installing perl modules

2008-01-31 Thread Chas. Owens
On Jan 31, 2008 7:44 PM, Bobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 31 January 2008 17:45:53 Chas. Owens wrote: On Jan 31, 2008 3:01 PM, Bobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip This will be done only on brand new Slackware 12 installs which does not have CPAN. snip That doesn't

Re: Command line installing perl modules

2008-01-31 Thread Bobby
On Thursday 31 January 2008 20:15:22 Chas. Owens wrote: On Jan 31, 2008 7:44 PM, Bobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 31 January 2008 17:45:53 Chas. Owens wrote: On Jan 31, 2008 3:01 PM, Bobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip This will be done only on brand new Slackware 12

Re: Command line installing perl modules

2008-01-31 Thread Chas. Owens
On Jan 31, 2008 8:32 PM, Bobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Yes, thank you, but that part is old hat. What I'm looking for is if anything is different when I simply install the tarballs? snip You have to do everything yourself. snip How do I automate the install of a bunch of modules. Is it

Re: Command line installing perl modules

2008-01-31 Thread Bobby
On Thursday 31 January 2008 20:40:13 Chas. Owens wrote: How do I automate the install of a bunch of modules. Is it enough to just install the tarballs, or will there be dependencies that I have to trace down first? If so what is the best way to do that? You automate it by using the CPAN