Re: [CentOS] trouble installing Math::BigInt module

2014-04-01 Thread Cliff Pratt
Mmm, top posting. I'd rather not do it but What I describe does not pollute the base install, and using a container seems over the top. Cheers, Cliff On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Daniel Condomitti wrote: > Have you thought of doing this in a Linux container to avoid tainting the > ba

Re: [CentOS] trouble installing Math::BigInt module

2014-04-01 Thread Tom Robinson
On 02/04/14 11:16, Bennett Haselton wrote: > I understand (I think), but is it easy to tell me, or is there a > *reliable*, *vetted* source, describing for intermediate users how to > actually do this? i.e.: > 1) When you say "Try just core and EPEL packages to start with", are you > talking ab

Re: [CentOS] trouble installing Math::BigInt module

2014-04-01 Thread Bennett Haselton
On 4/1/2014 4:10 PM, Tom Robinson wrote: > Tom Robinson > IT Manager/System Administrator > > MoTeC Pty Ltd > > 121 Merrindale Drive > Croydon South > 3136 Victoria > Australia > > T: +61 3 9761 5050 > F: +61 3 9761 5051 > E: tom.robin...@motec.com.au > > On 01/04/14 19:04, Bennett Haselton wrote:

Re: [CentOS] trouble installing Math::BigInt module

2014-04-01 Thread Daniel Condomitti
Have you thought of doing this in a Linux container to avoid tainting the base install? On Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Cliff Pratt wrote: > Another approach used by people who want to use CPAN a lot, is to download > and install Perl from source to say /usr/local, and point CPAN at that

Re: [CentOS] trouble installing Math::BigInt module

2014-04-01 Thread Cliff Pratt
Another approach used by people who want to use CPAN a lot, is to download and install Perl from source to say /usr/local, and point CPAN at that. That way you get the benefits of the latest Perl and CPAN without it fighting with yum/rpm. Your hashbang line in each Perl script that uses the altern

Re: [CentOS] trouble installing Math::BigInt module

2014-04-01 Thread Tom Robinson
Tom Robinson IT Manager/System Administrator MoTeC Pty Ltd 121 Merrindale Drive Croydon South 3136 Victoria Australia T: +61 3 9761 5050 F: +61 3 9761 5051 E: tom.robin...@motec.com.au On 01/04/14 19:04, Bennett Haselton wrote: > On 3/31/2014 10:42 PM, Tom Robinson wrote: >> On 01/04/14 16:

Re: [CentOS] trouble installing Math::BigInt module

2014-04-01 Thread Tom Robinson
On 01/04/14 17:29, John R Pierce wrote: > On 3/31/2014 11:13 PM, Tom Robinson wrote: >> I used to stick to the packages only approach but came up against more >> issues that way. I also spent >> a lot of time compiling and build packages. At the end of the day, CPAN >> consistently built a very >

Re: [CentOS] trouble installing Math::BigInt module

2014-04-01 Thread Les Mikesell
On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 1:29 AM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 3/31/2014 11:13 PM, Tom Robinson wrote: >> I used to stick to the packages only approach but came up against more >> issues that way. I also spent >> a lot of time compiling and build packages. At the end of the day, CPAN >> consistently

Re: [CentOS] trouble installing Math::BigInt module

2014-04-01 Thread mark
On 04/01/14 02:13, Tom Robinson wrote: > On 01/04/14 16:57, John R Pierce wrote: >> On 3/31/2014 10:50 PM, Tom Robinson wrote: >>> Others may see it differently but personally I would install packages >>> only from CentOS and the rest from CPAN >> If possible, I would install ONLY packages from C

Re: [CentOS] trouble installing Math::BigInt module

2014-04-01 Thread Bennett Haselton
On 3/31/2014 10:42 PM, Tom Robinson wrote: > On 01/04/14 16:19, Bennett Haselton wrote: >> On 3/31/2014 7:56 PM, Tom Robinson wrote: >>> Can you verify to which packages thefiles belong? >>> >>> Try using RPM: >>> >>> rpm -qf /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/Net/IP.pm >> On the old machine: >> perl

Re: [CentOS] trouble installing Math::BigInt module

2014-03-31 Thread John R Pierce
On 3/31/2014 11:13 PM, Tom Robinson wrote: > I used to stick to the packages only approach but came up against more issues > that way. I also spent > a lot of time compiling and build packages. At the end of the day, CPAN > consistently built a very > tidy environment the problem with CPAN is it

Re: [CentOS] trouble installing Math::BigInt module

2014-03-31 Thread Tom Robinson
On 01/04/14 16:57, John R Pierce wrote: > On 3/31/2014 10:50 PM, Tom Robinson wrote: >> Others may see it differently but personally I would install packages only >> from CentOS and the rest >> from CPAN > If possible, I would install ONLY packages from Centos and EPEL and > avoid CPAN entirely.

Re: [CentOS] trouble installing Math::BigInt module

2014-03-31 Thread John R Pierce
On 3/31/2014 10:50 PM, Tom Robinson wrote: > Others may see it differently but personally I would install packages only > from CentOS and the rest > from CPAN If possible, I would install ONLY packages from Centos and EPEL and avoid CPAN entirely. if you absolutely need something thats not in

Re: [CentOS] trouble installing Math::BigInt module

2014-03-31 Thread Tom Robinson
On 01/04/14 16:43, John R Pierce wrote: > On 3/31/2014 10:20 PM, Bennett Haselton wrote: >> On 3/31/2014 8:10 PM, John R Pierce wrote: >>> On 3/31/2014 7:56 PM, Tom Robinson wrote: Can you verify to which packages thefiles belong? Try using RPM: rpm -qf /usr/lib/perl5/vendo

Re: [CentOS] trouble installing Math::BigInt module

2014-03-31 Thread John R Pierce
On 3/31/2014 10:20 PM, Bennett Haselton wrote: > On 3/31/2014 8:10 PM, John R Pierce wrote: >> On 3/31/2014 7:56 PM, Tom Robinson wrote: >>> Can you verify to which packages thefiles belong? >>> >>> Try using RPM: >>> >>> rpm -qf /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/Net/IP.pm >>> >>> and >>> >>> rpm -q

Re: [CentOS] trouble installing Math::BigInt module

2014-03-31 Thread Tom Robinson
On 01/04/14 16:19, Bennett Haselton wrote: > On 3/31/2014 7:56 PM, Tom Robinson wrote: >> Can you verify to which packages thefiles belong? >> >> Try using RPM: >> >> rpm -qf /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/Net/IP.pm > On the old machine: > perl-Net-IP-1.25-2.fc6 >> and >> >> rpm -qf /usr/lib/perl

Re: [CentOS] trouble installing Math::BigInt module

2014-03-31 Thread Bennett Haselton
On 3/31/2014 8:10 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 3/31/2014 7:56 PM, Tom Robinson wrote: >> Can you verify to which packages thefiles belong? >> >> Try using RPM: >> >> rpm -qf /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/Net/IP.pm >> >> and >> >> rpm -qf /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/Crypt/DSA/KeyChain.pm >

Re: [CentOS] trouble installing Math::BigInt module

2014-03-31 Thread Bennett Haselton
On 3/31/2014 7:56 PM, Tom Robinson wrote: > Can you verify to which packages thefiles belong? > > Try using RPM: > > rpm -qf /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/Net/IP.pm On the old machine: perl-Net-IP-1.25-2.fc6 > and > > rpm -qf /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/Crypt/DSA/KeyChain.pm On the new mach

Re: [CentOS] trouble installing Math::BigInt module

2014-03-31 Thread John R Pierce
On 3/31/2014 7:56 PM, Tom Robinson wrote: > Can you verify to which packages thefiles belong? > > Try using RPM: > > rpm -qf /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/Net/IP.pm > > and > > rpm -qf /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/Crypt/DSA/KeyChain.pm for that matter, on both machines... rpm -qa |gre

Re: [CentOS] trouble installing Math::BigInt module

2014-03-31 Thread Tom Robinson
Can you verify to which packages thefiles belong? Try using RPM: rpm -qf /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/Net/IP.pm and rpm -qf /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/Crypt/DSA/KeyChain.pm Tom Robinson IT Manager/System Administrator MoTeC Pty Ltd 121 Merrindale Drive Croydon South 3136 Victoria

[CentOS] trouble installing Math::BigInt module

2014-03-31 Thread Bennett Haselton
I had to move a perl script from an old server to a new one. Both the old and new servers are running "CentOS release 5.10 (Final)" and perl v5.8.8. (But the problem I'm running into appears to be a package management problem and not a Perl problem which is why I'm posting it to a CentOS list.