Re: Need some help on installing modules...

2011-01-18 Thread Daniel Staal
On Sun, January 16, 2011 5:29 pm, Levan, Jerry wrote: > Is doing a: > > sudo perl -MCPAN -e shell > > The standard way of preparing to install modules? > > Seems like root might only be needed for actual installation... Current versions of CPAN can be configured to request a sudo password at the

Re: Need some help on installing modules...

2011-01-17 Thread Chas. Owens
On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 20:59, John Delacour wrote: > At 17:29 -0500 16/01/2011, Levan, Jerry wrote: > > >> Is doing a: >> >>    sudo perl -MCPAN -e shell >> >> The standard way of preparing to install modules? >> >> Seems like root might only be needed for actual installation... > > With sudo you

Re: Need some help on installing modules...

2011-01-16 Thread John Delacour
At 17:29 -0500 16/01/2011, Levan, Jerry wrote: Is doing a: sudo perl -MCPAN -e shell The standard way of preparing to install modules? Seems like root might only be needed for actual installation... With sudo you are superuser; that's quite good enough. I never do it that way. I just

Re: Need some help on installing modules...

2011-01-16 Thread Levan, Jerry
On Jan 16, 2011, at 4:53 PM, John Delacour wrote: > At 11:13 -0500 16/01/2011, Levan, Jerry wrote: > >> I have an iPad and I have a Postgresql database on my home server. >> >> I have turned on the MacOS(client) VPN on the mac mini that I use >> as my home server and can access my home network

Re: Need some help on installing modules...

2011-01-16 Thread John Delacour
At 11:13 -0500 16/01/2011, Levan, Jerry wrote: I have an iPad and I have a Postgresql database on my home server. I have turned on the MacOS(client) VPN on the mac mini that I use as my home server and can access my home network in a secure fashion... It turns out that once upon a time I wrote

Need some help on installing modules...

2011-01-16 Thread Levan, Jerry
Hi, It has been about 12 years since I have had to think about Perl I have an iPad and I have a Postgresql database on my home server. I have turned on the MacOS(client) VPN on the mac mini that I use as my home server and can access my home network in a secure fashion... I would like to be