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Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 08:37:33 +0100
From: Jason Pearce <jason DOT pearce AT ieee DOT org>
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CC: Manuel Tejada <mantemu AT yahoo DOT com DOT mx>
Subject: Re: How to install perl modules?
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The manual install method is *USUALLY*

Decompressing and unpacking is best done in a temporary directory 
somewhere, can usually be done with

> cd /tmp
> tar xzvf yourmodule.tar.gz


For a global install (for which Root privilages are needed) do the following:

> perl Makefile.PL


For a local install, say into a home directory or some other location:

 >perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/my/perl_directory

Then build, test and install the module

> make
> make test
> make install

This is usually covered in the README of the package you down load. And 
I say *USUALLY* because there are a handful of packages that don't 
follow this install convention and do their own thing, again check for a 
README.

Regards,
Jason



Manuel Tejada wrote:

>Thanks to you and the other people for the answer.
>
>Unfortunatly I don't have Internet-like programs
>installed (as lynx, wget, ncftpget, ncftp, etc) in my
>cygwing, so I can't use the -MCPAN or just de command
>cpan. I don't intend to install those programs to
>avoid my cygwin get bigger.
>
>I can download the modules from CPAN using the
>Internet program from Windows and save them in the
>hard disk.
>The correct question would be this:
>Can I install the modules manually?
>If yes, How, and what must I have in consideration?
>
>
>--- Jason Pearce <jason DOT pearce AT ieee DOT org> escribió:
>  
>
>>Yes, use the CPAN module as Brian suggests. Just
>>make sure environment 
>>variable PERLIO is unset when using -MCPAN,
>>otherwise it will fail. (You 
>>might set this to CRLF for DOS compatibility
>>purposes).
>>Also be aware that you may have trouble building
>>some modules that use C 
>>code and have not been ported to Cygwin, mainly OS
>>modules like WIN32. 
>>Straight Perl modules should just work out of the
>>box, and CPAN will get 
>>all pre-requisites for you too. You'll never want
>>ppm again!
>>
>>Regards,
>>Jason
>>
>>Brian Dessent wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Manuel Tejada wrote:
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>>Somebody can tell me from what URL I must to
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>download
>>    
>>
>>>>>a perl module and how to install it in Cygwing?
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>You use CPAN.  "perl -MCPAN -e 'install Foo::Bar'"
>>>      
>>>
>>or "perl -MCPAN -e
>>    
>>
>>>shell".  There is no URL to know, it takes care of
>>>      
>>>
>>all of that. 
>>    
>>
>>>http://cpan.org/misc/cpan-faq.html
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>>In pure Windows is easy is you have Perl from
>>>>>ActiveState but Perl installed in Cygwin doesnt
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>have
>>    
>>
>>>>>the ppm Manager.
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>To me (and perhaps others) that's a feature and not
>>>      
>>>
>>a bug.  I can't
>>    
>>
>>>stand that ppm junk.
>>>
>>>Brian
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
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>>
>
>Manuel TEJADA M.
>
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>
>  
>


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