Re: How to install perl modules?

[Jason Pearce <jason dot pearce at ieee dot org>]

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.pearce@ieee.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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