On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 16:23, Shai Simchi <s...@mashery.com> wrote: > Hi, > I am new to Mac (not to perl). I have a package Net-Twitter-2.12.tar.gz > which I want to start using but not sure how to make the package available > on my perl installation. > I am running on Mac OSX 10.0.5.6 snip
Long intial setup way that saves time later when you want to install other modules * login as yourself * open a terminal * download local::lib[1] * untar local::lib (tar xvfz local-lib-1.003003.tar.gz) * change directory into the resulting directory (cd local-lib-1.003003) * type "perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap" without the quotes * wait while it downloads and installs the necessary modules * type "make" * type "make test", if something fails send the error message to this list * if nothing fails type "make install" * add this line to your .bash_profile, .bashrc, or .profile (whichever you use) "eval $(perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib)" * close the terminal * open the terminal again (this should load the new environment variable) * type "cpan Net::Twitter" and watch it install it for you Shorter initial method that leads to a lot of pain latter * download Net::Twitter from cpan * decompress it * change directory into the resulting directory * type "Perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=~/perl5 * type make * type "make test" * if any of the steps above fail contact this list with the error message * type "make install" * add "export PERL5LIB=~/perl5/the/path/leading/up/to/the/twitter/dir" to .profile, .bash_profile, or .bashrc (whichever you use). * close terminal * open terminal 1. http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/A/AP/APEIRON/local-lib-1.003003.tar.gz -- Chas. Owens wonkden.net The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read.
