Re: Perl install problems OSX 10.4.11

2009-09-11 Thread Mine
free via the CPAN at http://search.cpan.org/. Most perl programmers install them using the CPAN module or just via the command line. If you are not familiar with using the command line you may want to look at Fink http://www.finkproject.org/. Good luck! On Sep 11, 2009, at 3:05 PM, Mine

Re: Perl install problems OSX 10.4.11

2009-09-12 Thread Mine
:02, Packy Anderson wrote: On Sep 11, 2009, at 5:33 PM, Mine wrote: I don't fully understand what Perl does but if Perl comes installed with OSX it appears that I also have an install of Perl via MacPorts. I assume that get_iplayer is looking at the preinstalled Perl but I am not sure. Perl

Re: Perl install problems OSX 10.4.11

2009-09-14 Thread Mine
to upgrade the system Perl install to a full version of Perl 5.8.8? Thanks, Terrence On 14 Sep 2009, at 11:09, Alan Fry wrote: On 13 Sep 2009, at 03:46, Doug McNutt wrote: At 23:22 +0100 9/12/09, Mine wrote: Hi, Thanks for your excellent response, makes installing so easy assuming I did

Re: Perl install problems OSX 10.4.11

2009-09-14 Thread Mine
path to the environment so i don't loose the MacPort option. I have reinstall Apple's developer tools from my system install disk. Thanks, Terrence On 14 Sep 2009, at 19:41, Alan Fry wrote: Hi Terrence, On 14 Sep 2009, at 13:04, Mine wrote: I think the problem is probably to do with my Perl

Re: Perl install problems OSX 10.4.11

2009-09-14 Thread Mine
wrote: At 23:26 +0100 9/14/09, Mine wrote: Is it possible to add the Perl 5.10.1 path to the environment so i don't loose the MacPort option. mkdir $HOME/.MacOSX and put this, after changing it a bit, in the new folder. This is just a copy of mine. cat $HOME/.MacOSX/environment.plist paste

Re: Perl install problems OSX 10.4.11

2009-09-15 Thread Mine
. Thanks, Terrence On 15 Sep 2009, at 04:18, Doug McNutt wrote: At 01:10 +0100 9/15/09, Mine wrote: Hi Doug, Thanks for the info, but I think this possibly way out side my level of experience. Would what you have suggested allow get_iplayer find the path to Perl 5.10.1 when I try to run

Help setting Perl path

2009-09-16 Thread Mine
Hi, I have Perl 5.8.8 installed by MacPorts and a CPAN install of 5.10.1. Is there a simple way switch between them hopefully from the Terminal, so I can use 5.10.1 when using get_iplayer and 5.8.8 for other programs. In a previous post, it was suggested that I create an environment.plist.