Deans, Glenn (SBS US) wrote:
> I haven't really found an answer to this issue in older threads but I'm
> sure it's been covered many times. I wanted to use NetAddr::IP and
> couldn't find it in any of my repositories. I checked the docs and
> tried installing from CPAN. I tried answering all the questions and
> installed as many gnu utils as I could but I still cannot get the module
> to install properly yet alone get to the cpan> prompt.
>
> Is there an easier way to just use the source files instead of all these
> hurdles? Or maybe there is a way to get the cpan working? I'll b the
> first to admit that I'm very new to this process.
If it's pure perl, you can just D/L it from CPAN and ungzip it with
WinZip and copy the IP.pm module to .../site/lib/NetAdmin/IP.pm
Or you can use the CPAN module to help :
perl -MCPAN -e shell; # interactive mode
If you have to deal with XS modules, you'll be needing a compiler and
a lot of luck.
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