On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:22:34 -0500 Lewis Kirk <captk...@dmzgraphics.com> wrote:
> At 5:58 AM -0800 1/19/09, dirk van der Giesen wrote: > >If you run perl Makefile.pl it actually installes the module (.pm) > >file. This usually is in the usr/bin/ directory or somewhere similar > >and on a host it means you must have permissions to do so. The most > >easy way is to ask your host to install the module for you, but > >there is also something else you can try yourself (from > >http://search.cpan.org/dist/perl/pod/perlmodinstall.pod): > > > >-- but you can install modules into any directory you wish. > >For instance, > >where I say perl Makefile.PL, > >you can substitute perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/my/perl_directory to > >install the modules into /my/perl_directory. Then you can use the > >modules from your Perl programs with use lib > >"/my/perl_directory/lib/site_perl"; or sometimes just use > >"/my/perl_directory";. If you're on a system that requires > >superuser/root access to install modules into the directories you > >see when you type perl -e "print qq(@INC)", you'll want to install > >them into a local directory (such as your home directory) and use > >this approach. > > > > So if I use MakeFile to install the modules locally on my McOSX > machine, I should be able to ftp the result to the correct folder (ie > cgi-bin or cgi or wherever) on my remotely hosted web site and be > able to use it by calling "use foo::bar;" in my main perl file as > long as they are located in the same folder. Or would I need to > include "use lib '.';" to establish the path? > > BTW, the module I am trying to install is reCAPTCHA.pl which has two > dependencies: LWP::UserAgent and HTML::Tiny. I am trying to implement > a captcha using NMS Formmail and http://recaptcha.net/, but my > question about MakeFile has been bugging me for sometime. 1. I don't know reCAPTCHA.pl, it doesn't sound like a module to me. It sounds like a script that just needs running. By convention, modules have a 'pm' extension and are a bit more complicated that a script in its structure. 2. Does your server have LWP::UserAgent and HTML::Tiny installed? If so, have you tried simply running the reCAPTCHA.pl script? Owen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-cgi-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-cgi-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
