>>Which is obviously a real beginner question. I have googled around, >> but all the info I have found assumes you have access to the server. >> >>My sites are shared hosting accounts located at Earthlink, Verio, >> GoDaddy, etc. I have used a number of scripts which I can use just by ftp uploading text files and changing permissions. Now I have a script (a module actually) I would like to use which arrives as a package that needs to be installed with a MakeFile.PL >> >>First, how can I install this module? >> > > Well, I just copied the .pm files up to folders on the remote server and changed permissions. Before I had the folder organization wrong. In the calling file I used use lib '.'; to get the dependencies. > > So my question still stands: What does MakeFile do that just copying the .pm files doesn't?
As I stated earlier, if the module is architecture dependent the make builds against the architecture. Also, you get the documentation with make, guess you cant do a 'perldoc module' with your installation. Of course, that may not matter Owen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
