Hi Fillipo, Have you checked out cat-install? It's located here: http://www.shadowcat.co.uk/static/cat-install
Just wget that, and run perl cat-install and things should go as planned. HTH, -Devin On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 4:51 AM, Filippo A. Salustri <salus...@ryerson.ca>wrote: > Tomas, Ashley, et al, > > I've been using the installed version since I got the Mac - about 3 yrs > ago. I've done alot in that time - /never/ had any trouble with perl 5.8.6. > > Just FYI, I'm a catalyst beginner, but I wrote my first perl script in > 1986. So you can "use big words" and I'll very likely get it. > > I was trying to install Task::Catalyst cuz the online Catalyst manual says > so. ...maybe the manual should be updated? > > I do recall trying just 'install Catalyst' some time ago, but that crapped > out too. I'll try that again and see if the error messages look any > different. > > Will post if there's anything new to report. > > I do appreciate all the input. > Cheers. > Fil > > Tomas Doran wrote: > >> >> On 24 Dec 2008, at 00:25, Ashley wrote: >> >>> I love OS X but the Perl it has historically shipped with is historically >>> no so hot. I would strongly recommend you install the latest 5.8 (NOT over >>> your system perl but beside it) or 5.10. >>> >> >> I don't consider this good advice, especially for a beginner. >> >> Catalyst runs *just fine* against the 5.8.6 that Apple ship. And I >> wouldn't recommend running 5.10.0 as that has a bug which makes it very hard >> to debug applications. >> >> You should probably avoid Task::Catalyst entirely. >>> >> >> This is more sage advice, the failures being seen weren't in the core >> Catalyst, but in addons, although the fact that >> Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst is failing isn't good, as this is one of the >> things everyone should be encouraged to be using :( >> >> Has anyone looked into this yet? >> >> Cheers >> t0m >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk >> Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst >> Searchable archive: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ >> Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ >> > > -- > Filippo A. Salustri, Ph.D., P.Eng. > Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering > Ryerson University > 350 Victoria St, Toronto, ON, M5B 2K3, Canada > Tel: 416/979-5000 ext 7749 > Fax: 416/979-5265 > Email: salus...@ryerson.ca > http://deseng.ryerson.ca/~fil/ <http://deseng.ryerson.ca/%7Efil/> > > _______________________________________________ > List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk > Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst > Searchable archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ > Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ > -- Devin Austin http://www.dreamhost.com/r.cgi?326568/hosting.html - Host with DreamHost!
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