andreas.koenig.7os6v...@franz.ak.mind.de (Andreas J. Koenig) wrote: >>>>>> On Sat, 03 Dec 2011 02:23:45 -0800, nimectos <tt4g-x...@dea.spamcon.org> >>>>>> said: > > > nimectos <tt4g-x...@dea.spamcon.org> wrote: > >> andreas.koenig.7os6v...@franz.ak.mind.de (Andreas J. Koenig) wrote: > >> > >>>>>>>> On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 23:35:22 -0700, nimectos > >>>>>>>> <tt4g-x...@dea.spamcon.org> said: > >>> > >>> > I finally succeeded, with some difficulties. > >>> > >>> > First, the CPAN version (v1.7602) provided with that distro is > >>> > apparently > >>> > broken. > >>> > >>> Eight years and more than 120 releases have accumulated on top of this > >>> version. Pity you have to work with such old stuff. > >> > >> Thank you for the response. > >> > >> I need a stable distro, CentOS seems like a good choice, CentOS 6 > >> isn't out quite yet. > >> > >>> > [...] > >>> > >>> > Then I installed needed modules via "cpan module module ...". That went > >>> > fine, but it still prompts: > >>> > - MIME::Lite "Add prereqs?" prompt for extra external modules. > >>> > - Crypt::SSLeay prompts for install path and live tests. > >>> > >>> > How can I pre-set the answers to those? > >>> > >>> Make sure you have a recent CPAN.pm and read the manpage section > >>> > >>> Configuration for individual distributions (Distroprefs) > >> > >> That's good but but seems complex for my needs; I think I'll just > >> use autoexpect/expect with the cpan command. > >> > >>> > So I was thinking of just archiving the installed modules from the > >>> > source > >>> > machine and unarchiving on the destination, e.g. just tar up: > >>> > /usr/lib/perl5/* > >>> > /usr/lib64/perl5/* > >>> > and restore on the target (ignoring module docs). Would that work? > >>> > (I'd > >>> > still unarchive the .cpan sources so they are present, just wouldn't > >>> > build > >>> > them via cpan commands). > >>> > >>> If the architectures are sufficiently similar it's likely to work. > >> > >> Thanks, I'll try it at some point. > >> > >>> > CPAN question: how can I list all installed modules? The closest I > >>> > could > >>> > find is the "r" command, but it's not clear if that is listing every > >>> > installed modules, or just those that are candidates for upgrades. > >>> > >>> You're looking for for 'autobundle'. Much to my surprise, 'r' is > >>> undocumented indeed. Will be in the next release. And yes, it only lists > >>> upgradeable modules. > >> > >> OK, I'd tried autobundle and seen the output, but thought there > >> might be a separate command that didn't create the actual bundle > >> file. I'll just use autobundle and manually clean out the Bundle > >> directory periodically. > >> > >> > > > Following up on my own post here: archiving .cpan, and archiving perl > > library directories, works fine for installing the built CPAN and modules > > on another [identical] machine, by simply unarchiving those bundles. > > > Now I am at another phase: a machine built this way needs a few more CPAN > > modules installed, and has no network access. How do I install? If I had > > network access I would do e.g.: > > > cpan List::Util List::MoreUtils XML::Simple > > > So I tried: > > > cpan Scalar-List-Utils-1.23.tar.gz > > > which doesn't work; then I tried: > > > cpan GBARR/Scalar-List-Utils-1.23.tar.gz > > > which wanted network access and failed. > > > I am aware of Mini but don't need a mirror - I just need a reasonably > > simple way to add a few more Perl modules to a unit that already has many > > modules installed via cpan. Perhaps I actually need some tool other than > > cpan for this purpose and am just not aware of it. > >The section 'Floppy, Zip, Offline Mode' in the CPAN.pm manpage addresses >this. The section is very old predates mini and local::lib and I'm not >sure what the best solution today would be. It makes me grin to find the >word floppy again. Not many people have still the option to use floppies >nowadays:) > >You say you do not need a mirror but depending on the way how you >transport the data to the networked machine, a full mirror on a USB >stick might be the most convenient solution.
Thanks for the response. That man page section seems to assume that you want the whole CPAN on portable media. But the machine already has a full CPAN installed - I don't want to replace it, I want to add to it. So it doesn't make sense to change keep_source_where, I want to point CPAN or some tool to the module .tar.gz files I want to add, and get them installed.
