On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 08:27:44AM +0300, Gabor Szabo wrote: > when installing modules I prefer to use the package management system of my > operating system - Ubuntu in my case. I prefer that especially for complex > packages or packages that require C compiler or have other external > dependencies. > > I cannot do that as many packages are missing even from Debian and Ubuntu. > > So I'd like to mix the two methods of installation: CPAN.pm and aptitude. > This has been discussed earlier I just don't remember where so let me > show an example:
CPANPLUS::Dist::Deb does a pretty good job of building debs for a package and all its prereqs -- when I have been in your shoes, I have preferred building all the debs I know I'll need up-front, then installing them en masse (either by hand if I'm lazy, or through a private apt repo if not). Going back and forth between CPAN installation and apt installation within a single session sounds like a good way to accumulate unnecessary headaches. hdp.
