* Adam Byrtek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > Hi, > I'm new on this list, so excuse me if my question is quite obvious. > I'm a bit courious why Perl modules in Debian are called libxxx-perl, > and not libperl-xxx. IMO the second style would make them a lot easier > to find and browse! >
This doesn't answer your question AT ALL and is really completely off topic, but here's little trick I picked up at perlmonks.org for installing modules which aren't available through apt-get: 01 Download the source for the CPAN module you want to build 02 gunzip the download, and untar it as per normal 03 cd into the base of the source. Instead of running 'perl Makefile.PL', run: dh-make-perl --build 04 When the .deb is generated, run 'make test', as you normally would 05 If all is successful, install the newly generated .deb You'll need to install the dh-make-perl package. Also, in step 03, you may need to pass it --version X.XX where X.XX is the version of the module you're installing. This will allow you to continue monitoring your installed modules with dpkg and the various apt- utilities. -- ____) ,_) ,_) (-(__ |_ _ _ |/ ____) | |(_)(_ |\ ( \_, _______________________________________________ | http://www.exitwound.org : hard to find | | http://www.buckowensfan.com : he's the man | _______________________________________________ | Finding out what goes on in the C.I.A. is | | like performing acupuncture on a rock. -- | | New York Times, Jan. 20, 1981 | _______________________________________________ -------------BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK------------- | Version: 3.1 | | GJ/IT d- s: a C+++>$ UL++++ P+++ L+++ E--- W++| | N+@ o K- w O- M- V PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t+@ 5@ X++ | | R tv+@ b+ DI++++ D+ G++ e++++ h---- r+++ y+++ | --------------END GEEK CODE BLOCK--------------
