Module Installation Problems

[Gregg Pace]

Hello.   I have been having some difficulty installing your HTML-Parser package under Perl. Allow me to give you a bit of background, first.   I am in the process of setting up a Web site on a host that allows CGI/Perl.  I wanted a script that would send me e-mail from a form.   I got on CPAN and downloaded CGI-Mail, written by Martin Gleeson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). I FTP'd it to the server and got errors trying to run it.  Reading the documentation, I discovered that I also needed a LWP module.   During this process, I also realized that I needed a copy of Perl on my local machine to be able to test these scripts before FTP'n them to the site.   So, back on CPAN I go, I get Perl for DOS and get libwww-perl, written by Gisle Aas. Reading the documantation for it, I find that I also need other modules - and they must be installed first.  These modules are:       URI     MIME-Base64     HTML-Parser     libnet     Digest::MD5   So, back on CPAN I go. I get the modules listed. I then attempt to install them.   A lot of my problem is that I have just recently decided to move to Perl, and I really don't understand the installation of modules.  I also don't understand why a C make utility is needed, however I had one, and installed it where I have Perl located.   Below is screen dumps of my situation.   =============================================================================   This is the version of perl that I have installed.   D:\PERL\LIB\PERL5\HTMLPAR>perl -v   This is perl, version 5.005_03 built for dos-djgpp   Copyright 1987-1999, Larry Wall   MS-DOS port Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, Diomidis Spinellis djgpp v2 port (jpl5003c) by Hirofumi Watanabe, 1996 djgpp v2 port (perl5004+) by Laszlo Molnar, 1997-1998   Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5.0 source kit.   Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'.  If you have access to the Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.com/, the Perl Home Page.   =============================================================================   This is where perl is installed.   D:\PERL\LIB\PERL5\HTMLPAR>ff perl.exe   FileFind, Advanced Edition 4.50, (C) Copr 1987-88, Peter Norton   D:\PERL         perl.exe       288,884 bytes  10:53 pm  Sat May  1 99   D:\PERL\BIN         perl.exe       288,884 bytes  10:53 pm  Sat May  1 99   2 files found   =============================================================================   This is what I get when I run makefile.pl   D:\PERL\LIB\PERL5\HTMLPAR>perl makefile.pl   Unable to find a perl 5 (by these names: d:/perl/perl.exe miniperl perl perl5 pe rl5.00503, in these dirs: C:\ C:\DOS C:\DOS\BATCH C:\UTILS C:\WINDOWS D:\PERL D: \PERL\BIN e:\www\ie_30 d:/perl/bin) Bad command or file name Bad command or file name Writing Makefile for HTML::Parser   D:\PERL\LIB\PERL5\HTMLPAR>   =============================================================================   There is obviously a problem here, but I'm not sure where. The errors above tells me the script can't find Perl. But, based on FileFind, Perl _is_ located on the path, and located where makefile.pl says it can't find it. By the way, the problem is not just with your package. I'm seeing the same type of errors installing other modules.   I'm wondering if the backslash for DOS directories vs. the forward slash for Unix directories is the problem.   Any help clearing this matter up would be greatly appreciated.   Respectfully,     ------------- G. Pace