On Jul 15, 2004, at 12:22 AM, Adam wrote:
Why the hell wasn't that in any of the instructions I saw! Anyway to know
what commands need to be run as root?
Only the final "make install" step needs to be run as root.
If you start the CPAN shell with "sudo CPAN", every step will be run as root. I've heard a bit of low-level grumbling now and then, about gratuitous use of root to run the steps that don't strictly require it. But I don't know a single person who's felt strongly enough about it to actually live without the CPAN shell - the risk is absurdly low, and the shell is too convenient to give up without a damn good reason.
sherm--
