On Wed, August 23, 2006 12:27 pm, Moisés Chicharro said: > Hi All, > > Can anyone point me to a decent tutorial for installing perl modules. > > The one I have downloaded is DBI-1.52.tar.gz > > I am running OS X 10.4.7 and have never installed a perl module > before. I have found various pages on the net but I don't want to > mess things up so would like to make sure that the tutorial I am > reading has been recommended by some experts! :) > > I am also assuming that the right directory for my install is > System/Library/Perl/5.8.6/ > > Thankyou in advance, > Mo
In general the best way to install Perl modules is to use CPAN. Use Terminal and run 'perl -MCPAN -e shell' (or just 'cpan') and answer the questions it asks. If you don't know the answer, use the default. Then, while in the CPAN shell, type 'install DBI'. It will get the latest version, unpack it, test it, and install it for you. You will of course need the devloper tools to do this, in case you haven't installed them already. Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------
