I always use Sudo To do the installation. In your case, I would use
sudo perl -MCPAN -e shell' You wouldn't get those warnings if you do this. Ted zeng -----Original Message----- From: Moisés Chicharro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 9:01 AM To: macosx@perl.org Subject: Re: Perl Module Installation Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. I ran the 'perl -MCPAN -e shell' and it told me to update the module which I did. So I now have v1.7601. However, when trying to run 'install DBI', it piled a whole load of stuff into the terminal window which ended with this below ( the NOT OK bit is worrying me )... ----------- test.pl done /usr/bin/make test -- OK Running make install Manifying blib/man1/dbiproxy.1 Warning: You do not have permissions to install into /usr/local/man/ man1 at /System/Library/Perl/5.8.6/ExtUtils/Install.pm line 114. mkdir /usr/local/man/man3: Permission denied at /System/Library/Perl/ 5.8.6/ExtUtils/Install.pm line 112 make: *** [pure_site_install] Error 255 /usr/bin/make install -- NOT OK ------------ Does that make sense to any of you guys? Thanks again for your help :) On 23 Aug 2006, at 17:45, Daniel T. Staal wrote: > 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. > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >
