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 )...
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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
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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
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