Re: Perl Module Installation

[Michael Barto]

MacOSX has the modules installed in "Library/Perl/darwin-thread-multi-2level". Since my development is to use #!/usr/bin/perl, this is the default library location and is where I have installed DBI.pm This output should tell you what happens on MacOSX (my version is 10.4.7) with perl perl -V Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 6) configuration:   Platform:     osname=darwin, osvers=8.0, archname=darwin-thread-multi-2level     uname='darwin b28.apple.com 8.0 darwin kernel version 7.5.0: thu mar 3 18:48:46 pst 2005; root:xnuxnu-517.99.13.obj~1release_ppc power macintosh powerpc '     config_args='-ds -e -Dprefix=/usr -Dccflags=-g  -pipe  -Dldflags=-Dman3ext=3pm -Duseithreads -Duseshrplib'     hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define     usethreads=define use5005threads=undef useithreads=define usemultiplicity=define     useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef     use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef     usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef   Compiler:     cc='cc', ccflags ='-g -pipe -fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -no-cpp-precomp -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include',     optimize='-Os',     cppflags='-no-cpp-precomp -g -pipe -fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -no-cpp-precomp -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include'     ccversion='', gccversion='3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1809)', gccosandvers=''     intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=4321     d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=8     ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8     alignbytes=8, prototype=define   Linker and Libraries:     ld='env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.3 cc', ldflags ='-L/usr/local/lib'     libpth=/usr/local/lib /usr/lib     libs=-ldbm -ldl -lm -lc     perllibs=-ldl -lm -lc     libc=/usr/lib/libc.dylib, so=dylib, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.dylib     gnulibc_version=''   Dynamic Linking:     dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=bundle, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '     cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags='-bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup -L/usr/local/lib' Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):   Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT   Locally applied patches:         23953 - fix for File::Path::rmtree CAN-2004-0452 security issue         33990 - fix for setuid perl security issues   Built under darwin   Compiled at Mar 20 2005 16:34:19   @INC:     /System/Library/Perl/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level     /System/Library/Perl/5.8.6     /Library/Perl/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level     /Library/Perl/5.8.6     /Library/Perl     /Network/Library/Perl/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level     /Network/Library/Perl/5.8.6     /Network/Library/Perl     /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level     /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.6     /Library/Perl/5.8.1/darwin-thread-multi-2level     /Library/Perl/5.8.1 Joel Rees wrote: There are other issues in the MacOS X for manual installation or  modules such as where the modules are install. The manual method  may put them in /usr/local instead of in /Library. Be careful. 'sfunny. I actually prefer to load my machine-wide modules in /usr/ local. Maybe it's just the warm fuzzies, but I prefer to avoid giving  the installation process a chance to walk on modules the system uses. Of course, I also refrain from updating the system perl by installing  my own machine-wide non-system perl in /usr/local, as well. That  allows the system update process to proceed without doing such things  as bumping into a perl I've already updated past the version the  system update process wants to update. It used to be that such a course was the default when you used CPAN,  but I haven't re-installed perl in about a half year or so. -- Michael Barto Software Architect LogiQwest Inc. 16458 Bolsa Chica Street, # 15 Huntington Beach, CA  92649 http://www.logiqwest.com/     [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel:  714 377 3705 Fax: 714 840 3937 Cell: 714 883 1949 'tis a gift to be simple This e-mail may contain LogiQwest proprietary information and should be treated as confidential.