I found a partial solution. If you open the CPAN shell and type:
o conf makepl_arg install_base=
it will install working modules. This is a partial solution because it
has to be done with each session. It doesn't work to run cpan non-
interactively. It forgets this setting when the CPAN shell is closed.
I have not yet found where it gets the default value for this
variable.
Now, I'm off on a search to find why I get an error from Growl.pm on a
variable that it is getting from itself, but that's a topic for a
different thread.
On Aug 21, 11:57 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Green) wrote:
> Hi, I am interested in (possibly) using Mac::Growl from Perl. Have
> you gotten it working and or do you have some pointers for me?
>
> Thanks,
>
> David Green
>
> On 18 Aug, 2008, at 20:22, WetMogwai wrote:
>
> > Sorry if this has been discussed before. I searched and didn't see
> > usable results.
>
> > I'm new to Perl and newer to Perl on Mac, but I thought I understood
> > CPAN and use. I installed Mac::Growl using CPAN from the command line.
> > I'm using the Perl distro included with Leopard. My program contains
> > the following lines:
>
> > use Mac::Growl ':all';
> > BEGIN { $Mac::Growl::base = 'Mac::Applescript' }
>
> > (I've tried it with the lines reversed with the same results. Just
> > reaching with no clue.)
>
> > I get this error when I run it:
>
> > Can't locate Mac/Growl.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /System/Library/
> > Perl/
> > 5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level /System/Library/Perl/5.8.8 /Library/
> > Perl/5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Library/Perl/5.8.8 /Library/
> > Perl /Network/Library/Perl/5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Network/
> > Library/Perl/5.8.8 /Network/Library/Perl /System/Library/Perl/Extras/
> > 5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.8 /
> > Library/Perl/5.8.6 /Library/Perl/5.8.1/darwin-thread-multi-2level /
> > Library/Perl/5.8.1 .) at ../bin/pagewatch.pl line 5.
> > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ../bin/pagewatch.pl line 5.
>
> > CPAN seems to be writing files to /var/root/perl/lib/perl5/Extras/
> > 5.8.8/, but there isn't anything in /var/root/. I've searched for it
> > with find and mdfind. I can't find where modules are being installed
> > and neither can Perl. How can I get CPAN to install to somewhere in
> > @INC?
