At 11:38 -0700 27/07/2011, Noah wrote:
...this is a beginners question. I am trying to figure out the best
cpan strategy for OSX. what is the best installation option for
installing a cpan module to mac osx? I cant find the module in
macports or fink packages.
I did download it and attempting to install manually but found I
have a bunch of prerequisites that are not found. Is there a way to
automate their installation. Should I be looking to do this entire
perl module installation with installing cpan through perl directly?
Yes, provided you are using the Perl Apple installed or, which is
most unlikely from what you have said, a version you have installed
in /usr/local.
Make sure you have installed the Developer Tools from your Mac OS X
disks, without which you won't be able to compile the modules.
Then, in Terminal, type
sudo cpan
and you will be asked for info needed to set up CPAN for use. You can
choose to have prerequisites installed for modules, and I think this
is the default.
Once you are set up, then installing modules is very straightforward.
Just type sudo cpan and then
install Some::Module
When you have finished with CPAN make sure always to do
exit
or
q
To exit to the bash shell otherwise you will have problems with a locked file.
JD
