on 5/17/01 7:09 AM, Thomas Wegner at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello Thomas,
Thank you for your suggestion. Interestingly I did pretty much exactly what
you suggested. I downloaded the module using Fetch. I uncompressed it using
Stuffit Expander, and I did drop it on the installme.plx droplet from
Chris's cpan-mac 0.50 module.
So far so good.
I tried running my little test script and it came back saying I needed to
install Parse:RecDescent. This must be something new with WriteExcel 0.31.
So I repeated my earlier steps with RecDescent and it installed. Prior to
running the script, I took a look inside RecDescent.pm and found this:
use 5.005;
I am currently using MacPerl version 5.2.0r4 (17Apr98), which I believe is
based on 5.004.
So, now the questions are what is the difference between 5.005 and 5.004? Is
it time to download MacPerl 5.6.1a? Is there a simpler, more elegant
solution?
Thank you for all of your help,
Elton
> Elton,
>
> did you install the module manually in your :MacPerlŸ:lib: folder, without
> line ending conversion? Normally, additional modules get installed in the
> :MacPerlŸ:site_perl: folder, so I wonder what you've done.
>
> I've read your message concerning the CPAN-shell, but don't know what's going
> wrong. However, here's a way for installation that almost ever works, even for
> not so well-behaved modules:
>
> - Download 'Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-0.31.tar.gz' manually from CPAN. Note that
> the archive's filename gets truncated to 'Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-0.31.tar',
> because it's longer than 31 characters (and that may cause problems).
>
> - Use StuffIt Expander to expand and extract the module. Be sure that you've
> configured Expander to convert line endings from Unix (LF) to Mac OS (CR):
> Preferences -> Cross Platform -> Convert text files to Macintosh format =>
> When a file is known to contain text.
>
> - Drop the expanded folder on the installme.plx droplet (it's part of Chris
> Nandor's cpan-mac 0.50 module). This should install the module properly.
>
> In case of Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-0.31, ignore the following message:
>
> Checking if your kit is complete...
> Warning: the following files are missing in your kit:
>
> Please inform the author.
> 'ABSTRACT' is not a known MakeMaker parameter name.
> 'AUTHOR' is not a known MakeMaker parameter name.
>
>
> Let me/us know if that works for you.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> --Thomas
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