On Aug 14, 2011, at 09:22, Peng Yu wrote: > I'm wondering how to install a perl package if it is not available on > mac port. I remember that I can not use cpan, as it will mess up with > port installation.
Correct, using cpan, or other non-MacPorts methods, to install files into the MacPorts prefix, is not recommended. > I tried the following. But I'm not sure how to install once the > package is built on my machine. > > https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/cpan2port Using cpan2port is a great way to get a start at a Portfile that can be used to install the port. Testing a local portfile is easy. Simply "cd" into the new port's directory and type "sudo port install". Once you have a port that works, you can submit it by creating a ticket in the issue tracker. _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
