Re: easiest way to install CPAN on FreeBSD

2007-10-25 Thread Noah
___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" I don't install CPAN on FreeBSD. I use the ports and packages from http://www.freebsd.o

Re: easiest way to install CPAN on FreeBSD

2007-10-25 Thread Noah
___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" I don't install CPAN on FreeBSD. I use the ports and packages from http://www.freebsd.o

Re: [freebsd-questions] easiest way to install CPAN on FreeBSD

2007-10-24 Thread Aliya Harbouri
Hi Howie, > What does CPANPLUS do that CPAN doesn't that makes this a better > solution? Does it somehow integrate with the ports better? (rather than > getting conflicts between p5-* and bsdpan-*) > > I use quite a lot of CPAN modules, so a way to be able to get 'obscure' > modules, and still use

Re: [freebsd-questions] easiest way to install CPAN on FreeBSD

2007-10-24 Thread Howard Jones
Gerard wrote: On October 24, 2007 at 02:11PM Sean Murphy wrote: 2) Use CPANPLUS to install the module. Unless the user has the time, knowledge and motivation to do the first, the second approach is usually superior. What does CPANPLUS do that CPAN doesn't that makes this a better soluti

Re: easiest way to install CPAN on FreeBSD

2007-10-24 Thread Gerard
On October 24, 2007 at 02:11PM Sean Murphy wrote: > I don't install CPAN on FreeBSD. I use the ports and packages from > http://www.freebsd.org/ports > Do a search for the module that you require P5- means it is a perl > module also you can use the ports collection for PHP modules as well. >

Re: easiest way to install CPAN on FreeBSD

2007-10-24 Thread Sean Murphy
Noah wrote: Martin Hepworth wrote: what have you tried and what errors do you get? Martin thanks for responding. here are the errors I am receiving when I am attempting to update things. sudo perl -MCPAN -e 'CPAN::Shell->install(CPAN::Shell->r)' [

Re: easiest way to install CPAN on FreeBSD

2007-10-24 Thread Noah
Martin Hepworth wrote: what have you tried and what errors do you get? Martin thanks for responding. here are the errors I am receiving when I am attempting to update things. sudo perl -MCPAN -e 'CPAN::Shell->install(CPAN::Shell->r)' [~] Password:

Re: easiest way to install CPAN on FreeBSD

2007-10-24 Thread Aliya Harbouri
Hi everybody! > I'm not a very heavy perl user, but I've never *needed* to install CPAN on > FreeBSD. A little creative searching has revealed that most perl packages > are part of the FreeBSD Ports collection. > > If you use more obscure CPAN packages, I can see there might be a need to > install

Re: easiest way to install CPAN on FreeBSD

2007-10-24 Thread James A. Harrison
> Gerard wrote: >> On October 24, 2007 at 01:44AM Noah wrote: >> >> >>> I am looking around for a really simple way to install CPAN on FreeBSD. >>> I keep running into errors in one variation or another. >> I'm not a very heavy perl user, but I've never *needed* to install CPAN on FreeBSD. A littl

Re: easiest way to install CPAN on FreeBSD

2007-10-24 Thread Vince
Gerard wrote: > On October 24, 2007 at 01:44AM Noah wrote: > > >> I am looking around for a really simple way to install CPAN on FreeBSD. >> I keep running into errors in one variation or another. > I dont follow, CPAN.pm is installed as part of the perl port/package. Do you mean the setup afte

Re: easiest way to install CPAN on FreeBSD

2007-10-24 Thread Gerard
On October 24, 2007 at 01:44AM Noah wrote: > I am looking around for a really simple way to install CPAN on FreeBSD. > I keep running into errors in one variation or another. I thought CPAN was depreciated in favor of CPANPLUS. I have installed CPANPLUS from ports without any problems. -- Ge

Re: easiest way to install CPAN on FreeBSD

2007-10-23 Thread Martin Hepworth
what have you tried and what errors do you get? -- martin On 10/24/07, Noah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi there, > > I am looking around for a really simple way to install CPAN on FreeBSD. > I keep running into errors in one variation or another. > > Anybody have a good page to send me to

easiest way to install CPAN on FreeBSD

2007-10-23 Thread Noah
Hi there, I am looking around for a really simple way to install CPAN on FreeBSD. I keep running into errors in one variation or another. Anybody have a good page to send me to? Cheers, Noah ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://li