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To: netmaster@digital-word.com
From: fliptop <fliptop@peacecomputers.com>
Subject: Re: [OT] Moving WYPUG
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 07:44:01 -0500
Jonathan M. Hollin wrote:
> I now need to install some Perl modules (DBD-MySql, Image-Magick, etc).
> Under ActivePerl on WYPUG's current Win2K box, I would simply use the
> Perl Package Manager (PPM) to download and install these modules. Is
> there an equivalent under Unix? If not, what's the best way to install
> modules? In short, what do I need to know?
>
> A step-by-step guide would be great (I'm a 100% Unix newbie), but I
> would also be extremely grateful for pointers to the relevant docs,
> URI's, etc.
i'll toss in my $0.02 here - if you're running redhat, you can use
makerpm.pl to generate rpm's from your cpan source code. i use this all
the time and have never had a problem.
http://www.perl.com/cs/user/query/q/6?id_topic=61
the version of makerpm.pl you find may not work with rpm version 4.0 or
higher, this will fix that:
572c572
< } elsif ($rpm_version =~ /rpm\s+version\s+3\.+/i) {
---
> } elsif ($rpm_version =~ /rpm\s+version\s+3|4\.+/i) {
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To: fliptop@peacecomputers.com, netmaster@digital-word.com
From: Robert Landrum <rlandrum@capitoladvantage.com>
Subject: Re: [OT] Moving WYPUG
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 11:17:48 -0500
At 7:44 AM -0500 2/15/02, fliptop wrote:
>
>the version of makerpm.pl you find may not work with rpm version 4.0
>or higher, this will fix that:
>
>572c572
>< } elsif ($rpm_version =~ /rpm\s+version\s+3\.+/i) {
>---
> > } elsif ($rpm_version =~ /rpm\s+version\s+3|4\.+/i) {
Actually I don't think that really "fixes" it...
That's going to search for
rpm\s+version\s+3
or
4\.+
You want
} elsif ($rpm_version =~ /rpm\s+version\s+(?:3|4)\.+/i) {
Rob
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