Greets Folks, I usually lurk on this list, but I came across an issue which I could really use some help with. This will be half rant, half question, but I think I got it figured out. What I am asking here is for someone to either: a.) correct me if I am wrong, or b.) tell me if I am right.
That said, here it goes. In many of the books and manuals I have, it seems every author has a different opinion on where a perl library should go, and often authors seem to assume that the programmer has root access for module installs. My host is pretty supportive when it comes to installing modules, but sometimes I wish I could do it myself, and this would include both self-made modules as well as pure perl modules off of CPAN (because not-pure-perl modules would require root access). My questions have been - 1.) "How do I create the library?", and 2.) "How do I use the library?" 3.) "How do I install pure perl CPAN modules in the library?" Here are my solutions, and this is where I am hoping to have someone tell me if I am correct or not. #1.) I guess the answer to question one is simply to create a directory somewhere within my user access/document tree, and then give it the proper access permissions. #2.) Then to list the path to the library in the module calls, like this: use lib '/user/public_html/cgi-bin/library'; BUT, if I understand this correctly that is not enough because... in addition... I also need to explicitly state what modules to use from the library in other module calls... So that, for instance, if I had installed something like HTML::Template along with a module I created called "DBLogin" under that same path I just listed, then I would use it by saying: use lib '/user/public_html/cgi-bin/library'; #PLUS, use HTML::Template; use DBLogin; and so on... #3.) The third thing is that I am still unclear on how to put CPAN modules into the library. I guess one just downloads them from CPAN and then uploads them to the library (using ASCII and proper access permissions), but, still, if I unzipped a CPAN module on my Windows system before uploadingit, then would it cause any problems when I ftp-ed it to the server? Or, should I unzip them on Unix only? I think that about sums up my concern. I hope I havent gone on too terribly long, but this concept is important to me, and yet it has been a bit frustrating trying to comprehend it. Any good help much appreciated. Thanks, Will __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
