>>>>Not being a Mac OS X user, is /System/Library/Perl the default library location?
Perl -V #shows @INC to be: /System/Library/Perl/Darwin /System/Library/Perl /Library/Perl/Darwin /Library/Perl /Library/Perl /Network/Library/Perl/Darwin /Network/Library/Perl Do I need to edit the LIB entry in Makefile.PL ? Or maybe something with ExtUtils= from the make commandline? Frank Wiles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:.------[ sean finnigan wrote (2002/10/31 at 11:20:20) ]------ | | Permission denied at /System/Library/Perl/ExtUtils/Install.pm line 62 | Error 255 | | .------[ sean finnigan wrote (2002/10/31 at 07:58:48) ]------ | | | | make install | | | | ....and I get an error if I'm not logged in with admin rights... | | | | What change do I need to put in Makefile.PL such that files won't | | get copied to '/Library/Perl/Darwin' by 'make install' , but instead | | just go (stay) in current dir? | | | `------------------------------------------------- | | You'll have to do this from the initial make and set the prefix | directory accordingly. So for instance if you want to install in | your home directory which is /home/sean/ you'll need to do the | following: | | perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/home/sean/ | make | make install | | Then you will not need root/admin privileges, you will however need | to modify @INC to know to look in the directory you choose for the | library. | `------------------------------------------------- You'll need to have write permission into the location you are trying to install to. So if you did: perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/System/Library/Perl/ You'll need write permission in /System/Library/Perl. Not being a Mac OS X user, is /System/Library/Perl the default library location? --------------------------------- Frank Wiles http://frank.wiles.org --------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now
