> On 5/15/07, Bryan R Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> I'd love to use the Curses module for an upcoming script, but I don't have >> root on the machines it will be used on. Is it possible to use the module >> without installing it? >> >> If so, how is it done? > snip > > No, you must install a module to use it; however, any user can install > modules into their home directory. Either use CPAN > > perl -MCPAN -e install Curses
This does nothing, just takes me back to the prompt. > or download the module from CPAN, decompress it, change directory into > it, and type > perl Makefile.pl --prefix=/home/user/perl > make > make test > make install This is Curses 1.15... ************************************** ralph 2195% ls Artistic CursesBoot.c HISTORY README demo.menu* list.syms testtyp.c Copying CursesCon.c INSTALL blib/ demo.panel* pm_to_blib Curses.bs CursesDef.h MAINTENANCE c-config.h demo2* t/ Curses.c CursesFun.c MANIFEST cdemo.c gdc* test.syms* Curses.o CursesTyp.h Makefile demo* gen/ testint.c Curses.pm CursesVar.c Makefile.PL* demo.form* hints/ testsym.c ralph 2196% perl Makefile.pl --prefix=/home/user/perl GEN function: not applicable PANELS functions: not enabled MENUS functions: not enabled FORMS functions: not enabled Making a guess for $inc and/or $libs... Guesses: includes '', libs '-lcurses' Curses type irrelevant '--PREFIX' is not a known MakeMaker parameter name. Writing Makefile for Curses ************************************** Doesn't seem to know what "--prefix" is... What could I be doing wrong? I tried the rest of the steps, but it doesn't install. - B
