Hey Tom, Yes, i do use cpan but there are a number of things i don't like about it. One is that it always looks for the newest versions of things ( whether you wan't them or not) A recent example is i tried to install the `libwww' perl library via cpan for 3 days with tons of errors and dependancy problems that just would not resolve, it was a real pain, then someone showed me how to get the lib via 'apt-get' and literally 2 minutes later, i had a fully functional libwww perl library installed.
Maybe this was a 'issue' with debian doing things a little differently and maybe not having the 'newest versions' of everything in the 'apt-get' database but when i was the true power of `apt-get', i was sold, so i always try to install via that first, if not then, yeah i will resort to whatever i have to get stuff installed. thanks -mUs On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 05:30:42AM -0500, Tom Allison wrote: > cmustard wrote: > >i have forgotten how to download perl mods via apt-get. i have read man > >apt-get > >and looked through packages on deb's site, where is the 'easy' way to see > >what perl mods are available and which are not (via apt-get). > >thank you. (currently, i am interested in Mail::POP3Client, and Net::SMTP) > > > >-mUs > > > > > > This does not answer your question very well, but have you > considered downloading Perl mods through CPAN instead? > > As previously stated, you can search the packages for 'perl' using > dpkg command options. > > But CPAN gets the updates before debian does. For some packages > this might be useful. > > -- > Join the Navy; sail to far-off exotic lands, meet exciting > interesting people, > and kill them. > -- spam dinner: mailto: root@localhost to reply axe: _!SPAM_ -mUs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
