On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 09:14:09AM -0400, slitt wrote: > On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 21:25:41 -0700 > David Christensen <dpchr...@holgerdanske.com> wrote: > > > On 06/27/2014 09:15 AM, Darac Marjal wrote: > > > For the record, you might find it more useful to check if Debian > > > has a package first, before resorting to CPAN. > > > > +1 > > > > > > I've destabilized Debian stable with non-Debian software, including > > CPAN modules. Now I am loath to install anything except via > > 'apt-get'. > > > LOL, at a client's place, I was trying to customize the > Perl-written Interchange web store software (don't ever use it, it's > an atrocity) on circa 2003 Red Hat, and had to use CPAN for a new > capability. That CPAN download broke the client's Vim and some other > softwares. It took me 2 hours to undo the damage. > > That was the beginning of the end of my relationship with Perl.
People have ended relationships for less ;-) Installing new modules in Debian as root using a CPAN client (cpan or cpanm) is rather uncertain, as modules get into /usr/local. The Debian package management system knows nothing about them, and so the system can lose its consistency. As a consequence, if your application requires perl modules that *aren't* packaged by Debian (and therefore aren't available through apt-get) it is usually better leave the system perl alone. You can install modules in your $HOME directory in two ways: * Using local::lib - in this case you change your environment so that only your user sees the new modules (system perl is not disturbed.) * Using perlbrew (which I prefer) to create one or more complete perl installations in $HOME. You can switch between them, or back to the system perl, as necessary. I wouldn't recommend mixing local::lib and perlbrew. greetings, Joel > Steve > > Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ > Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140628091409.3b537...@mydesq2.domain.cxm > -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140628202732.GA30800@sprite
