On 14:59 22 Apr 2002, Dave Ihnat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| I've run into one of those issues that are inevitable when using install
| packages--there's a manual installation that doesn't describe how it's
| going to get along with an existing RPM installation on RedHat Linux.
| I've the Perl and mod_perl RPMs installed, but wanted to pull the
| UserAgent module to use with it. I went to poe.perl.org, and they
| suggested to use the CPAN installation ('perl -MCPAN -e shell'),
| which wanted me to install "Bundle::libnet". Ok...and that results in
| rebuilding the entire Perl world.
Well, that's one reason I don't use the RPMed perl. It's just fine,
but if you update a package then the RPM db now has lies in it. I fear
the side effects.
OTOH, I don't have mod_perl installed in our web server either - my build
attempts meet with varieties of failure - you can forget perl 5.7.x,
forget any of the 64bit modes, etc. It's very depressing to me.
| Well, OK, I know my version needed updating... But now it's fuzzy on
| what to keep, and what to shoot. Everything from this build goes in
| /usr/local, by default;
That's pretty odd. CPAN is meant to pick up your perl build rules from
perls Config.pm module, and that should be telling it to put stuff in
/usr/lib/perl5/... and so forth. Unless you're not running the stock perl.
| RedHat puts everything in /usr/bin and /usr/lib.
Of course.
| Well, with the RPMs still installed I'm sure not going to override and
| stuff things on the top of their installs.
My feeling too.
| But what can I uninstall
| to reduce the system clutter?
"Clutter"?
| Is everything I have with the RedHat RPM
| installed with this CPAN install? And what about Maurice?
| If someone's done this and knows, cool. Otherwise, I guess I'll just
| uninstall the RPMs and see what breaks...
I'd expect libnet to be part of the RedHat RPMs - it's too useful.
Try _just_ building the mod_perl package itself:
tar xvzf mod_perl-xxx.tar.gz
cd mod_perl-xxx.tar.gz
perl Makefile.PL
make
and see how it goes, using the stock redhat perl.
OR ...
Go look at this:
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00173.html
maybe you don't need to use CPAN at all, and can just get an RPM.
--
Cameron Simpson, DoD#743 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/
[The Press] had tried to contact usenet but that no one had been available
for comment. That's odd, I thought, if there's one thing you can say about
usenet, its that there's usually someone available for comment.
- Paul Taylor
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