If I don't have to be root or do a make install, why am I not able to get
modules like Expat to install successfully, and why does their documentation
tell me that's what I have to do? It seems like if there's another option,
the pod docs or readme should tell me so. If there's another alternative
On Wed, 4 Dec 2002 11:03:37 -0600, "Scot Robnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Modules that are not pure perl have some sort of compiled
> supporting file associated with them
True.
> and must be installed by root using a 'make install'.
Fals
On Tuesday, Dec 3, 2002, at 05:11 US/Pacific, fliptop wrote:
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if you're using redhat linux, i'd recommend using whatever rpm they
have.
for rh7.3, the current perl is 5.6.1. for rh8, it's 5.8.0.
[..]
about the only 'bug' I ran into with the rh7.3 release
of 5.6.1 was that they did not buil
"Pure perl" (probably oversimplified) means that you can install the module
yourself by placing it and any of its supporting files in a directory and
calling it with 'use lib' or pushing/unshifting it into @INC. Modules that
are not pure perl have some sort of compiled supporting file associated wi
I've seen some differences between Perl 5.6.1 and 5.8, but only under
Windows which is not your case.
A problem of Perl 5.8 under Windows is that the module DBD::mysql cannot be
installed with PPM. It might be compiled with a C compiler, I don't know.
However, MySQL can be used under Windows and P
