On Sun, 30 Jun 2002, Andrew Kohlsmith wrote: > When you use CPAN, it's smart enough to see what's on your current Perl > installation and suggest what should be. Then when you go to install a > module it will ask you if you want it to automatically get and install > dependencies too. *very* slick.
I would also recommend using CPAN, but with a warning; It tends to want to install the latest version of Perl, which, if you're trying to maintain sanity on a package-based system like Debian, RedHat, Mandrake, etc. can be problematic. CPAN doesn't seem to have the notion of "install the latest version of this package that works with the installed version of perl", rather it installs whatever version of perl is needed for the latest version of the package. If you don't want to upgrade perl, you often have to go hunting on search.cpan.org to find the right version of the package before you attempt to install it. ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
