in reply to Replacing a module dependency

G'day Bod,

"... which in turn requires MIME::Base64. This last module is XS and I don't have it installed on the shared hosting."

This statement surprised me. MIME::Base64 is a core module. Even if your shared hosting is only providing you with Perl v5.8, you should have it. 

$ corelist MIME::Base64

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MIME::Base64 was first released with perl v5.7.3

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Perl 5.8.0 was released 20 years ago (18-Jul-2002perlhist). I would recommend asking your provider to install this module immediately; if they refuse, find a new provider.

— Ken

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Re^2: Replacing a module dependency
by Bod (Parson) on Apr 27, 2022 at 10:54 UTC

    Thanks Ken,

    I hadn't realise that MIME::Base64 was core!

    What I had done was to SSL onto the server and type 

    perl -e "use MIME::Base64"

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    This told me it couldn't find it which is why I tried to install it got the error that it needed access to the compiler. I did the same thing with Authen::SASL but that installed fine.

    Having found it is core I have checked again and found that MIME::Base64 is there. I guess I must have put in a typo :(

    So now I have a different issue to resolve...

    Niether of these throw an error: 

    perl -e "use MIME::Base64"
perl -e "use Authen::SASL"

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    Yet, when I try to use MIME::Lite in SMTP mode I get the error: 
    SMTP auth() command failed: No such file or directory
Need MIME::Base64 and Authen::SASL todo auth

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    UPDATE:
    Solved the error - it's a quirk of cPanel that I need to use cPanelUserConfig; to add all the correct paths to @INC when I've installed modules. Authen::SASL in this case.

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