Re^3: Test failing during CPAN Testing

I don't have a Linux machine to test it.

Download a CD/DVD installer ISO image from https://www.debian.org/ (or use any other x86/x86-64 Linux you like)
Download and install Virtualbox
Create a VM
Set the VM network interface to bridge mode with your real network interface if you use wired network, use NAT if you use Wifi
Insert the ISO image into the virtual optical drive of the VM
Run the Linux installer

To install debian, the netinstall image should be sufficient. It will download every package beyond the basic installation from the network.

Alexander

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Re^4: Test failing during CPAN Testing by Bod (Parson) on Jun 19, 2023 at 22:24 UTC
I had overlooked a Virtual Machine... Perhaps that is a good way forward. In my last employed job I used Virtual Machines quite a lot. Mostly to create MSI installers that we could push to all the Windows machines around the school. That was a long time ago...nearly 2 decades ago - where does the time go?	[reply]
Re^5: Test failing during CPAN Testing by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop) on Jun 20, 2023 at 08:42 UTC
In my last employed job I used Virtual Machines quite a lot Ha ha, same here! Well, virtual machines residing on Dev's workstations and a large on-premise test lab, running a wide variety of OSes and applications ... then along came AWS and maintaining our largish on-premise Test Lab was largely replaced by firing up scripted multi-machine test environments on demand in the cloud. Update: Though I'm too cheap to do so, instead of installing Linux locally on a dedicated PC in your home office, you could rent a Linux instance (with Perl pre-installed) in the cloud for short periods, and use that for your Linux testing.	[reply]