Re^2: How can I get a single record from Google Contacts based on a phone number?

As it turns out, WWW::Google::Contacts will not install. After installing MANY other modules (an unbelievable number), it failed because it could not install some dependencies (I forget which ones now). So, that's not going to work, I guess, and there is no way I would try installing it again because of the HUGE number of other modules it brought in. I had to revert my system back to a snapshot I had made earlier just to get rid of the mess.

Perl never used to be like that; I remember when installing modules that sometimes it would bring in two or three others but that thing literally installed modules for over an hour, asking me EVERY SINGLE TIME it found yet another dependency it thought it needed to install. Absolutely ridiculous! Thanks for your help anyway, I'm not faulting you for suggesting it, in fact I'm not sure who's at fault but I just lost any desire I had to mess with Perl again.

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Re^3: How can I get a single record from Google Contacts based on a phone number? by hippo (Archbishop) on Mar 27, 2015 at 10:52 UTC
there is no way I would try installing it again because of the HUGE number of other modules it brought in. If this (the total number of dependencies) is important to you, then you might find it useful in future cases to look at deps.cpantesters.org where you can see the full dependency tree of any module. You can then judge whether the installation would be worth the effort. asking me EVERY SINGLE TIME it found yet another dependency it thought it needed to install. Absolutely ridiculous! Of course whichever utility you have used to perform the installation will have an option to automatically install all the dependencies without asking this question every time. Since you have not said which utility you used, I cannot advise you further. If you consult the documentation (even the usage message) for that utility it should be clear enough which option to use.	[reply]
Re^3: How can I get a single record from Google Contacts based on a phone number? by einhverfr (Friar) on Mar 27, 2015 at 09:18 UTC
It is helpful to say which one would not install and take a look at why. Sometimes it is a matter of getting a non-Perl rerequisite (such as the GCC). But usually this can be addressed or we can help you work on getting it fixed.	[reply]