Installing File::Repl on a Mac possible?

nysus has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I'm trying to install File::Repl on a Mac. I'm not sure it can be done. From looking at the tests on cpan, it seems to have worked on darwin machines. But when I try to install the module I get an error and when trying to install Win32::API directly I get an OS not supported error.

If this won't install, are there any good replacements for File::Repl?

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Re: Installing File::Repl on a Mac possible? by Laurent_R (Canon) on Sep 09, 2018 at 17:58 UTC
As far as I can say, you should need `Win32::API` only on Windows systems. You should not need it on a Mac.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Installing File::Repl on a Mac possible? by nysus (Parson) on Sep 09, 2018 at 20:04 UTC
Right, but it's not installing. I'm not sure why it's trying to install when I don't need it and I'm not sure how to prevent it from installing that dependency. $PM = "Perl Monk's"; $MCF = "Most Clueless ~~Friar~~ ~~Abbot~~ ~~Bishop~~ ~~Pontiff~~ ~~Deacon~~ ~~Curate~~ Priest"; $nysus = $PM . ' ' . $MCF; Click here if you love Perl Monks	[reply]
Re^3: Installing File::Repl on a Mac possible? by marto (Cardinal) on Sep 09, 2018 at 20:06 UTC
It takes a few seconds to find out what the module is doing here by looking at the source code. Take a look.	[reply]
Re^4: Installing File::Repl on a Mac possible? by nysus (Parson) on Sep 09, 2018 at 22:43 UTC
Re^5: Installing File::Repl on a Mac possible? by syphilis (Archbishop) on Sep 10, 2018 at 01:11 UTC
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Re: Installing File::Repl on a Mac possible? by 1nickt (Canon) on Sep 10, 2018 at 01:01 UTC
Hi, try this, worked for me: Install File::HomeDir Copy Repl.pm from the File::Repl distro to a directory called 'File' somewhere in your Perl lib path Test by running the `test.pl` included in the distro (I got 'Variable" @dirlist" will not stay shared at <PATH>/File/Repl.pm line 1012.") Hope this helps! The way forward always starts with a minimal test.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Installing File::Repl on a Mac possible? by kevbot (Vicar) on Sep 10, 2018 at 00:03 UTC
If this won't install, are there any good replacements for File::Repl? If you only need the directory replication and not other features offered by File::Repl perhaps File::DirSync is a viable alternative (it installed on my Mac, but I have never used this module).	[reply]
Re: Installing File::Repl on a Mac possible? by LanX (Saint) on Sep 09, 2018 at 21:46 UTC
> If this won't install, are there any good replacements for File::Repl? Depends what you want to do, guessing from the name "REPL" (Read-Eval-Print-Loop) is not very helpful here. Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery FootballPerl is like chess, only without the dice}	[reply]