libnet (Net::FTP) for SPARC-Solaris 5.8

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

We are running Solaris 5.8 (SPARC) and have Perl 5.00503 pre-installed as part of the OS. I am developing some FTP scripts and plan to use the Net::FTP module (part of libnet , I believe). It would really help if someone could share their experience in installing libnet 1.x on Solaris 5.8. Also, which version of libnet (Net::FTP) is recommended for Solaris 8 (SPARC) ? I know that this ground work should be done by the system admin, however, I have to do this research and make recommendations to the sys admin, who in turn will be doing the installation. Thanks in advance.

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Re: libnet (Net::FTP) for SPARC-Solaris 5.8 by petral (Curate) on Mar 06, 2002 at 20:55 UTC
I've run libnet 1.0703 on Solaris 5.6 and perl 5.05003 for a couple of years with no problems, but I wouldn't worry about using a more recent version. As to installation, it's just perl Makefile.pl, make test, make install. p	[reply]
Re: Re: libnet (Net::FTP) for SPARC-Solaris 5.8 by Graham (Deacon) on Mar 07, 2002 at 09:38 UTC
I've also run libnet 1.0703 against Solaris 8 for SPARC against perl 5.005_03. Installation was simple as petral states and without problem. The latest version I have used recently is libnet 1.0901 and this installed without hitch against perl 5.6.1 on Solaris 8. Graham	[reply]