Bundles with no network access

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

Hi All,
I am trying to install bundeled software on a computer that does not have access to the internet. Is there a (simple) way to use a bundle packages together so that the CPAN module does *not* try to check to see if there is a newer version of the software?
Regards,
Zak

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Zak
"There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism" ~ Theodore Roosevelt (1915)

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Re: Bundles with no network access by Joost (Canon) on Aug 06, 2002 at 11:48 UTC
I keep a local CDROM with the CPAN archive at home, and make it work by editing CPAN::Config.pm The only line you need to change is `'urllist' => [q[file://mnt/cdrom/CPAN]];` [download] And it will only seek from that cdrom. You might have to do some more work to get it working without any CPAN bookkeeping files though. `-- Joost downtime n. The period during which a system is error-free and immune from user input.` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Re: Bundles with no network access by zakzebrowski (Curate) on Aug 06, 2002 at 12:01 UTC
Interesting... I didn't know you could mount a local cpan archive... (Unfortunately, I don't have access to the hardware either... I get to just sit at a dumb terminal...) I'm definatly making a mental note... :-) Thanks... :-) ---- Zak "There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism" ~ Theodore Roosevelt (1915)	[reply]