Re: Re: Can't locate HTML/FormatText.pm

To easily install even non-XS CPAN modules you need a third party tool called make. Some people haven't been so blessed as to receive this critical program bundled with their OS. This is one of the many reasons ExtUtils::MakeMaker is ever so slowly giving way to Module::Build.

(Update: I see the CPAN Make module has instructions for installing itself without a preexisting make :)

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Re: Re: Re: Can't locate HTML/FormatText.pm by blackadder (Hermit) on Nov 12, 2003 at 00:03 UTC
Is there away that I can use CPAN to install modules using ppm3? A URL to the exact repository location will be really handy. Thanks.	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Re: Can't locate HTML/FormatText.pm by shenme (Priest) on Nov 12, 2003 at 01:15 UTC
Not every module found on CPAN will have a copy installable using PPM. PPM's are created by ActiveState when the module uses XS code (C) or references system DLLs. Even then they may not stay totally current or may not do special-interest modules. Sometimes other repositories may be able to fill in gaps but even then only when the modules require non-Perl code. You should get used to installing plain Perl modules from CPAN. It's really not that hard. There are tutorials here [id://node=Tutorials#cpanmods] and elsewhere. The link to nmake in tachyon's article A Guide to Installing Modules is even current!	[reply]