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Is there any module to do same on Unix systems ?
No, if only for the fact there are a gazillion different Unix systems, all different, and while some Unix flavours have one or more software package systems (there are a bazillion systems for Linux), I don't know any Unix system that requires the use of a software package to install software.

As for "system resources", you have to be a bit more specific. For some resources, there might be modules that work for some Unix flavours.

Just for fun, you might want to look in the Configure script (with associated hint files) that comes with a Perl distribution, what is needed to find out in a portable way what is available. And those are the easy things, like figuring out the capabilities of the compiler.

Abigail

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Re: Re: Modules to find system resources on Unix
by waswas-fng (Curate) on Jan 08, 2004 at 16:42 UTC
    Abigail alludes to the two edged sword of Unix, there are no required or standardized application installers across all flavors. While this may seem weird and complicated to many users coming from a windows back-end -- it frees us from having systems tied to a registry like nightmare. For instance if I install a ton of programs on my /export partition and localize the dependent files in that partition I can completely wipe the disk (except for that partition) and start over anew with a clean install, mount the /export partition and have all my apps back without worrying about reinstalling them to appease the registry settings. With this freedom comes the cost that administrating these machines requires a larger knowledge base than windows boxes.


    -Waswas
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