As far as "packaging" scripts to run without modules pre-installed....

If you can assume that Perl is present, you can write a mini-program to look for modules, e.g. 

  unless ( eval " use Tk; " ) {
    &do_install ('Tk');
  }
  exec "my-real-program.plx";

# ...

sub do_install ($) {
  my $pkg = shift;
  print "Installing $pkg module...";
  if ($^O =~ /win/i) {
    `ppm install $pkg.PPD`;
  } else {
    chdir ('unix_pkg');
    `tar -zxf $pkg.tar.gz`;
    chdir ($pkg);
    require "Makefile.PL";
    `sudo gmake install`;
  }
}

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The above code is both untested (ergo probably nonfunctional and nonportable) and ugly, but it's near enough to what I've used in a pinch before.

In reply to Re: Which GUI do I choose? by baku
in thread Which GUI do I choose? by Snuggle

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