I have a bit of a problem, for reference, see Installer Program.

The problem is, most of the people running my 'installer', won't have acess to telnet etc, and many hosting companies make webmasters go through week long processes to get any single module installed. (Then there's the fact that the vast majority of probable users are too dumb to proprly install it manually.)

So here's the core of the question: What do I do if CPAN wasn't set up on the host? (Of course it should be there, but what if it's not installed?)

I've consiered several alternatives, each one more rediculous than the one before it, but I can't seem to come up with anything.


One idea I considered was taking my own server and turning it into a nexus or routing station where the installer would retrieve a dynamicaly created archive of the required modules and then run the normal make procedure on each of them... but then there was the problem of what compression modules would be available on every server...

Thanks for any ideas, suggestions, or pointings out of anything I obviously forgot.

"/me wishes that the average user had a clue..."


"Weird things happen, get used to it."

Flame ~ Lead Programmer: GMS

In reply to Installing Modules through Web Interface? by Flame

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