One thing has made itself crystal clear to me over the years: you cannot force a person to think. I went through this at work recently. One of my co-workers wanted to use my scripts, but wouldn't install the modules, or even read the step-by-step instructions (including cut-and-paste commands) on how to do so.

If your friends want to use your scripts, they need to install the modules. If they don't want to go to all the long, hard work of ftping a few k of data from a public web site and typing 5 commands (gunzip, tar, make, make test, make install) to make their websites run better, forget it.

I'd say include a README with your script telling them to download the required modules from CPAN, and include URLs. Mention that installation instructions for the indvidual modules will come with. Honestly, there's not much more you can do short of building their site for them.

-Logan
"What do I want? I'm an American. I want more."

In reply to Re: Programing stand alone CGI. by logan
in thread Programing stand alone CGI. by BMaximus

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