I have previously been using the ActiveState Perl distribution on Windows. In this environment I have been able to install modules using PPM or, for those times when a PPM package was not available, I have been able to download and install from CPAN.

I am now installing a number of scripts onto a Solaris 9 server. The application uses Crypt::SSLeay etc. which need to be downloaded and have binaries compiled as part of the installation. My problem is that the Solaris servers that I am using have a minimal OS install which specifically does not include a compiler. Tools such as make are available but cc (or gcc) and the associated compiler files are not installed.

Bearing in mind that Crypt::SSLeay is not available as a PPM package for Solaris, is installing a compiler (on a dev machine) and using the CPAN package my only choice? If so, what is the best way to then distribute the modules to the servers that do not have compilers installed?

In reply to Crypt::SSLeay distribution for Solaris 9 by inman

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