using perl installed in another computer

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Re: using perl installed in another computer by Tanktalus (Canon) on Mar 31, 2005 at 04:22 UTC
To be honest, perl is somewhat designed for this. First question is what platform this is. Windows: Have everyone "net use" a shared drive as the same drive letter. Update Config.pm such that it points to this drive letter (this is important for "use diagnostics" to work). Done. Unix/Linux: Same idea, except using NFS or some other shared disk technology (AFS, DFS, SAN, NAS, etc.). Here you may be compiling from scratch, and Configure.sh actually has an option to pay attention to for setting this up during compilation. If you're compiling your own, then Config.pm will already be set up properly. Either way, remote access to perl makes it easier to manage, but does also make it slower, and, depending on the sharing technology (SMB, NFS), can also make it less reliable.	[reply]
Re^2: using perl installed in another computer by Anonymous Monk on Mar 31, 2005 at 04:30 UTC
Hello, The OS that I am using in Windows. Could you please give me more details on why all the remote computers would need to net use the same drive letter. Also, please tell me what I need to change on config.pm. Thanks	[reply]
Re^3: using perl installed in another computer by Tanktalus (Canon) on Mar 31, 2005 at 04:38 UTC
The reason for all the machines to see perl as installed in the same location is so that you can update Config.pm. (I realise that case is unimportant on Windows, but I like to use the Unix case since it works everywhere.) If the values in Config.pm are incorrect, then diagnostics won't work, and I'd imagine there may be other modules that may not work, although I haven't yet hit upon them (because I use diagnostics, I already have Config.pm fixed everywhere, so I wouldn't see further problems). Just scan through your Config.pm (the one in your lib directory) for where you have perl already installed, and change those instances of the directory to the new directory, and you're all set.	[reply]
Re^4: using perl installed in another computer by Anonymous Monk on Mar 31, 2005 at 04:59 UTC
Re^5: using perl installed in another computer by nobull (Friar) on Mar 31, 2005 at 07:24 UTC
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Re^5: using perl installed in another computer by Tanktalus (Canon) on Mar 31, 2005 at 15:08 UTC
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Re^4: using perl installed in another computer by bmann (Priest) on Mar 31, 2005 at 22:04 UTC
Re^5: using perl installed in another computer by Tanktalus (Canon) on Mar 31, 2005 at 22:21 UTC
Re: using perl installed in another computer by holli (Abbot) on Mar 31, 2005 at 22:37 UTC
We have approx 15-20 different machines with Perl at work. We simply install ActivePerl on every machine, to get the "Windows only features", like PerlScript to work. Then we have two directories "perl58lib" and "perl56lib" where we install the modules that do not come with the standard installation. So after every installation, we simply add the appropriate directory to the PERL5LIB environment variable and voila, all additional modules are accessible from that machine. holli, /regexed monk/	[reply]