module install trouble

bobdole has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: module install trouble by tirwhan (Abbot) on Feb 02, 2006 at 21:21 UTC
Not really a Perl issue, I'd guess your /usr partition is mounted as read-only. The following for Linux (there are differences if you're using a different NIX): Check /etc/mtab, that will give you the currently mounted partitions with mount options, check whether your /usr is mounted rw or ro. If it's ro and you're sure* that there isn't a very good reason why this is the case (I mean sure here btw, like in absolutely SURE), you can issue `mount -oremount,rw /usr` That should fix your problem. Dogma is stupid.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: module install trouble by chargrill (Parson) on Feb 02, 2006 at 21:23 UTC
Who's the sysadmin? Some sysadmins of various un*x's only mount /var and /home as rw filesystems, and others that they don't want changed ro, so that at the very least a conscientious decision needs to be made before temporarily remounting a partition rw... --chargrill `$/ = q#(\w)# ; sub sig { print scalar reverse join ' ', @_ } + sig map { s$\$/\$/$\$2\$1$g && $_ } split( ' ', ",erckha rlPe erthnoa stJu +" );` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: module install trouble by bobdole (Beadle) on Feb 02, 2006 at 21:44 UTC
Sorry its not a perl Issue, I appriecate the help though. I checked the contents of the mtab file and it appears everything is set to rw more mtab /dev/hda5 / ext3 rw 0 0 none /proc proc rw 0 0 /dev/hda1 /boot ext3 rw 0 0 /dev/hda8 /home ext3 rw,grpquota 0 0 /dev/hda6 /usr ext3 rw 0 0 /dev/hda7 /var ext3 rw,usrquota 0 0 none /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0 What I am needing to do is run my perl script indefinatly that intercepts emails coming in, so if anyone knows another method to do that other than installing the Proc::Daemon module I am open to that as well.	[reply]
Re: module install trouble by leocharre (Priest) on Feb 02, 2006 at 21:17 UTC
deffinately got a thought.. it's called CPAN - a cli utility that let's you log into it- and install remove, whathaveyou- modules etc. it's like having a fluffer- or your own automechanic if you're a race car driver. i know, it doesn't address your error specifically. But.. maybe the install is doign something funny? maybe using cpan will let you install, if not.. then yours is perhaps not a perl problem? put some energy into getting cpan to work on the shell- who knows.. it might already be on your box! do a `locate cpan` or just try `cpan` on your box, then do `install themoduleyouwant` and hit enter.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: module install trouble by blazar (Canon) on Feb 03, 2006 at 11:29 UTC
deffinately got a thought.. it's called CPAN - a cli utility that let's you log into it- and install remove, whathaveyou- modules etc. Good general purpose suggestion, but it shouldn't make a difference with the OP's problem, which appears not be strictly a Perl one. Indeed if by any chance using CPAN.pm as opposed to installing manually did make a difference, it would be interesting to know why, and that could give a clue as to what's wrong...	[reply]
Re: module install trouble by holli (Abbot) on Feb 02, 2006 at 21:31 UTC
You're not running Knoppix (or any other CD based Linux), do you? holli, /regexed monk/	[reply]
Re^2: module install trouble by tirwhan (Abbot) on Feb 02, 2006 at 21:37 UTC
Knoppix has been using UnionFS for quite a while now, so this would actually work on a Knoppix system (until the next reboot that is ;-). Dogma is stupid.	[reply] [d/l]