in reply to Installing CPAN Perl modules on a virtual server (revisted)

Well, the fact that it's a virtual server (which I usually call a "virtual host") shouldn't matter much for installation purposes. You will, of course, need to install the modules on a filesystem where the machine running the apache process can see them, but other than that the virtual host shouldn't cause you trouble here (because the virtual host part of things is handled by Apache, not the OS).

What part of the installation is failing? In addition to installing the actual scripts, make install will install man pages, for example. perl Makefile.PL LIB=/path only changes the installation path for the executable parts of a module installation.

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Re: Re: Installing CPAN Perl modules on a virtual server (revisted)
by jeffpflueger (Beadle) on Mar 01, 2001 at 23:44 UTC
    /usr/include doesnt exist or is unaccessible - removed. /usr/local/include do esnt exist or is unaccessible - removed. /usr/local/include/freetype doesnt exi st or is unaccessible - removed. /usr/local/lib doesnt exist or is unaccessible - removed. /lib doesnt exist or is unaccessible - removed. /usr/lib doesnt ex ist or is unaccessible - removed. done. TT-fonts: includes found - libraries not found T1-fonts: includes not found - libraries not found tiff: includes not found - libraries not found png: includes not found - libraries not found ungif: includes not found - libraries not found gif: includes not found - libraries not found jpeg: includes not found - libraries not found MakeMaker (v5.45) Writing Makefile for Imager::plugins Writing Makefile for Imager

    That's the error I get....when I run Makefile.PL, with LIB=/path or whatever.

    Thanks for your input!

    You know what's going on?

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      To paraphrase merlyn: Perl and Apache, considered by themselves, are the least of your problems. It sounds like the system you're trying to install modules onto doesn't make the libraries necessary to compile various things available to you.

      Philosophy can be made out of anything. Or less -- Jerry A. Fodor

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        Hum....Isn't it possible to install the needed libraries in a directory of my choice at my virtual host, along with whatever is installed for the module itself?
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