Re: Configuring Perl

Read the README file that comes with your Perl. On the first screen, there is the magic incantation to use when installing Perl into a separate directory (as everybody should):

./Configure -des -Dprefix=/Data/Perl
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For setting up PERL5LIB, everything is still as it ever was, see perlrun for the nitty gritty.

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Re^2: Configuring Perl by klee12 (Initiate) on Sep 12, 2007 at 19:31 UTC
Thanks for your reply, Corion. Unfortunately I don't seem to have a Configure file. I'm using the system installation of Perl and downloading my own modules. The file README.txt that came with the moudule (MP3-Tag-0.9709) gives the following instructions: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install (as root) Now that I think of it, when I installed modules several years ago, there was a configure step. That seems to be missing now. klee12	[reply]
Re^3: Configuring Perl by Corion (Patriarch) on Sep 12, 2007 at 19:34 UTC
Ah. If you are not (re)configuring and reinstalling Perl but only Perl modules, then it's just: `perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/Data/Perl make make test make install # as yourself, not as root, as long as you have write per +missions to /Data/Perl` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Configuring Perl by klee12 (Initiate) on Sep 12, 2007 at 20:03 UTC
Thanks Corion, that's just what I wanted. Evidently Configure was put into Makefile.PL. Man, I'm impressed. Get an answer within a few hours. This sure beats support from Microsoft. klee12	[reply]
Re^4: Configuring Perl by throop (Chaplain) on Sep 13, 2007 at 03:05 UTC
Thankz Corion! I was having the same problem without realizing it. throop	[reply]