Module::Install and Debian packages

How many times did you wanted for Module::Install to just install available Debian packages and THEN use CPAN? I did several times. Here is quick diff to Module::Install::AutoInstall which does just that...

--- /home/dpavlin/.cpan/build/Module-Install-0.68/lib/Module/Install/A
+utoInstall.pm     2007-10-31 11:34:27.000000000 +0000
+++ /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/Module/Install/AutoInstall.pm   2008-0
+3-12 20:58:01.000000000 +0000
@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@
     my @core = map @$_, map @$_, grep ref,
                $self->build_requires, $self->requires;
 
+       my @debs;
+       while ( my $module = shift @core ) {
+               my $ver = shift @core;
+               my $deb = 'lib' . lc($module) . '-perl';
+               $deb =~ s/::/-/g;
+               push @debs, $deb;
+       }
+       system "sudo apt-get install @debs";
+
     my @config = @_;
 
     # We'll need Module::AutoInstall
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Re: Module::Install and Debian packages by Anonymous Monk on Mar 13, 2008 at 09:54 UTC
What if the system call fails? Shouldn't you check its return value?	[reply]
Re^2: Module::Install and Debian packages by dpavlin (Friar) on Mar 13, 2008 at 14:53 UTC
To make this diff really small, I don't care. If system fails, Module::AutoInstall will install module from CPAN (because it's not installed by system). However, this approach has few problems: you might need to remove `inc/` directory so that M::I will re-create it with this changes, and it will download only Debian packages which are required by current module (one which you did `perl Makefile.PL` for) and not for dependencies. So, let's move this idea at better place -- into Module::AutoInstall: `--- /usr/share/perl5/Module/AutoInstall.pm 2007-10-31 11:34:27.0000 +00000 +0000 +++ AutoInstall.pm 2008-03-13 14:48:31.000000000 +0000 @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use vars qw{$VERSION}; BEGIN { - $VERSION = '1.03'; + $VERSION = '1.04'; } # special map on pre-defined feature sets @@ -287,7 +288,10 @@ push @installed, $pkg; } else { - push @modules, $pkg, $ver; + my $deb = 'lib' . lc($pkg) . '-perl'; + $deb =~ s/::/-/g; + eval { system "sudo apt-get install $deb" }; + push @modules, $pkg, $ver if $@; } }` [download] I bumped `$VERSION` in hope that system-wide version will be picked before local version in `inc/` directory. I would love to make this proper M::I module, but I'm afraid I don't have a clue where to start. 2share!2flame...	[reply] [d/l]