Re^2: Install and use module

Note there are two situations where the above will not work:

First one, if it's a Module::Build module, in which case you need 'Build.pl' instead of 'Makefile' and './Build' instead of 'make'.

Second one: If you have yet to install the Developer Tools from Apple, you won't have 'make'. (Or a compiler, or several other very useful things for developing software.)

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Re^3: Install and use module by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 09, 2010 at 18:27 UTC
First one, if it's a Module::Build module, in which case you need 'Build.pl' instead of 'Makefile' and './Build' instead of 'make'. In that case, I generally just wipe the module directory and ditch the .tar. 9 times out of 10, it won't build on my system anyway. In several cases, if I hand compile&link any XS code, and then install manually, the modules work fine. But Module::Build is so broken, and such a convoluted morass of O'Woe's OO-spaghetti, that life is just too short. It's usually quicker to write my own. Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. RIP an inspiration; A true Folk's Guy	[reply]
Re^4: Install and use module by DStaal (Chaplain) on Aug 09, 2010 at 19:37 UTC
Never had any trouble with it myself, and it definitely makes my life as a module-builder easier... (And the maintainer of ExtUtils::MakeMaker recommends using Module::Build at this point...)	[reply]
Re^5: Install and use module by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 09, 2010 at 22:12 UTC
Never had any trouble with it myself, and it definitely makes my life as a module-builder easier... I'm guessing that you don't work in a non-nix environment. When it is easier to build a module manually than it is to use the configuration utility; and so very hard to work out how to modify the configuration to do what you can do manually; the config utility is badly broken. (And the maintainer of ExtUtils::MakeMaker recommends using Module::Build at this point...)* I know. And when M::B was first started, I supported it. EU::MM is a mess. But the lessons weren't learnt, and the former is now more complex and more fragile than the latter. Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. RIP an inspiration; A true Folk's Guy	[reply]