Re: how to test my perl-prerequesites on a Linux-box

WWW::Mechanize::Firefox comes with a lot of Examples. Why don't you try them?

It also comes with a test suite that gets run upon installation. Why don't you run that test suite? If you somehow installed WWW::Mechanize::Firefox without running the test suite, I can only recommend reinstalling, or at least retesting:

>cpan
cpan> look WWW::Mechanize::Firefox
> perl Makefile.PL
> make test
# watch the test suite run
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If you suspect that make is broken, there is little we can do to help you, especially as you don't tell us the symptoms. I recommend you hire a competent system administrator to handle system maintenance and module installation for you.

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Re^2: how to test my perl-prerequesites on a Linux-box - with command line-approach by Perlbeginner1 (Scribe) on Feb 19, 2012 at 12:18 UTC
good day dear corion see the update - see what happened with the install the www::mechanize::firefox linux-wyee:/home/martin/perl # cpan cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.960001) Enter 'h' for help. cpan[1]> look WWW::Mechanize::Firefox Going to read '/root/.cpan/Metadata' Database was generated on Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:11:59 GMT Fetching with LWP: http://artfiles.org/cpan.org/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz Going to read '/root/.cpan/sources/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz' ...................................................................... +......DONE Fetching with LWP: http://artfiles.org/cpan.org/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz Going to read '/root/.cpan/sources/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz' Database was generated on Sat, 18 Feb 2012 23:13:48 GMT .............. New CPAN.pm version (v1.9800) available. [Currently running version is v1.960001] You might want to try install CPAN reload cpan to both upgrade CPAN.pm and run the new version without leaving the current session. ..............................................................DONE Fetching with LWP: http://artfiles.org/cpan.org/modules/03modlist.data.gz Going to read '/root/.cpan/sources/modules/03modlist.data.gz' ...................................................................... +......DONE Going to write /root/.cpan/Metadata Running look for module 'WWW::Mechanize::Firefox' + + + + Trying to open a subshell in the build directory... + + Fetching with LWP: + + http://artfiles.org/cpan.org/authors/id/C/CO/CORION/WWW-Mechanize-Fire +fox-0.59.tar.gz + Fetching with LWP: + + http://artfiles.org/cpan.org/authors/id/C/CO/CORION/CHECKSUMS + + Checksum for /root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/C/CO/CORION/WWW-Mechanize- +Firefox-0.59.tar.gz ok Scanning cache /root/.cpan/build for sizes ...................................................................... +......DONE Working directory is /root/.cpan/build/WWW-Mechanize-Firefox-0.59-tEPg +Tt linux-wyee:~/.cpan/build/WWW-Mechanize-Firefox-0.59-tEPgTt # [download] how do you like this!? Corion i love to hear from you ... if this is set up right then i can proceed and go to the next step and do some tests - so i love to hear from you many many greetings from Good Old Europe .-	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: how to test my perl-prerequesites on a Linux-box - with command line-approach by Corion (Patriarch) on Feb 19, 2012 at 12:28 UTC
I seriously recommend you learn about your operating system and how to do things with it. The output seems to suggest to me that you ran the first command I showed you, `look WWW::Mechanize::Firefox`. What happened when you ran the other commands that were to be run after that one? Please work on your reporting capability. If you want to get immediate answers, please put some effort in your question and provide all relevant information. If you don't understand instructions given to you, either try them all out and live with the consequences or ask before you try them out. Doing system administration through this forum is quite tedious, so I recommend that you find somebody who is willing to set up your system for you, or who is willing to teach you how to operate the system yourself. I am not that person. I see that you are using the system `perl` to install modules from CPAN. This is highly recommended against. Use your OS package manager or talk to your system administrator how to install Perl modules for the system `perl`. The recommended way for a Perl developer is to install Perl modules locally (see local::lib) or to compile their own private version of Perl (see App::perlbrew).	[reply] [d/l] [select]