Catalyst application installation package

tanmay_310 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello,

I have developed an application in Catalyst for a client (on OSX 10.6.7). Currently I'm trying to find a way to package all the modules my application needs (Catalyst::Runtime being a big one), in order to supply a command line turnkey installer script to the client. This installer needs to have all the modules and their dependencies sources included since the client server will not have internet access to download and install the modules from CPAN. I also need my installation script to automatically follow these dependencies during installation instead of asking [yes] constantly.

I was hoping you guys can give me some recommendations for a quick and efficient way to achieve this.

One possible solution I'm looking into is creating a Bundle ("cpan -a") of what is installed on my dev box, but I'm unable to find a way to install this on the client box without overwriting /Users/<client user>/.cpan with /Users/<dev user>/.cpan.

Any help will be much appreciated.
Thanks!
-tgo

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Re: Catalyst application installation package by Khen1950fx (Canon) on Apr 05, 2011 at 01:44 UTC
Here's an example Makefile.PL using Module::Install::Bundle that won't require the use of cpan in your package: `use inc::Module::Install; name 'Catalyst-App'; author 'Author <author@cpan.com>'; perl_version '5.005'; all_from 'lib/Catalyst/App.pm'; requires 'Catalyst::Runtime' => '5.80032'; requires 'Catalyst::Devel' => '1.33'; test_requires = 'Test::More' => '0.98'; test_requires = 'Test::Pod" => '1.45'; test_requires = 'Test::Pod::Coverage' => '1.08'; auto_bundle_deps; WriteAll;` [download] You'll need to enter your own error-checking methods.	[reply] [d/l]

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Re: Catalyst application installation package
by Khen1950fx (Canon) on Apr 05, 2011 at 01:44 UTC

Module::Install::Bundle

use inc::Module::Install;

name         'Catalyst-App';
author       'Author <author@cpan.com>';
perl_version '5.005';
all_from     'lib/Catalyst/App.pm';

requires  'Catalyst::Runtime' => '5.80032';
requires  'Catalyst::Devel'   => '1.33';

test_requires = 'Test::More'          => '0.98';
test_requires = 'Test::Pod"           => '1.45';
test_requires = 'Test::Pod::Coverage' => '1.08';

auto_bundle_deps;

WriteAll;
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