in reply to What could I do with just Perl?

As a Macaroni myself, I'm curious just what version of OS X you installed, Cody_Pendant? I just upgraded to 10.3 (Panther--which I would not necessarily recommend unless you have $120 to burn) and got a nice install of 5.8.1. I did have to reinstall the DBI and DBD::mysql, with, of course, MySQL. Also, because I am HTML::Template-dependant, I had to install that.

But as someone still new to the idea of modules (it only took me 2 years and lurking around PM to discover them), I'm wondering what modules come standard with the 5.8.1 install, besides CGI.pm and CGI::Carp.

The only list I can find is here. If that is truly what gets installed, then I can see Cody_Pendant's point. On the positive side, I've got a lot of exploring to do. Thanks C-P for raising the question and sending me looking.

—Brad
"A little yeast leavens the whole dough."

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Re: Re: What could I do with just Perl?
by Anonymous Monk on Nov 29, 2003 at 18:48 UTC
    Try Fink:

    http://fink.sourceforge.net/

    Fink is a utility that helps load the latest opensource software on OS-X, including Perl 5.8.0

    They describe it as:
    " This differs from the Apple OS X 10.1 distribution of Perl 5.6.0 (and supporting fink libraries) in that it retains the perl version subdirectories in the lib tree. Without these, upgrading or downgrading Perl breaks all of the binary modules."

    I think the reference to 5.6.0 is a typographical error - it describes the Fink version as 5.8.0 elseware on the same page.

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      No, it doesn't look like a typo. Mac OS X 10.1 (and 10.2, incidentally) were distributed with 5.6.0 by default. So the Fink distribution does indeed differ from the 10.1 distribution of Perl 5.6.0.

      I am amused, however, that the parent note mentioned that Mac OS X 10.3 comes with Perl 5.8.1 by default and you're suggesting using fink to install 5.8.0.

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