Re: How do you package your programs?

If you use ExtUtils::MakeMaker, you can specify a list of EXE_FILES in your Makefile.PL; they will be installed in the appropriate bin/ directory somewhere, depending on the configuration.

For instance, in my script for OpenInteract, I have:

my %opts = (
    'NAME'         => 'OpenInteract',
    'VERSION_FROM' => 'OpenInteract.pm',
    'EXE_FILES'    => [ qw( script/oi_manage ) ],
...
);

WriteMakefile( %opts );
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This will copy the file from script/oi_manage into (on my machine) /usr/bin. You can change this (with caution) by modifying your install's Config.pm keys 'installbin', and/or 'installsitebin'.

And there's nothing wrong with adding your library to @INC -- that's what it's for!

Chris
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Re: How do you package your programs? by Abigail-II (Bishop) on Aug 28, 2002 at 12:08 UTC
I think it's very unfortunate that MakeMaker works this way. The directory I install the perl binary in is not the same directory I want to install a random program in, that just happens to be written in Perl. Large packages, I always install in /opt/app, for suitable app. This is done so you can easily remove an entire application - if only because you want to make a new, fresh, install. A program 'foo' belongs in /opt/foo/bin/foo, or /usr/local/bin/foo, depending whether I want it installed in its own directory structure or not. It should not be dropped in a directory depending on the language it happen to be written in. Abigail	[reply]
Re: How do you package your programs? by crenz (Priest) on Aug 28, 2002 at 12:50 UTC
I second Abigail's suggestion. This also solves the problem of storing additional data files. Just use `/opt/myapp/(data\|sounds\|grapics\|...)`. Some applications like to install themselves as `/usr/bin/myapp`, then proceed to install files into `/usr/share/myapp/`. I prefer the first approach, as it keeps everything nicely bundled together. You can always add scripts to `/usr/local/bin` to put your app in the path. But of course, with opinions varying greatly, it is best to give the user a choice. Some might even want to install your app in a homedir on a shared server. That's the beauty of `configure --prefix=/path`...	[reply]
Re: Re: How do you package your programs? by jepri (Parson) on Aug 28, 2002 at 11:51 UTC
OK, but where do I put things like jpegs, sound files? That's what has slightly turned me off MakeMaker. ____________________ Jeremy I didn't believe in evil until I dated it.	[reply]