[Mimedefang] installing perl modules from CPAN

cc cc at belfordhk.com
Thu Aug 28 01:01:19 EDT 2003


Jeremy Mates wrote:

> * cc <cc at belfordhk.com>
> 
>>Btw, this is a recurring issue I've had with other perl packages. In
>>these situations, what exactly do I do? Do I just grab whatever module
>>or do I grab and install all related perl modules(something I'm not
>>too keen on)?
> 
> 
> Your system may have a ports or package system that includes perl
> modules, or you may want to use the newer CPANPLUS instead. Otherwise,
> the CPAN module allows you to install and update perl modules on CPAN:
> 
> perl -MCPAN -e 'install CPAN'

I had major troubles getting that CPAN thing to work.  After
scanning the web for the error message, I found out about
the Config.pm, and changed the url and boom, started installing.

Sweet... :)

Thanks for the help!






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