[PLUG] Need Help Getting/Installing Perl Module

Kenneth G. Stephens kens at cad2cam.com
Wed Mar 23 05:19:55 UTC 2005


On Tue, 2005-03-22 at 16:20 -0800, Rich Shepard wrote:
>    I invoked cpan to find and install perl/tk, but it failed. After trying
> lynx, ncftp, and wget on a half-dozen or so sites, cpan gave up and retired.
> I can access at least one of the sites manually using ncftp.
> 
>    Not being fluent in perl, I would appreciate some pointers on how to get a
> copy of perl/tk installed here so I can use the sixpack bibliographic
> software.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rich
> 
Rich,

perl -MCPAN -e shell

gives you the install shell

cpan>install Tk

Then will go out and get the Tk module.

afterwards you can either install another module or 

cpan>quit

Currently the install is still going.  It's either quit or exit.

-- 
Ken Stephens
CAD 2 CAM




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