[PLUG] Need Help Getting/Installing Perl Module
Kenneth G. Stephens
kens at cad2cam.com
Wed Mar 23 05:32:59 UTC 2005
On Tue, 2005-03-22 at 21:19 -0800, Kenneth G. Stephens wrote:
> 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.
>
I had to eventually use force. I now, it's not nice, but. . .
cpan> force install Tk
3 tests failed. Minor ones, but it did not want to install without
force. I also ran perl as root.
--
Ken Stephens
CAD 2 CAM
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