Subject: Re: installing perl modules
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Soren Jacobsen <devsoren@attbi.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 12/11/2002 22:12:40
On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 11:17:10PM -0500, Sam Carleton wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I need to make sure I have some perl modules installed for a program
> I would like to use. How do I go about checking? If I don't have
> some of the installed, how do I go about installing them?
Well, this is dirty, but:
$ perl -MNONEXISTANT -e exit
If that doesn't complain, the module is installed.
As for installing them, some perl modules are in pkgsrc, and for others
you can use:
$ perl -MCPAN -e shell
And install like that. Or...just go to cpan.org and install them
yourself.
--
Soren Jacobsen