On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 06:37:53PM -0900, Ken Irving wrote: > On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 09:04:28PM -0600, M.Lewis wrote: > > > > Recently, I needed to install a perl module that I was not able to find > > with synaptic or aptitude using the 'normal' repositories. I believe the > > module was File::Find::Path. > > > > I know I can install this module via CPAN. Is this the recommended > > method when a module is not available in the 'normal' repositories?
Are you sure about the name? The standard perl-modules package includes File::Path and File::Find, but I can't find (in CPAN) File::Find::Path . > > I think so. I'm pretty sure the CPAN tools default to putting modules > under /usr/local/, and that's the important thing. Debian won't mess > with /usr/local/ (or /opt/ for that matter), so anything there is safe > from being overwritten or whatever. While CPAN on most systems will install to somewhere under /usr/lib , on Debian it was indeed modified to be under /usr/local . -- Tzafrir Cohen | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | best ICQ# 16849754 | | friend -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
