[Buffalo-pm] Meeting info from last night

[Jim Brandt]

Minutes from last night's meeting:

Topics for our next two meetings:

Wed, July 13:

* How to and why to create a Perl Module; (h2xs and Module::Starter)

Wed, August 10:

* More GUI stuff;


Kevin Eye presented a session on how to install modules. Some tips:

* You can run the CPAN shell by just running the command 'cpan' on  
modern perls;

* On Windows, it's best to use Active State perl and use ppm to  
install things. PPM is perl package manager;

* Summary for installing a perl module:

 >perl Makefile.PL
 >make
 >make test
 >sudo make install


* Jim B's Perl script for ordering an autobundle:

http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=455259



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Jim Brandt
Administrative Computing Services
University at Buffalo