[kw-pm] how to identify the ubuntu package that contains a module?

[Ryan Fox]

If nothing else depends on the Ubuntu package, I would remove it before
installing with cpan.

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 6:40 PM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca>wrote:

> On Fri, 21 Jan 2011, Justin Wheeler wrote:
>
> > debian/ubuntu follow a standard package naming format for perl modules.
> >
> > lib<lc(package name with s/::/-/g;)>-perl
> >
> > So, for example, if DBIx::Class has perl modules, it would be:
> >
> > libdbix-class-perl
>
>   i thought that was the case, so i was fairly sure there was no
> ubuntu package for it.  no problem, this seems to have solved *that*
> problem:
>
>  $ sudo cpan File::Inplace
>
> however, now that that's resolved, the build script runs through the
> list of requirements and i get:
>
> Checking prerequisites...
>  - ERROR: XML::Simple is not installed
>  - ERROR: Template is not installed
>  - ERROR: XML::TreeBuilder (3.09) is installed, but we need version >= 4
>  - ERROR: XML::Simple is not installed
>  - ERROR: Template is not installed
>  - ERROR: XML::TreeBuilder (3.09) is installed, but we need version >= 4
>
> so start with:
>
>  $ sudo apt-get install libxml-simple-perl libtemplate-perl
>
> and i'm down to:
>
> Checking prerequisites...
>  - ERROR: XML::TreeBuilder (3.09) is installed, but we need version >= 4
>  - ERROR: XML::TreeBuilder (3.09) is installed, but we need version >= 4
>
> but that's the tricky one since the *current* perl package is
> obviously not new enough.  under these circumstances, would i run cpan
> again for this module?
>
> rday
>
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