[sf-perl] Help with a downloaded module
Michael Friedman
friedman at highwire.stanford.edu
Mon Feb 25 09:36:24 PST 2008
Neil,
If you load a module using the CPAN module, it will put it in the
location for shared modules that perl already knows about. Thus, once
you've installed it, you shouldn't need to change your path or
anything. Just 'use' the module by its full name:
use Module::Build::TestReporter;
and it should "just work".
(I've never worked with Active State Perl before, but I assume it's
like every other distribution that way. Someone will correct me if I'm
wrong, I am sure. :-) )
BTW, did you know that _Beginning Perl_, by Simon Cozens, is available
free on the web? From your questions, you may find it very helpful to
read a couple of chapters of it. For example, the chapter on Modules
covers installing from CPAN and how to "find" a module once you've
installed it.
http://www.perl.org/books/beginning-perl/
http://blob.perl.org/books/beginning-perl/3145_Chap10.pdf
There's also a great website that gathers up a bunch of resources and
people who love to help people new to perl. You will find friendly
folks and lots of FAQ and answers at
http://learn.perl.org/
http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.beginners/
and I think there's an IRC channel for learning perl too, but I
haven't used that before.
Good luck!
-- Mike
On Feb 24, 2008, at 6:40 PM, Neil Heller wrote:
> This is looking promising... I think.
> I'll modify the uses Module::Build::TestReporter to make it reflect
> my path
> and then build.
> Can you think of anything else off the top of your head?
> Will I have to create a Perl/cpan/Metadata path?
>
> Neil Heller
> 510-862-4387
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sanfrancisco-pm-bounces+nheller=silcon.com at pm.org
> [mailto:sanfrancisco-pm-bounces+nheller=silcon.com at pm.org] On Behalf
> Of
> Michael Friedman
> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 2:43 PM
> To: San Francisco Perl Mongers User Group
> Subject: Re: [sf-perl] Help with a downloaded module
>
> Neil,
>
> CPAN modules don't really stand on their own. They come in packages.
> If you follow CPAN's suggestion and do
>
> cpan> i/TestReporter/
> Distribution C/CH/CHROMATIC/Module-Build-TestReporter-1.00.tar.gz
> Module Module::Build::TestReporter (C/CH/CHROMATIC/Module-
> Build-TestReporter-1.00.tar.gz)
> 2 items found
>
>
> That tells you that it's part of "C/CH/CHROMATIC/Module-Build-
> TestReporter-1.00", as "Module::Build::TestReporter". You need that
> full "path" so that CPAN can find the module.
>
> Knowing that, you can ask CPAN to install it by doing
>
> cpan> install Module::Build::TestReporter
>
> which should work better. Note that there are a number of
> prerequisites for this module, so it may start off by loading a pile
> of seemingly unrelated stuff, but it'll get to TestReporter at the
> end.
>
> -- Mike
>
> On Feb 24, 2008, at 2:06 PM, Neil Heller wrote:
>
>> Thank you for the help.
>> I tried installing the file as you mentioned but got only errors.
>> The transcript follows. Do you have any feeling for what my trouble
>> may be?
>>
>> [start install]
>>
>>
>> C:\test\TestReporter>perl -MCPAN -e shell
>> Exiting subroutine via last at C:/Perl/lib/CPAN.pm line 1450.
>>
>> cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.9205)
>> ReadLine support enabled
>>
>>
>> cpan> install TestReporter.pm
>> CPAN: Storable loaded ok (v2.18)
>> Use of uninitialized value $_ in transliteration (tr///) at
>> C:/Perl/lib/File/Spe
>> c/Win32.pm line 141.
>> Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
>> C:/Perl/lib/File/Spec/Wi
>> n32.pm line 143.
>> CPAN: LWP::UserAgent loaded ok (v2.036)
>> CPAN: Time::HiRes loaded ok (v1.9711)
>> Fetching with LWP:
>> http://ppm.activestate.com/CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz
>> Going to read C:\Perl\cpan\sources\authors\01mailrc.txt.gz
>>
> ............................................................................
>> DONE
>>
>> Use of uninitialized value $_ in transliteration (tr///) at
>> C:/Perl/lib/File/Spe
>> c/Win32.pm line 141.
>> Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
>> C:/Perl/lib/File/Spec/Wi
>> n32.pm line 143.
>> Fetching with LWP:
>> http://ppm.activestate.com/CPAN/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz
>> Going to read C:\Perl\cpan\sources\modules\02packages.details.txt.gz
>> Database was generated on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 11:30:42 GMT
>>
> ............................................................................
>> DONE
>>
>> Use of uninitialized value $_ in transliteration (tr///) at
>> C:/Perl/lib/File/Spe
>> c/Win32.pm line 141.
>> Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
>> C:/Perl/lib/File/Spec/Wi
>> n32.pm line 143.
>> Fetching with LWP:
>> http://ppm.activestate.com/CPAN/modules/03modlist.data.gz
>> Going to read C:\Perl\cpan\sources\modules\03modlist.data.gz
>>
> ............................................................................
>> DONE
>>
>> Going to write C:\Perl\cpan\Metadata
>> Warning: Cannot install TestReporter.pm, don't know what it is.
>> Try the command
>>
>> i /TestReporter.pm/
>>
>> to find objects with matching identifiers.
>>
>>
>> cpan>
>>
>> [end install]
>>
>> Neil Heller
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: sanfrancisco-pm-bounces+nheller=silcon.com at pm.org
>> [mailto:sanfrancisco-pm-bounces+nheller=silcon.com at pm.org] On Behalf
>> Of
>> Asheesh Laroia
>> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 12:10 PM
>> To: San Francisco Perl Mongers User Group
>> Subject: Re: [sf-perl] Help with a downloaded module
>>
>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008, Neil Heller wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I'm a relative newbie at Perl.
>>> I downloaded a module, TestReporter.pm, from CPAN.
>>> On my Wintel machine I created a directory, c:\test\TestReporter.
>>> I plopped the module (without change) into that directory and
>>> issued a
>>> couple of command line calls.
>>
>> That's not the right way to install CPAN modules.
>>
>> Do you know about the CPAN shell? Try this:
>>
>> perl -MCPAN -e shell
>>
>> That will give you a prompt at which you can ask it:
>>
>> install __name__of_module_you_want__
>>
>> -- Asheesh.
>>
>> --
>> Do clones have navels?
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