[Chicago-talk] Passing args to cpan

[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> "Jay" == Jay Strauss <me at heyjay.com> writes:

Jay> But when I run:
cpan> install Inline::Java

Jay> I get:
Jay> Welcome to the Inline::Java installation procedure.

Jay> A Java 2 SDK is required to install and use Inline::Java. Please
Jay> specify your Java 2 SDK installation directory using the J2SDK
Jay> option to Makefile.PL as such:

Jay>     perl Makefile.PL J2SDK=/path/to/your/j2sdk/installation
Jay> Running make test
Jay>   Make had some problems, maybe interrupted? Won't test
Jay> Running make install
Jay>   Make had some problems, maybe interrupted? Won't install

Yeah, sucks that some people don't "get it" about Makefile.PL, eh?

Here's how I do that:

cpan> look Inline::Java
... % perl Makefile.PL ....
... % make all test install
... % exit
cpan>

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