Installing perl modules on FC4 x86_64

[Edward.D.Kramer at wellsfargo.com]

I would just use the CPAN command line to import Perl Modules, its makes
like a lot easier than dealing with the RPM dependencies.  If you MAN
CPAN, you should see the exact command to get into the CPAN shell then
type install MIME::Lite or what ever perl module you want to install.  I
believe it will resolve any dependencies on the fly for you.

DK

-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Jay Curtis
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 10:29 AM
To: 'For users of Fedora Core releases'
Subject: RE: Installing perl modules on FC4 x86_64



>From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list-
>bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of David Cary Hart
>Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 10:20 AM
>To: For users of Fedora Core releases
>Subject: Re: Installing perl modules on FC4 x86_64
>
>On Thu, 2005-10-20 at 09:35 -0700, Jay Curtis wrote:
>>
>> I am having a problem with understanding what is going wrong with
>> installing perl modules and then trying to install rpm packages that
>> rely on that module.   When I download a perl module from CPAN and
>> install it using the standard "perl Makefile.pl; make; make test;
make
>> install", the module makes and installs with no errors.  When I then
>> try to install an rpm package, i.e. perl.MLDBM-2.01.1.2.fc4.rf.noarch
>> from dries repository, the rpm command fails with:
>
>> Error: Failed Dependencies:
>
>RPM dependencies are other RPMs. Therefore, they cannot be resolved
with
>CPAN source installs. It is possible to override this with --nodeps but
>that is usually NOT a good idea.
>
>The problem is avoided by installing perl modules from rpms.

The problem with trying to install perl modules from RPM's is that a lot
of
the perl modules are not available as RPM's.  Is there an easy way to
create
an RPM from the downloaded perl modules to make the RPM subsystem happy?
Any pointers to an FAQ or HOWTO would be really appreciated. 

Thanks for the replies and the pointers.

--Jay Curtis

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