Re: Installing a CPAN Module online

Richard L. Trethewey wrote:
I'm trying to install a CPAN module into my website's local cgi-bin directory and I just can't seem to translate the common documentation into something I can use online. I have unzipped the module files, and executed the accompanying Makefile.pl, and it looks to me like I got the correct PREFIX setting in the resulting "Makefile". But that's where I'm stuck. I need to simulate the common CPAN command-line commands:

% make
% make test
% make install

remotely. I think I should be able to write a Perl script to execute these commands, right? Host is running FreeBSD/Apache.

It sounds as if you have an account without shell access, and that you are thinking of writing and uploading a CGI script that would install the module for you. Even if that may be possible, under certain conditions, the first thing you should do is finding out if it's a plain Perl module, or a module that needs to be precompiled.

If the former is true, it may be sufficient to simply upload the *.pm file(s). The docs for http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?CGI%3A%3AContactForm include some guidance that is applicable in that case.

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