Re: Distribution installer that defaults to Debian?
Joel,
I would suggest firstly that you use the:
dh-make-perl locate
feature, rather than apt-cache search. Not all modules follow the
Something::Great => libsomething-great-perl naming convention, though
we're getting better at that.
Another issue is that some packages contain multiple modules; e.g.
libdbix-class-perl contains DBIx::Class but also a variety of
submodules, including DBIx::Class::Schema. A naive script searching
for libdbix-class-schema-perl would not come up with anything, whereas
looking in apt-file for DBIx/Class/Schema.pm would properly locate
libdbix-class-perl. The latter technique is what dh-make-perl's locate
feature does (I think), which means it is much more likely to give you
useful results.
Cheers,
Jonathan
On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 6:36 PM, Joel Roth <joelz@pobox.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I often find myself going through the same ritual
> when installing a new module, say Something::Great
>
> Do I have it already?
>
> perl -MSomething::Great -e 1
>
> Does Debian have it?
>
> apt-cache search libsomething-great-perl
>
> If Debian has it, I install with apt-get, if not,
> I install with a CPAN client (these days cpanm)
> into a local::lib.
>
> Is anyone aware of some tool that does this? Otherwise I might
> write a simple script.
>
> Best,
>
> Joel
>
> --
> Joel Roth
>
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