Re: CPAN and apt-get

[Morten Bo Johansen <mbj@spamfilter.dk>]

Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:

> I wondered if there is a perferred way to handle aquiring perl
> modules?

> The CPAN interface shell that gets installed with perl provides a
> nifty way to search, download, install  most of what is on CPAN and
> can be enhanced with WAIT (a WAIS based search interface)

> All this is pretty easy to use and takes care of some of the work of
> finding and applying perl modules and packages.

> Seems like this would interfere to some extent with apt-get concepts of
> how to do things.

> Whats the normal way to handle this?


The recommended way, I think, is to use dh-make-perl. It can
both download packages from cpan and build them as .debs that
fit into the debian system.



Regards,

Morten

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