Re: installing Digest::MD5 on Woody 3.0
>nate said:
>
>how are you installing them? have you tried just
>
>apt-get install libdigest-md5-perl
-nate, i wish there were words i could convey to express how FREEKIN, HAPPY
you (and debian) just made me!!!! I was not aware of the full power of
'apt-get',... I was un-aware i could install perl mods and libs, etc,
like this, i better do some more reading,... and start with 'man apt-get',
damn cool,... 3 weeks with debian.
>seems like you may be trying to install using CPAN? this is usually
>a bad thing in my experience since CPAN usually tries to upgrade
>perl if an upgrade is available which can severely break the
>system since perl is very critical to the base system
-well, this is the first time i've heard this, perl people push CPAN
(auto CPAN module) like it's the best thing since 'apt-get',...
-after two *&%$^ days of trying to work this problem out, i ran the
`apt-get' line you gave above then applied it to libwww-perl as well
and within 10 seconds all was installed without errors,...
- on a side note i did something stupid the other night, i don't know if
it will 'hurt' the system or not, it seems ok, but you never know. I
installed 'gdbm-1.8.1.tar.gz', in the 'traditional' way, (i.e, make,
make test, make install, etc,...) because this package was stating
it didn't see it, it needed it,...etc,... I have looked at /usr/lib/*
and it looks like it (gdbm), installed, and just made a sym link to
any files that were already there, is there anyway to 'correct'
this, ( without a fresh install), or should i not worry about it
and not ever do this kind of thing again,...
Thanks again,....
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