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.
yeah, thats one of the good things about debian, the massive
amount of packages :) It's pretty rare that I need to go to a 3rd
party source for a piece of software.
> -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',...
yeah, it is a good feature, and I think debian may be one of the
only systems that depends so heavily upon perl for basic operations.
I use it on other systems, and on debian 2.2 on some systems I needed
a newer version of perl so I compiled/installed to /usr/local/perl
and ran CPAN using the /usr/local/perl/bin/perl binary instead of
the /usr/bin/perl binary ..
>
> -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,...
great isn't it :) seems a good deal of people just light up when they
realize what apt-get is (and the package database that goes with it,
apt-get by itself is just a basic tool, the massive package database
is very key).
>
> - 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,...
most programs installed from source install to /usr/local. I would
personally remove it(it may be the only thing installed in /usr/local)
and install gdbm from the debian archives instead(libgdbmg1) makes for
easier management in the long run.
also, apt-cache if you haven't used it yet is very useful, as is
packages.debian.org. at the bottom of this site is a search form
to track files to their packages. I've never seen another utility like
it if you are looking for a filename and don't know what package it's
in put in the filename and out comes the results ..
>
> Thanks again,....
glad to help!
nate
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