I am working on a little project that requires a bit of perl and some database modules. I’m running Leopard, which ships with Perl 5.8.8. That kinda sucks.<\/p>\n
So, I tried to work with a binary installer. Which was, for a number of reasons, a failure. <\/p>\n
Given my recent experience with virtualenv and Python, I started looking into what’s the state of the art in this area for Perl.<\/p>\n
The suggestion from the Perl home page is “perlbrew”. I took it for a spin.<\/p>\n
\n
tar zxvf App-perlbrew-0.28.tar.gz
\n...<\/p>\nselena@lulu:Downloads #553 14:12 :( cd App-perlbrew-0.28
\nselena@lulu:App-perlbrew-0.28 #554 14:12 :) perl Makefile.PL <\/p>\nChecking if your kit is complete...
\nLooks good
\nWarning: prerequisite Devel::PatchPerl 0.26 not found.
\nWarning: prerequisite File::Path::Tiny 0 not found.
\nWarning: prerequisite IO::All 0 not found.
\nWarning: prerequisite Path::Class 0 not found.
\nWarning: prerequisite Test::Output 0 not found.
\nWarning: prerequisite Test::Spec 0 not found.
\nWriting Makefile for App::perlbrew
\n <\/code>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\nHmmm… So I tried to use cpanm to get it going: <\/p>\n
\n
\nselena@lulu:App-perlbrew-0.28 #557 14:13 :( sudo cpanm App::perlbrew
\n...
\nBuilding and testing App-perlbrew-0.28 for App::perlbrew ... FAIL
\n! Installing App::perlbrew failed. See \/Users\/selena\/.cpanm\/build.log for details.
\n<\/code>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n
So I asked a friend. Who pointed me at his build script<\/a>. And, at least for this project, that’s what I’m going to use.<\/p>\n
Is perlbrew what most folks use for this type of thing? Is there some other virtualenv equivalent out there? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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