When I was thinking about installing more CPAN modules, I was wondering -
isn't there a way of getting *all* CPAN modules and of installing them in one
big move? Maybe some CD-ISO archive file, and an autoinstaller (for Linux:
Suse 10)? Anything like that?
aloh@x-mail.net (Alexander Oberhuber) wrote:
> When I was thinking about installing more CPAN modules, I was
> wondering - isn't there a way of getting *all* CPAN modules and of
> installing them in one big move? Maybe some CD-ISO archive file, and
> an autoinstaller (for Linux: Suse 10)? Anything like that?
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Alexander Oberhuber wrote:
> When I was thinking about installing more CPAN modules, I was wondering -
> isn't there a way of getting *all* CPAN modules and of installing them in one
> big move? Maybe some CD-ISO archive file, and an autoinstaller (for Linux:
> Suse 10)? Anything like that?
>
This may not be a good idea, because there is no mechanism to prevent
conflicts on module names. For example, the SOAP-Lite distribution
contains a module called SOAP::Packager. But so does the SOAP
distribution. Are they interchangeable? Don't bet on it.
Tom Wyant
On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 16:39:02 +0200, Alexander Oberhuber
wrote:
> When I was thinking about installing more CPAN modules, I was wonderin=
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> isn't there a way of getting *all* CPAN modules and of installing them=
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Alexander Oberhuber wrote:
>When I was thinking about installing more CPAN modules, I was wondering -
>isn't there a way of getting *all* CPAN modules and of installing them in one
>big move?
Wow, you'll need a lot of disk space for your perl distro, then. And
lots of patience before it's all over.
Anyway, instead of *installing* it all, you could start by getting the
most recent versions off CPAN and have your own CPAN mirror, on CD for
example. Search for mini-CPAN.
That way, you can always (connected to the internet, or not) and likely
more quickly, install any module you want.
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Bart.
On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 17:57:44 +0200, H.Merijn Brand wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 16:39:02 +0200, Alexander Oberhuber
> wrote:
>> When I was thinking about installing more CPAN modules, I was wondering -
>> isn't there a way of getting *all* CPAN modules and of installing them
>> in one big move?
>
> You can't, unless you have all third party products installed that some
> modules
> are written for to support: DBD-*** (Oracle, Unify, Ingres, Informix, ...)
> is maybe the best example
OTOH, it would make a great lightning talk. Sort of the Perl version of
"Supersize Me" :-)
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