On 03/27/2012 10:52:42 AM, Mark Haney wrote: > This may sound kinda silly, but it's the first time I've ever really > encountered this before. I'm finding I have a need to update some > perl > modules that aren't yet packaged by Fedora. Is using CPAN to update > them going to cause any problems? Are there any caveats to using > CPAN to install other modules not packaged in RPM form? Short answer, not a problem. cpan will install the module in /usrlocal, where Perl will find it before the module installed from an rpm. (See output of perl -V). cpan does not have an uninstall option, so if there's an rpm with a later version, and you install it, perl will not see the new module unless you remove the one you installed with cpan. Removing the cpan-installed version should not be a problem, unless the module is very complicated. cpan leaves the source for the installed module in ~root/.cpan/build; your module might have a make uninstall, if you're lucky:-) Good luck. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
