On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 2:50 AM, C. L. Martinez <carlopmart@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> This is an interesting thread:
>
> http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2014-April/141871.html
>
> about the problems you can find building perl modules for CentOS
> releases (new or old).
>
> I agree with John R. Pierce: cpan is very very bad tool ( in fact, I
> hate it) to build perl modules for CentOS systems, breaks all other
> perl modules. I need to use several perl modules in several servers in
> my dept. and after some tests, I migrate to FreeBSD due to easy
> install perl modules with poudriere suite.
>
> But, anyone knows if it is possible to build a confident devel
> environment under CentOS with some tool to build rpm's perl modules
> without breaking anything in CentOS systems??
>
> Maybe, it is a good idea to create a CentOS Perl SIG :))
>
> Thanks.
>
Just today I managed to get a modern perl (5.18.2) installed on CentOS 5
using perlbrew. This gives you a complete perl environment in a private
location where you can install modules without impacting the system perl.
Normally I'm all for using pre-packged RPMs, but the C5 perl is so out of
date that it pays off to do it this way instead.
I ran into an issue with the setup script from the web site, and this seems
to have worked around it:
Download and run the installer like the docs say:
curl -kL http://install.perlbrew.pl | bash
Manually install patchperl
curl -kL
https://raw.github.com/gugod/patchperl-packing/master/patchperl >
~/perl5/perlbrew/bin/patchperl
chmod +x ~/perl5/perlbrew/bin/patchperl
Full documentation can be found here:
http://search.cpan.org/~gugod/App-perlbrew-0.67/lib/App/perlbrew.pm
It doesn't fully integrate into rpm/yum package management, but keeping
everything isolated to a private location might be an acceptable compromise
for your needs.
❧ Brian Mathis
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