RE: [cobalt-users] Perl Crypt Module Instalaltion.

["Dan" <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >Can Any One help me telling me how to install the following modules on my
> >RaQ2:
> >Digest::MD5, Crypt::DES, Crypt::CBC needed to install some registration
> >client programme.
>
>  From a root prompt:
> # perl -MCPAN -e 'shell'
> cpan> install Digest::MD5
> cpan> install Crypt::DES
> cpan> install Crypt::CBC
>
>

I wasn't aware that the CPAN module was already installed on the RAQ.

Any more instructions for us Linux newbies based on the stuff below? Maybe
you can indicate what may be better choices.

I ran this on a RAQ2 that I'm about to not be using anymore, so I'm not
worried about messing things up. After installing something with CPAN it
asked if I wanted to install the latest version of CPAN. So I did a install
CPAN. At the end, it returned this:
------------------------
dubious
        Test returned status 2 (wstat 512, 0x200)
DIED. FAILED test 1
        Failed 1/1 tests, 0.00% okay
Failed Test  Status Wstat Total Fail  Failed  List of failed
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
t/loadme.t        2   512     1    1 100.00%  1
Failed 1/1 test scripts, 0.00% okay. 1/1 subtests failed, 0.00% okay.
make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 2
  /usr/bin/make test -- NOT OK
Running make install
  make test had returned bad status, won't install without force

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Below is the original response and what I gave it, sometimes just hitting
enter, for the questions it asked.

The CPAN module needs a directory of its own to cache important
index files and maybe keep a temporary mirror of CPAN files. This may
be a site-wide directory or a personal directory.


First of all, I'd like to create this directory. Where?

CPAN build and cache directory? [/root/.cpan]


If you want, I can keep the source files after a build in the cpan
home directory. If you choose so then future builds will take the
files from there. If you don't want to keep them, answer 0 to the
next question.



How big should the disk cache be for keeping the build directories
with all the intermediate files?

Cache size for build directory (in MB)? [10]


The CPAN module will need a few external programs to work
properly. Please correct me, if I guess the wrong path for a program.
Don't panic if you do not have some of them, just press ENTER for
those.

Where is your gzip program? [/bin/gzip]
Where is your tar program? [/bin/tar]
Warning: unzip not found in PATH
Where is your unzip program? []
Where is your make program? [/usr/bin/make]
Warning: lynx not found in PATH
Where is your lynx program? []
Warning: ncftp not found in PATH
Where is your ncftp program? []
Where is your ftp program? [/usr/bin/ftp]
What is your favorite pager program? [/usr/bin/less]
What is your favorite shell? [/bin/sh]


Every Makefile.PL is run by perl in a separate process. Likewise we
run 'make' and 'make install' in processes. If you have any parameters
(e.g. PREFIX, INSTALLPRIVLIB, UNINST or the like) you want to pass to
the calls, please specify them here.

If you don't understand this question, just press ENTER.

Parameters for the 'perl Makefile.PL' command? []
Parameters for the 'make' command? []
Parameters for the 'make install' command? []


Sometimes you may wish to leave the processes run by CPAN alone
without caring about them. As sometimes the Makefile.PL contains
question you're expected to answer, you can set a timer that will
kill a 'perl Makefile.PL' process after the specified time in seconds.

If you set this value to 0, these processes will wait forever. This is
the default and recommended setting.

Timeout for inacivity during Makefile.PL? [0]

We need to know the URL of your favorite CPAN site.
Please enter it here:  ftp.rge.com

Testing "ftp.rge.com" ...
Please check, if the URLs I found in your configuration file (ftp.rge.com)
are valid. The urllist can be edited. E.g. with ``o conf urllist push
ftp://myurl/''

Cannot fetch MIRRORED.BY

ftp.rge.com doesn't seem to work. Keep it in the list? [n] n

We need to know the URL of your favorite CPAN site.
Please enter it here:  ftp://ftp.rge.com/pub/languages/perl/

Testing "ftp://ftp.rge.com/pub/languages/perl/"; ...
CPAN: Net::FTP loaded ok
Fetching with Net::FTP:
  /root/.cpan/sources/MIRRORED.BY

"ftp://ftp.rge.com/pub/languages/perl/"; seems to work


WAIT support is available as a Plugin. You need the CPAN::WAIT module
to actually use it.  But we need to know your favorite WAIT server. If
you don't know a WAIT server near you, just press ENTER.

Your favorite WAIT server?
   [wait://ls6.informatik.uni-dortmund.de:1404]


If you're accessing the net via proxies, you can specify them in the
CPAN configuration or via environment variables. The variable in
the $CPAN::Config takes precedence.

Your ftp_proxy?
Your http_proxy?
Your no_proxy?


commit: wrote /usr/lib/perl5/CPAN/Config.pm

cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.3102)
ReadLine support suppressed

--
Dan Kriwitsky