Perl modules <---> Fedora RPMs (Test::More)

Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler at chello.at
Wed Mar 4 12:34:46 UTC 2009


Reber, Simon wrote:
> I suggest to download the tar.gz package from http://www.cpan.de and
> install it using: perl Makefile.PL
> make
> make install

I strongly recommend against doing that. Please use the system versions
provided by Fedora, which get upgraded together with the rest of your
system in a way which ensures you don't have a broken mix of different
versions sitting around.

> There you also have the option to relocate the module to a specific
> location in case it is required for one specific project.

In that case that project would be broken. It should find the module in the
system Perl search path!

        Kevin Kofler




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