Re: Perl Modules

Monty wrote:
> Hope this is the right forum for this.
> 
> I recently downloaded Curses-1.23.tar from CPAN for installation on to
> my Solaris 8 system.  I installed the module in the same area as all
> my other perl modules: /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.5, but I noticed
> there's also a directory named /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl.
> 
> Under the directory 5.8.5, I untarred the file and it created a
> directory named Curse-1.23 and put everything under it.  I moved the
> Curses.pm module up to the 5.8.5 directory and renamed the Curses-1.23
> directory to Curses, so I can "use Curses" in my scripts.
> 
> Is this the correct way to install this module?  My scripts can't seem
> to find it.


No. You should let the module install itself rather than moving files
around yourself. Take a look at

  perldoc perlmodinstall

for an explanation of the process.

Rob