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Perl modules as dependencies

Postby laidlaws » Apr 10th, '12, 12:03

I am trying to install an RPM from SourceForge. Looking at the spec file, it depends on Perl modules, only some of which are available as RPMs. Can I download them with CPAN? If not, it seems odd to specify a non-RPM as a dependency.
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Re: Perl modules as dependencies

Postby isadora » Apr 10th, '12, 13:42

What package exactly do you want to have installed from SourceForge?
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Re: Perl modules as dependencies

Postby djennings » Apr 10th, '12, 16:37

Yes you can install perl modules with CPAN, but the Mageia perl packagers think it is best to install them by rpm. See here
https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=50584#c3

If the perl package you need is not available in Mageia you could raise a request in bugzilla for it.
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Re: Perl modules as dependencies

Postby doktor5000 » Jul 18th, '12, 22:11

FWIW, you can also package perl modules in cpan to Mageia packages as it was the case with Mandriva already. Should work with most ones.
http://search.cpan.org/dist/CPANPLUS-Di ... /Mageia.pm
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