[OpenIndiana-discuss] Is there a perl setup that installs more modules

[Michael Hase]

On Wed, 28 Aug 2013, Harry Putnam wrote:

> Running 151a7
>
> I have the default perl pkg that comes with the install.  It does not
> have some of the pkgs I like to use.
>
> Is there a pkg that installs a bunch of perl modules or do I just have
> to do it thru cpan?
>
> pkg search perl outputs 463 items... but I didn't notice anything that
> looked too promising?

I'd recommend to install your own perl version, and then install the 
missing modules with cpan. Compiling perl is easy. When using the system 
provided cpan you always mess with system directories, and the pkg manager 
can get confused.

Michael

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