RE: PPMs on Linux

Lyle wrote:
> What is ActiveStates current stance on PPMs for Linux? I remember some
> time back reading that it was recommended to use cpan on linux rather
> than ppm. Is that still the case? Or am I mistaken?

I have no idea where this recommendation is coming from.  Using PPM
on Linux should work just fine.  For modules not available on PPM
you can try the CPAN shell (or CPANPLUS or cpanminus).

In general the difference is pretty much the same as choosing between
e.g. .deb or .rpm pre-built packages, or compiling from source.

Of course some module will require additional Linux libs to be
pre-installed before you can build the CPAN module.  If these
libs are missing from the PPM build machines, then those modules
will fail to build/test, so you have to build the module yourself
(after installing the prerequisite libs, again using either a
package manager, or compiling from source).

Cheers,
-Jan


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