Re: Perl install problems OSX 10.4.11

Well, most people don't have multiple perl installs.  Also get_iplayer  
isn't a slick end-user product.  It's a utility.

Anyway, the one thing that's not mentioned here is if you can figure  
out the path to the 5.10.1 perl, you could change the shebang line at  
the start of the get_iplayer script.  Right now, it reads:

     #!/usr/bin/perl

Change that to point to your 5.10.1 perl, and it should have the  
proper @INC to use the modules you have installed for 5.10.1.

On Sep 12, 2009, at 10:46 PM, Doug McNutt wrote:

> At 23:22 +0100 9/12/09, Mine wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Thanks for your excellent response, makes installing so easy  
>> assuming  I did it correctly.
>> I think everything that was required is installed, but I am not  
>> sure  everything was installed
>> in the right location.
>>
>> It appears that Perl 5.10.1 was installed and all the modules I   
>> installed are associated with
>> Perl 5.10.1. When I try to run the get_iplayer PVR module I get  
>> the  following error:
>> Can't locate loadable object for module HTML::Parser in @INC (@INC   
>> contains: /opt/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/darwin-2level
>> (I have abbreviated the error message)
>>
>> And when I enter perl -v  I get the following:
>> This is perl, v5.8.8 built for darwin-2level
>>
>> So the system does not see the Perl 5.10.1 install. Can someone   
>> please tell me if there is a
>> was to install the modules so they relate to perl, v5.8.8, or  
>> point  get_iplayer to use Perl 5.10.1.
>>
>
>
> I suspect that Apple's perl is 5.8.8 and it is installed in /usr/ 
> bin. It needs to stay there because Apple's updates may depend on  
> it. Installing 5.10.1 in /usr/bin/ replacing 5.8.8 is not recommended.
>
> I also suspect that perl 5.10 is installed in /usr/local/bin but  
> that might be different like /opt/bin depending on just how you  
> installed it.. Look around for it. /opt/local/lib/ sounds unlikely  
> to me.
>
> You are probably going to make a change to your PATH environment  
> variable to make the directory that perl 5,10 resides in appear  
> before /usr/bin.
>
> A shell command like:
> setenv PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH  # csh
>
> PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH   # something like this in bash
> export PATH
>
> You can also specify PATH in a startup file
> $HOME/.MacOSX/environment.plist.
> but you'll have to create that including the .MacOSX directory  
> unless it's already there. There are some instructions on Apple's  
> web site. Ask if you'd like a sample.
>
> @INC is a perl array that lists directories in which modules can be  
> found. There are a bunch of standard locations relative to the  
> directory that perl itself lives in but you can add more directories  
> by setting the PERL5LIB environment variable to a PATH-like list of  
> other directories. That too can be done in environment.plist.
>
> It's a bit hard to understand why iplayer doesn't have an  
> installation script or at least some less geeky instructions for  
> users.
>
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