Re: Need some help on installing modules...

At 17:29 -0500 16/01/2011, Levan, Jerry wrote:


>Is doing a:
>
>     sudo perl -MCPAN -e shell
>
>The standard way of preparing to install modules?
>
>Seems like root might only be needed for actual installation...

With sudo you are superuser; that's quite good enough.

I never do it that way.  I just type sudo cpan, as I said.

In fact I don't usually do that because I work mainly with my own 
installation of perl, so I do


$ cd /usr/local/bin; sudo ./cpan

in order to get the modules installed where I want them and not in 
the Apple installation.  I wouldn't trust Apple to overwrite their 
own installation.  I trust them to take my money and not much else.

JD