[BlueOnyx:09252] Re: Add CPAN modules via yum

[Rod Morgan]

Michael, thanks for the fast response.

Hi Rod,
>> I need to add a couple pretty common CPAN modules (CGI,
>> CGI:Session, DBI). When attempting to add using 'yum install
>> perl-CGI', I get no "No package perl-CGI available". I'm guessing I
>> need a new/different repository. However, I know better than to add
>> repositories without checking with this list. Has anyone successfully
>> installed these modules?
> A lot of CPAN Perl modules are available in the standard YUM
> repositories that the OS ties into. Sometimes the naming is slightly
> different. A "yum search" with just the bare metal name or some features
> might dig those up. Like "yum search CGI".
>
> On 5107R and 5108R CGI is available as "perl-CGI". On 5106R you won't
> find it in the standard CentOS5 repositories, though. I think it's in
> EPEL instead. If you get it from Epel, be very, very sure to just yum
> install the selected RPM(s) and to then remove the repository again.
> Because a "yum update" with active EPEL YUM repository will most likely
> kill your BlueOnyx.
>
> There are a couple of other ways to install Perl modules from CPAN and
> most of them require that you have some developement tools installed.
> Such as as make, automake, the gcc compiler and some devel libraries for
> various stuff.
>
> You could use the Perl CPAN shell: "perl -mcpan ..." (don't remember
> the full syntax offhand, but you could google it).
>
> Or you could use "cpan2rpm", which I often use. It's a command line
> tool that fetches the respective module from CPAN and builds RPMs of it.
> It has some quirks and oddities, but mostly works fine.
>
> Or you could try to find pre-built RPMs for RHEL5/CentOS5 (for 5106R)
> or RHEL6/CentOS6/SL6 if you run a 5107R or 5108R. In that case also make
> sure to use 32-bit RPMs for 5107R and 64-bit RPMs for 5108R. Thre are
> various search engines for RPMs. One that I remember offhand is
> rpmfind.net, but I'm not at my home PC to look up the other ones that I
> usually use. The usual precautions when using pre-built RPMs from
> untrusted sources should apply, though.
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael
This is a 5106R...I think I'll just use the perl CPAN shell.  It works 
well.  I only lose the benefit of auto updates available via yum.

Rod
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