installing DBI from cpan and getting this...

installing DBI from cpan and getting this...

[thefinn]

what the hell is it trying to do to /usr/bin anyhow? should it not just 
install into /usr/lib/perl/site/blah ???

Is there not a package I can install for this apart from compiling the 
cpan one?

and just generally :(


test.pl done
  TIMB/DBI-1.605.tar.gz
  make test -- OK
Running make install
Prepending /home/Peter/.cpan/build/DBI-1.605-JM46bf/blib/arch 
/home/Peter/.cpan/
build/DBI-1.605-JM46bf/blib/lib to PERL5LIB for 'install'
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ERROR: Can't create '/usr/bin'
Do not have write permissions on '/usr/bin'
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 at -e line 1
Files found in blib/arch: installing files in blib/lib into architecture 
depende
nt library tree
make: *** [pure_site_install] Error 2
  TIMB/DBI-1.605.tar.gz
  make install  -- NOT OK
----
  You may have to su to root to install the package
  (Or you may want to run something like
    o conf make_install_make_command 'sudo make'

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Re: installing DBI from cpan and getting this...

[Yaakov (Cygwin Ports)]

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thefinn wrote:
| what the hell is it trying to do to /usr/bin anyhow? should it not just
| install into /usr/lib/perl/site/blah ???

Some perl modules install scripts into /usr/bin.  In this case, perl-DBI
installs dbilogstrip, dbiprof, and dbiproxy.

| Is there not a package I can install for this apart from compiling the
| cpan one?

You could use cygport, or get the package from Cygwin Ports.  But the
simplest thing to do would be to fix your permissions on /usr/bin,
providing that you have the right to do so.


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Re: installing DBI from cpan and getting this...

[Reini Urban]

2008/7/13 Yaakov (Cygwin Ports):
> thefinn wrote:
> | what the hell is it trying to do to /usr/bin anyhow? should it not just
> | install into /usr/lib/perl/site/blah ???
>
> Some perl modules install scripts into /usr/bin.  In this case, perl-DBI
> installs dbilogstrip, dbiprof, and dbiproxy.

BTW: I'm just considering switching from /usr/bin/ to
sitebin='/usr/local/bin'
sitescript='/usr/local/bin'

For now I'm testing it with -Dusedevel configurations, but the maint
5.10.0.-6 package could use it as well.
What do you think?
cpan bin's and scripts would then go into /usr/local/bin/

> | Is there not a package I can install for this apart from compiling the
> | cpan one?
>
> You could use cygport, or get the package from Cygwin Ports.  But the
> simplest thing to do would be to fix your permissions on /usr/bin,
> providing that you have the right to do so.

Indeed, using cpan is the simpliest solution.
If you have no  /usr/bin/ write permissions you have to use a private
prefix in your
 ~/.cpan/CPAN/MyConfig.pm:
'makepl_arg' => q[PREFIX=/home/<USERNAME>/perl]

And add /home/<USERNAME>/perl/lib to your PERL5LIB environment and
/home/<USERNAME>/perl/bin to your path.

If you don't have a  ~/.cpan/CPAN/MyConfig.pm,
you can create it with perl -MCPAN -e'mkmyconfig'
Answer the first question with 'no' and use PREFIX=~/perl at <makepl_arg>

All these are basic perl questions and not related to cygwin.
-- 
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Re: installing DBI from cpan and getting this...

[Yaakov (Cygwin Ports)]

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Reini Urban wrote:
| BTW: I'm just considering switching from /usr/bin/ to
| sitebin='/usr/local/bin'
| sitescript='/usr/local/bin'
|
| For now I'm testing it with -Dusedevel configurations, but the maint
| 5.10.0.-6 package could use it as well.
| What do you think?
| cpan bin's and scripts would then go into /usr/local/bin/

I suppose that makes sense for site*, as long as vendor* remains in /usr.


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Re: installing DBI from cpan and getting this...

[Reini Urban]

Yaakov (Cygwin Ports) schrieb:
> Reini Urban wrote:
> | BTW: I'm just considering switching from /usr/bin/ to
> | sitebin='/usr/local/bin'
> | sitescript='/usr/local/bin'
> |
> | For now I'm testing it with -Dusedevel configurations, but the maint
> | 5.10.0.-6 package could use it as well.
> | What do you think?
> | cpan bin's and scripts would then go into /usr/local/bin/
> 
> I suppose that makes sense for site*, as long as vendor* remains in /usr.

Yes, just for site, so it will only affect cpan installed packages by 
the user directly. Not our vendor packages of course.

Anyone knows out of the head how others do it?
gentoo, fedora, debian, freebsd.

I'll discuss with them - as long as it is perlish and not too debian - 
and follow the consensus.
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