Pendragon Posted March 26, 2005 Posted March 26, 2005 How do I go about getting a perl module installed? Quote
TCH-Thomas Posted March 26, 2005 Posted March 26, 2005 You can always submit a ticket to the tech guys and they will have a look at it. Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted March 26, 2005 Posted March 26, 2005 Contact the support desk and tell them which module you would like installed. Link at the top of page. Quote
Pendragon Posted March 26, 2005 Author Posted March 26, 2005 Contact the support desk and tell them which module you would like installed. Link at the top of page. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Submitted.. just two small (13k total) files for encryption duties. Quote
Pendragon Posted March 26, 2005 Author Posted March 26, 2005 Contact the support desk and tell them which module you would like installed. Link at the top of page. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Submitted.. just two small (13k total) files for encryption duties. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That was quick.. but here was the reply: "I am afraid that it is against our policy to install a module to the server in the method you are asking. If you will provide information on where we can see the perl module we can have a look at installing it. I looked at the modules available to be installed on the server and did not see one called SimLib. You can also install the module into your site if you wish so that it is in an include directory of the script you are running. This makes it available without problems even if the server config changes. " Since the modules are only available to registered merchants, there is no way for them to 'see' them, except to open up the zip file I sent with the modules. No matter, I just copied them to my cgi-bin, and it seems to work.. didn't know you could do it that way, I thought they had to be in /perl/lib ! Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted March 26, 2005 Posted March 26, 2005 Thank you for the update. I was not aware that you could install them yourself either. And glad it's working. Quote
TCH-Rick Posted March 26, 2005 Posted March 26, 2005 As I mentioned in the Help Desk ticket, a big advantage to installing the module into your site is that it will be avalilable should anything change. Most Perl modules can be installed locally either to the directory that the script is in or to a directory specified as an includes directory. We run into a number of issues when a server is moved, for example, when scripts stop working. In most cases it is because a module was added that is not a part of the default install and so it is missing when the server is moved. Installing modules locally will mean they are moved when the account is moved. Quote
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