[TriLUG] RedHat Perl Question

[Benjamin Reed]

Ken Wahl wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Newbie perl question here.  I'm trying to install the perl module
> Mail::Graph so I can generate graphs for specific inboxes.  What is the
> easiest way to do this?  I used CPAN once before on a previous
> installation (RH 7.1) and it ended up installing a newer version of perl
> alongside the already installed version of perl which screwed things up
> a bit.  I don't want that to happen again.
> 
> I downloaded the source of the perl module and ran the Makefile which
> told me I'm missing more prerequisite perl modules.
> 
> Is there anyway else to do this without downloading the source of each
> one and building them individually or without hosing my perl
> installation?
> 
> I'm running Red Hat 8.  Suggestions?

Just grab "cpan2rpm" from here:

   http://perl.arix.com/

Once you've got that you should be able to do "cpan2rpm Mail::Graph" and 
you'll end up with a nicely packaged rpm all ready for your system.