[Koha-devel] [Koha] Issues while installig Koha 3.00 on redhat 5.0 linux

[Chris Cormack]

On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 7:31 PM, Rick Welykochy <rick at praxis.com.au> wrote:
> Mason James wrote:
>
>> On 2009/01/13, at 6:24 PM, Uma Mukkamala wrote:
>>
>>> I am not able to install CPAN also. Basically i run my internet on
>>> proxy i am giving the proxy details while installing the CPAN, but
>>> i have been structed at the following point
>>>
>>> Select your continent (or several nearby continents) [] 4
>>> invalid items entered, try again
>>>
>>> i have entered both values like 'Asia' and 1 but i am not going
>>> forward from this point. Please suggest.
>>
>>
>> try this
>>
>> http://sial.org/howto/perl/life-with-cpan/
>
> This quote from the above article is mainly for Koha developers:
>
>
>   "Perl modules used in production must be saved locally,
>    either under version control, a package system, or software
>    depot. Doing so ensures the modules can be installed on new
>    systems, or rebuilt on new platforms. This supports reproducible
>    module installs over time, as CPAN modules may change or be
>    removed without warning."
>
> i.e. CPAN is a network of perl modules, subject to change at any time.
>
Which is why people are actively working on debian packages for all the modules.
In fact they have all been done, its just finishing off the packages
for the koha files themselves and config to go.

To paraphrase Linus
Talk is cheap, show me the code :-)

Chris