Few questions (debian related)

[Bradley Bell]

On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 03:10:05PM -0800, M. Oesterwinter wrote:
> I am trying to rebuild a server, and have a few of questions:
> 
> 1. How do you change the @INC for perl?
> 
> 2. What is the best way of installing perl modules on debian?  Should I
> perl -MCPAN them all, or should I try to apt-get as many as possible?
> Should I upgrade perl with -MCPAN, or should I use apt-get?  Can I
> automatcially configure the CPAN module for debian by apt-getting
> something?

use apt-get whenever possible. if something isn't available as a deb, then
use dh-make-perl.

> 
> 3. If I need to compile my own apache on debian, should I:
> 	1. Download source and compile as usual
> 	2. Download source package - (compile as usual?)
> 	3. Create my own .deb??? - how?

I would choose 3.  Apt-get source apache, then use dpkg-buildpackage to
build the debs.  Are you sure you need to compile your own?  There are lots
of modules already packaged.

-brad


> 
> I guess that turned into more than a few question....  Thanks.
> 
> - Marcus
> 

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Bradley Bell
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University of Washington
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