Hi All,


I have one package and it requires lot of different packages installation
like CRYPT::SSLEay etc.

For that we made the make file and it searches the local directory that if version is found and ok then don't install the package otherwise search for CPAN site and try to locate the package there .

let the package is not found in CPAN site so our installation quits.

Now we needed to bundle all packages in tar file and extract the same tar file in local directory that tar fie consist of all packages required.


If we try to install the make file then it looks at local directory if not already installed then program search in the extracted tar file and install the required package only.


So please tell me steps or any suggestions.


Regards,

Your posting is a bit confusing. It mixes makefiles (something that is executed by the make tool) with Perl bundles, mostly provided by CPAN. It is certainly possible to use make as a quasi-installer, but it will be much more efficient to use some script file to do the job. Bash is one alternative for this, but since this whole thing seems to be very Perl-centered, you should even more consider a Perl script.

The script basically will uncompress/unpack the tar file to some known location, and then runs the appropriate method of installation. The appropriate method depends on the type of software to be installed. For Perl packages obviously CPAN.

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