Re: [misterhouse-users] Re: PERL @INC pathing using MH debian packages...

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wow, that was easy. feeling kind of dumb for asking now. everything is
working.
thanks,
dave
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Bolen" <rb...@ca...>
To: <mis...@li...>
Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 11:58 PM
Subject: RE: [misterhouse-users] Re: PERL @INC pathing using MH debian
packages...


> Amy,
>
> I'm still running debian with the standard MH.
>
> Just uninstall the mh debian package with dpkg, and then download and
> install the linux tar for mh.
>
> I installed mh under the /opt directory, and put my mh.private.ini in
/etc.
> I start mh with a script in /etc/init.d with links in the various rc#.d.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rick
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mis...@li...
> > [mailto:mis...@li...]On Behalf Of Amy
> > Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 7:36 PM
> > To: mis...@li...
> > Subject: Re: [misterhouse-users] Re: PERL @INC pathing using MH debian
> > packages...
> >
> >
> > thanks for the speedy reply.  i am so new to linux that i could be of no
> > help.  i picked debian for the apt-get stuff and it has been
> > superb in that
> > regard.  is it possible to do a regular install of mh on debian
> > or should i
> > just build a suse/redhat..... box for mh?
> > still glad to have gone down this path, learned a lot from your work.
> > dave
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Rick Bolen" <rb...@ca...>
> > To: <mis...@li...>
> > Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 6:06 PM
> > Subject: RE: [misterhouse-users] Re: PERL @INC pathing using MH debian
> > packages...
> >
> >
> > > Amy,
> > >
> > > The short story is I gave up on the MH deb package. That hasn't
resolved
> > all
> > > my difficulties, but many.
> > >
> > > The deal is, the main MH perl script (which is a loop, basically),
> > modifies
> > > the @INC path to insert key mh module\script directories at the head
of
> > the
> > > @INC list. Therefore, when scripts like get_tv_grid.pl, etc., run,
their
> > > dependencies are found (and if there's a separate CPAN module
> > of the same
> > > name, the MH module is found first, avoiding problems).
> > >
> > > However, if you try and run these scripts standalone, @INC
> > isn't modified,
> > > and sad things happen. There is a way to run a single script by
> > having it
> > > wrapped in a call to the main MH script, but I haven't thought
> > through the
> > > command-line syntax to get this to happen without interfering with the
> > > regular mh process.
> > >
> > > The standard MH distribution maintains a vertical directory structure.
> > > Adhering to the "Debian Ways" ends up spreading chunks of MH
> > around - and
> > > this became too confusing for me along with all the tshooting I'm
trying
> > to
> > > do.
> > >
> > > Without being able to run single scripts solo, I'm having a
> > very difficult
> > > time debugging problems with specific scripts. But I'm making
progress.
> > >
> > > hope you make progress too,
> > >
> > > Rick
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: mis...@li...
> > > > [mailto:mis...@li...]On Behalf Of
Amy
> > > > Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 5:38 PM
> > > > To: mis...@li...
> > > > Subject: [misterhouse-users] Re: PERL @INC pathing using MH debian
> > > > packages...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > in the middle of the windows to debian transition.  I am
> > having the same
> > > > problem.  x10, organizer, monitor server, working.  email,
earthquake,
> > get
> > > > weather stuff - no good.  tried running mh and got all the @inc
> > > > errors. then
> > > > ran it as a deamon as suggested from the
> > > > /etc/init.d/misterhouse...  did not
> > > > get any errors in any of the logs when it tries to retrive data from
> > > > internet, it just doesn't.  any more guidance out there.....?  I
have
> > read
> > > > this thread a gazillion times.  still don't get it.
> > > >
> > > > my data dir is in a different location than the install.  ini
> > > > reflects this
> > > > and startup messages seem mh gets it as well.
> > > > also on startup mh shows my lib (default) dir correctly.
> > > > if i put data (html files copied from windows) in the proper places
in
> > my
> > > > data dir, the web displays them.
> > > >
> > > > since I initally got the "@inc cant find handy util", i was thinking
> > that
> > > > maybe it is still a handy util problem that i can nolonger
> > see, but the
> > > > things that seem to be failing are more like bin stuff, get_url and
> > > > get_email, get_weather....
> > > >
> > > > also tried running "perl get_email" from
> > /usr/lib/perl5/misterhouse as a
> > > > test....
> > > > complains about not being able to find handy_net_utils.
> > > > so i copy it over to this dir just for fun.
> > > > then it complains about not being about not being able to find
> > > > site/HTML/formatter.pm
> > > > quit and put every thing back.
> > > >
> > > > from my windows box, i can run "perl get_email" from /bin with no
> > trouble
> > > > any ideas.....
> > > > thanks,
> > > > dave
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Rick Bolen" <rb...@ca...>
> > > > Newsgroups: gmane.comp.misc.misterhouse.user
> > > > Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 7:01 PM
> > > > Subject: PERL @INC pathing using MH debian packages...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Hello,,
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm using Russ's deb packages for installing MH on my Debian
machine
> > > > (Sarge
> > > > > = testing). Seems some scripts and modules are having problems
> > > > running in
> > > > > this distribution. I'm seeing things like:
> > > > >
> > > > > 01/16/2005 06:40:00 PM Retrieving KCLT weather...
> > > > > Can't locate handy_utilities.pl in @INC (@INC contains: ./../lib
> > > > > ./../lib/site /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.4
> > > > > /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.4 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5
> > > > > /usr/lib/perl/5.8 /usr/share/perl/5.8 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .)
at
> > > > > ./get_url line 60.
> > > > > Warning, could not open file_read file
> > > > /var/lib/misterhouse/web/KCLT.html:
> > > > > No such file or directory
> > > > >
> > > > > The actual path to many of the MH scripts and modules in Russ's
> > package
> > > > has
> > > > > bee moved to:
> > > > >
> > > > > /usr/share/perl5/misterhouse/...
> > > > >
> > > > > handy_utilities.pl is there.
> > > > >
> > > > > I looked into ways of adding /usr/share/perl5/misterhouse/ to
@INC,
> > but
> > > > > there doesn't seem to be any easy way. I know Debian has its own
> > onstall
> > > > > config for PERL which is somewhat different than CPAN, and
> > this makes
> > > > using
> > > > > PERL somewhat more difficult on Debian (than it should be, IMHO).
> > While
> > > > > Debian prides itself on being a stable distribution (and it is), I
> > wish
> > > > they
> > > > > would've left PERL alone.
> > > > >
> > > > > Anyone know how to get me fixed?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > >
> > > > > Rick
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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