Re: Install questions?

[Graham B. <gb...@po...>]

On Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 10:46:40AM -0500, Michael Thorne wrote:
>   I installed the Convert::ASN1, URI::ldap, Digest::MD5
> and Net::LDAP modules which went well but the files were
> placed into
> 
>       /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/Convert/ASN1/
>       /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/URI/
>       /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux/auto/Digest/
>       /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux/Digest/
> and
>       /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/Net/LDAP/
> 
> not   /usr/lib/perl5/5.00503 which is where the traditional
> modules (CGI, Math, Tie etc.) are located.
> 
>   Is this ok/correct?

This is the correct place. Only modules that come with perl
itself are installed in /usr/lib/perl5/5.00503

>   Is the "site_perl" directory the standard way that perl
> environments distinguish additional "site" modules from
> "core" modules?

site_perl allows you to upgrade your perl installation and
share modules you have installed between both old and new installations.

Graham.