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Perl 5.1x simple set up on RHEL5 derivative

Mark — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 22:07:14 +0000

Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS and Scientific Linux 5.x come with Perl 5.8.*. Perl 5.8.8 was released in 2006 – it’s nearly six years old now! Many modules on CPAN are starting to need 5.10 as a base version, so …

Perl WWW::Mechanize test fails – odd address for HTML::Daemon->new(LocalAddr =>)

Mark — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:23:22 +0000

This has me scratching my head. UPDATE: I can explain it! It’s Apple braindeadedness. It would appear that something changed with Lion, maybe even as recent as 10.7.2 Host lookups go to DNS first, then to /etc/hosts. And it would …

Creating VMware ESXi virtuals using the Perl SDK

Mark — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:42:59 +0000

I’ve been tinkering with the Perl SDK for VMware this last week. I wanted to create a virtual from the command line using the shipped ‘vmcreate.pl’ script – but the ‘datacenter’ variable it insists be there doesn’t appear anywhere in …

VMware Perl SDK error “Server version unavailable..”

Mark — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:07:02 +0000

Whilst working with the VMware Perl SDK this morning I came across this error: Server version unavailable at ‘https://hostname:443/sdk/vimService.wsdl‘ at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/VMware/VICommon.pm line 545. Turns out it can’t verify the server’s SSL certificate. export PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME=0 in your shell before using a …

Problems installing DBD::mysql on OS X Snow Leopard

Mark — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 14:57:48 +0000

After a colleague showed me the excellent MySQL Workbench the other day I thought I’d install the packaged MySQL on my Macbook, to do a bit of Catalyst developing. When it comes to extra Perl modules, I always install everything …

Installing Perl WWW::Mechanize when behind a proxy

Mark — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:16:49 +0000

I’ve just had a horrible time trying to install Catalyst::Plugin::AutoCRUD, because of a dependency on WWW::Mechanize. In short, WWW::Mechanize fails to pass its tests when you’re working behind an authenticating proxy. Setting the environment variable http_proxy wasn’t working out for …

Working out what package a file comes from in Solaris

Mark — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:11:41 +0000

As much as I like Solaris the packaging system is crap. And fathoming out what package you need to install to gain a particular command is nigh on impossible. I never do a full install of the OS, but frequently …

CPAN 1.94 fixes Solaris untar issue

Mark — Thu, 28 May 2009 12:31:50 +0000

In my earlier post about using local::lib I commented that CPAN wouldn’t untar with the Solaris shipped tar program, and you had to use GNU tar from OpenCSW or Blastwave. 1.94 appears to fix the problem and untars just fine …

Further Catalyst on Solaris notes

Mark — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:31:38 +0000

In my last post about installing Catalyst on Solaris I went to great lengths to install every Perl module, in order, from CPAN. This was a painful process to establish, and just as painful to emulate. The post was updated …

Using Perl local::lib on Solaris 10

Mark — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:41:53 +0000

I tend to build perl modules to live in my home directory. Setting up CPAN with PREFIX= and LIB= variables means I can compile/build modules without being root and use them in any script with a simple ‘use lib …’ …