Re: [MacPerl-Modules] general availability of modules for mac?

[Paul Schinder <schinder@pobox.com>]

At 10:26 PM -0600 12/8/00, Dan Baker wrote:
>I am going to be starting a project soon that will require some perl
>utilities running on mac clients. The basic requirements are to convert
>some graphics files from .tiff to .jpg and upload to a webserver. I am
>hoping to use modules like:
>
>Image::Size
>Image::Magick
>MIME::Lite
>Net::FTP

Of these, only Image::Magick doesn't work under MacPerl

>
>However, after a quick look thru the macperl archives it looked like
>there may be some problems with availability of modules on the mac. It
>does not appear that mac ports are a topic commonly discussed on the
>general perl newsgroups either... Not being a Mac expert it is unclear
>to me if it is just because pre-compiled binaries are unavailable, or
>the modules have not been ported, or if special tools are required to
>"make" the modules on mac.

The only central repository is http://pudge.net/mmp.

>It would be great if there was a similar
>install utility to either the ActiveState ppm install, or the general
>CPAN interactive shell install on the Mac, but it is unclear to me if
>there is, or isnt????
>
>I am looking for a summary of the health and availability of perl and
>buildability of CPAN modules...
>- Are binaries available for easy install?
>- If I need to build and make, do I need compilers or other utilities,
>if so where do I get them?

The only way to build XS is to get MPW from Apple along with the MrC compilers.

Given what you want, and what you say below about a free webserver, 
you'll be much happier and much better off if you can find a box to 
install Linux or one of the BSD's on it and use it to do what you 
want.  You're going to suffer trying to do this under Mac OS.

>
>On a related topic, I would like to find a free webserver to use as a
>localhost in development and testing webpages and perl cgi. I am having
>trouble finding any.... I dont need a production server to run an
>intranet, just something to handle cgi transactions, email,  and fire up
>perl scripts. any suggestions?
>
>If anyone can suggest a good site for info like this... for someone who
>has some experience with perl, cgi, etc, but not on mac....
>
>thanx,
>
>Dan
>

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