Modules on A Hosted Server 1

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I am working on a script for a client and their ISP will not install a particular module I require.
Do all modules have to be installed in the root of the server or is it possible to call them within my client's CGI-BIN?

Keith

http://www.studiosoft.co.uk

 

[icrf]

Best CGI debugging tool available is to add [tt]use CGI::Carp 'fatalsToBrowser';[/tt] just after the shebang, it should even catch errors from use-ing modules after it.

A quick RPM search for your host landed me here. Your host may have the ImageMagick suite/libraries installed, but maybe not the Perl module that interfaces with it.

- Andrew
Text::Highlight - A language-neutral syntax highlighting module in Perl
also on SourceForge including demo

 

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Let's get the dumb question out of the way first.
What does RPM stand for?

Acronym search 
Raised Pavement Marker [placed on new roadways prior to permanent striping to delineate individual lanes] 
[b]Remote Process Management[/b]
Removable Peripheral Module 
Resales Price Maintenance 
Retail Price Maintenance [Business practice whereby a manufacturer requires the distributors/retailers of his product to resell at certain prices. Supported by statute in some countries.]  
Revenue Passenger Miles [traffic measure in aviation industry] 
Revolutions Per Minute 
Revolutions Per Minute 
Rotations Per Minute
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Still basic questions but moving on.
I see the files but what next, upload them to the server, if so which versions?
Sorry if the questions are a bit basic but I am in unfamiliar territory and would prefer not to crash the server or get my knuckles rapped for trying.

Keith

http://www.studiosoft.co.uk

 

[PaulTEG]

In RedHat, it RedHat's Package Manager, it may have a more generic name nowadays, but AFAIK, that's where it came from

Spend an hour a week on CPAN, helps cure all known programming ailments ;-)

 

[icrf]

Yeah, it's a common linux package, which is essentially a zip file that knows a little about itself. From windows, you can use any of the fancier archive programs (eg 7-Zip) to extract it just as you would a zip file. Those extracted files are the ones you should upload. Generally, there's a lot of additional path information in the rpm that needs to be stripped out, too, for perl to find the modules.

- Andrew
Text::Highlight - A language-neutral syntax highlighting module in Perl
also on SourceForge including demo

 

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I am having another go with this.
My ISP tell me that GD is installed but they tell me it is PHP(GD), is this useable from PERL?

Keith

http://www.studiosoft.co.uk