Re: Need to install module, ftp access only

The usual trick is to write a CGI script which does it for you. For instance, you could try:

#!/usr/bin/perl

system("perl -MCPAN -e 'install WWW::Mechanize'");
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This will work if the install procedure can be done non-interactively. You might have to configure your ~/.cpan/CPAN/MyConfig.pm first.

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Re^2: Need to install module, ftp access only by Anonymous Monk on Jul 21, 2008 at 22:51 UTC
That was my first thought... mkdir /.cpan: Permission denied at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/CPAN.pm line 1258	[reply]
Re^3: Need to install module, ftp access only by sgifford (Prior) on Jul 22, 2008 at 03:00 UTC
It's trying to install the module somewhere you don't have permission, so you simply need to tell the CPAN module to install it somewhere else. You can either set up an appropriate configuration file, as pc88mxer describes, or else set the `PREFIX` environment variable to tell the CPAN module where you want it to install the module. See Re^2: Perl module for a sample script. -- sgifford's Web page	[reply] [d/l]