[rt-users] OSX, RT, Perl Oh My!

[Robert Marier]

Thanks much Steve. 

As far as running the two version of Perl concurrently, is that possible?

The next step after wrapping up the Perl install is to get mod_perl or FAST_CGI installed.  Which is preferred in an OSX environment?

Additionally, what installation method is recommended:  cpan, darwinports, etc?  And which is more maintainable?

-Robert



On 12/6/2005 3:40 PM, Steve Rieger wrote:

> i installed rt 3.4.4 from source on tiger with no issues,
>
> you can install darwinports perl as it will install it into /opt/bin 
> and the system perl is in /usr/bin
>
> just use the cpan thats in /opt/bin and make sure to tell rt to use 
> that one as well,
>
> also you can more awstats to /opt/bin/perl as i dont believe that it 
> has many dependecies, give it a shot it should work.
>
>
> On Dec 6, 2005, at 4:10 PM, Robert Marier wrote:
>
>> Greetings all.  I'm planning on installing the needed software  packages
>> for RT on OSX via darwinports, as that seems to make the most sense.
>>
>> * Question:
>> We already have Perl installed, but it's too old (v5.8.1).  It was not
>> installed via darwinports.  If I install the newer version, am I going
>> to cause any conflicts with the already installed version? Does the
>> prior version need to be removed? We currently run a stats package
>> (awstats) that makes use of Perl.  I'm mainly concerned about breaking
>> any applications, and making sure RT works properly (heh, who isn't 
>> right?).
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Robert
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