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

[Robert Marier]

Something I left out from my message is that we're currently running
Apache 1.3.33 and it was not installed by darwinports.  In case that
makes a difference.

-R


On 12/9/2005 2:27 PM, Robert Marier wrote:

>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:
>
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>
>>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
>>>