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

[Haim Dimer]

mod_perl. Just a personal opinion based on the massive amount of  
support available for it.

Haim Dimer
Systems Administrator
Prolexic Technologies
866-800-0366 x 1023



On Dec 15, 2005, at 3:49 PM, Robert Marier wrote:

> So far so good.
>
> Any preference on OSX for which is preferred with request tracker:
> mod_perl vs FAST_CGI ?
>
> We are using Apache 1.3.33.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Robert
>
>
> On 12/9/2005 5:36 PM, Haim Dimer wrote:
>
>> I found I was able to get RT to work on my iMac by installing all the
>> perl modules via cpan, some libraries needed by these modules through
>> fink, as well as mysql through fink.
>>
>> As far as Apache and mod_perl, I compiled it from scratch.
>>
>> Haim Dimer
>> Systems Administrator
>> Prolexic Technologies
>> 866-800-0366 x 1023
>>
>>
>>
>> On Dec 9, 2005, at 3:27 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:
>>>
>>>> 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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