Do the ubuntu repo offer an conglomerate sort of perl pkgs

[Harry Putnam]

Joel Roth <joelz at pobox.com> writes:

> Hi Harry,

Harry wrote:

>> I know how to use cpan and have done so quite a few time... only a
>> superficial level of usage though.  I'm pretty sure when I setup cpan
>> and get to the point of installing File::Which I will have a whole
>> pile of pkgs installed... won't even be sure what a lot of them really
>> are.
>> 
>> I'd rather have all that head scratching done by apt or aptitude.

Joel R replied:

> The Debian Perl Team does an outstanding job of testing
> and packaging perl modules. Ubuntu inherits all that.
>
> In your case try, 'apt-cache search libfile-which-perl'.
> If it exists, an install will pull all dependencies.

First:
Many thanks for your helpful input, well unappreciated here

How did you know the name to search on?

I got back:

  reader > apt-cache search libfile-which-perl

  libfile-which-perl - Perl module for searching paths for executable
  programs hobbit-plugins - plugins for the Xymon network monitor

Then:
  reader > sudo aptitude install hobbit-plugins
  
  The following NEW packages will be installed:
  dctrl-tools{a} hobbit-plugins libsort-naturally-perl{a}
  libyaml-tiny-perl{a}  xymon-client{a}
  
  0 packages upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not
  upgraded.  Need to get 376 kB of archives. After unpacking 1,862 kB
  will be used.

  Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?]

Wasn't really looking to install a `Xymon' network monitor or related
dependencies.

> Mixing CPAN installation with system perl involves
> a few uncertainties. One approach is local::lib, which lets
> you install CPAN modules to your home directory. I prefer
> that to installing with root privileges to /usr/local.

Do you mean a whole other perl version ... to get File::Which

But seems likely it would not be in a different version either, no? 

> Another approach is install separate perl versions. Perlbrew
> is fairly easy to set up, plenv is a bit more featureful.

I'm a lot on the dim side... looked at perlbrew once and thought it
looked complicated and a pain to mess with.

So, it seems the case then that the softest line of resistance is
just install it with aptitude, who knows, maybe I'll like Xymon...