Perl - how to install the latest version?

hawkwynd hawkwynd at adelphia.net
Thu Jan 29 21:11:42 EST 2004


Thank you! Looks like I have SpamAssassin installed properly now, I
followed your instructions, and everything went well. So, now that I have
it installed, and I *know* it's installed, I can read up on the
configuration pages on spammassasin.org and get my feet wet. 


On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, John Seth wrote:

> Most often, if you get "warnings" while compiling, don't worry about it.
> If you get errors that cause compilation to stop, then you'll have issues.
> 
> As far as compiling SpamAssassin, I use CPAN to do the work for me, which
> will install any prerequisites needed by spamasassin.
> 
> At the command line, and as root, type "cpan" and you'll be put into a
> cpan command prompt, "cpan>". If that doesn't work, try: "perl -MCPAN -e
> shell" to initiate CPAN and from then on, the 'cpan' command should work.
> 
> Once at the cpan command prompt, type (minus "cpan> "):
> 
> cpan> o conf prerequisites_policy ask
> cpan> install Mail::SpamAssassin
> cpan> quit
> 
> If it asks to install additional modules, do so.
> 
> Then spamassassin will be installed.  To set it up, check out
> SpamAsassin's website, http://spamassassin.org/
> snip





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