[Catalyst] Easier catalyst installation

[Matt S Trout]

Christopher H. Laco wrote:
> Matt S Trout wrote:
>> Peter Edwards wrote:
>>>> [what's with CPANPLUS 'freezing' at some prompts
>>> I think it's doing downloads and builds silently. That was my guess anyway.
>>> It sat there for 20-30 minutes on the machines I installed on.
>>>
>>>> how the hell do you install Template with cpanp
>>> After unpacking Template-Toolkit-2.14.tar.gz
>>> # perl Makefile.PL TT_HELP
>>> gives the install params, e.g. TT_PREFIX=/some/dir.
>>> Looks like you can pass these with 's conf OPT VALUE'.
>> Anybody who wants to try getting a Catalyst install *without* substantial 
>> interactive faffing I'd ask to try
>>
>> http://www.shadowcatsystems.co.uk/static/cat-install
>>
>> and tell me what results they get. It works without problem on every linux and 
>> windows machine I've tried it on, so it's time to start collecting more data :)
>>
> 
> Boom!

Erm. What happens if you try and use CPAN.pm directly yourself?

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