[Catalyst] installing catalyst on mac os

[Devin Austin]

Hi Fillipo,

Have you checked out cat-install? It's located here:
http://www.shadowcat.co.uk/static/cat-install

Just wget that, and run perl cat-install and things should go as planned.

HTH,

-Devin

On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 4:51 AM, Filippo A. Salustri <salustri at ryerson.ca>w=
rote:

> Tomas, Ashley, et al,
>
> I've been using the installed version since I got the Mac - about 3 yrs
> ago.  I've done alot in that time - /never/ had any trouble with perl 5.8=
.6.
>
> Just FYI, I'm a catalyst beginner, but I wrote my first perl script in
> 1986.  So you can "use big words" and I'll very likely get it.
>
> I was trying to install Task::Catalyst cuz the online Catalyst manual says
> so.  ...maybe the manual should be updated?
>
> I do recall trying just 'install Catalyst' some time ago, but that crapped
> out too.  I'll try that again and see if the error messages look any
> different.
>
> Will post if there's anything new to report.
>
> I do appreciate all the input.
> Cheers.
> Fil
>
> Tomas Doran wrote:
>
>>
>> On 24 Dec 2008, at 00:25, Ashley wrote:
>>
>>> I love OS X but the Perl it has historically shipped with is historical=
ly
>>> no so hot. I would strongly recommend you install the latest 5.8 (NOT o=
ver
>>> your system perl but beside it) or 5.10.
>>>
>>
>> I don't consider this good advice, especially for a beginner.
>>
>> Catalyst runs *just fine* against the 5.8.6 that Apple ship. And I
>> wouldn't recommend running 5.10.0 as that has a bug which makes it very =
hard
>> to debug applications.
>>
>>  You should probably avoid Task::Catalyst entirely.
>>>
>>
>> This is more sage advice, the failures being seen weren't in the core
>> Catalyst, but in addons, although the fact that
>> Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst is failing isn't good, as this is one of =
the
>> things everyone should be encouraged to be using :(
>>
>> Has anyone looked into this yet?
>>
>> Cheers
>> t0m
>>
>>
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