[Catalyst] installing catalyst on mac os

[Kieren Diment]

Yes, Task::Catalyst is no longer used.  The current tutorial says to  
use Task::Catalyst::Tutorial which is maintained.  cpan  
Catalyst::Devel  has been fine for me on Mac, Linux and even  
Strawberry perl on windows (with the exception of having to notest  
install HTTP::Server::Simple which is buried somewhere deep in the  
dependency chain) recently.


On 24/12/2008, at 10:51 PM, Filippo A. Salustri wrote:

> 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  
>>> historically no so hot. I would strongly recommend you install the  
>>> latest 5.8 (NOT over 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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