Why does macports install perl

The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered:. I had to do it manually. This basically means installing the 5. Then, forcing remove of 5. Then you have to manually remove all the remaining 5. Sorry, something went wrong. Skip to content. I use Macports for everything now. Here are instructions for setting up a bit Macports, tested April on Oct on May on July on March on January on A quick search on the MacPorts site is all that is needed to confirm the name.

I believe that I once wrote up an html fragment that added a column to this table with the MacPort names for the modules. I could probably find it if you are interested. MacPorts takes care of dependencies. That is, if you try to install a module, but it depends on modules you don't have installed, MacPorts goes ahead and installs them for you. Permalink Show parent Reply. Then install the Perl modules from e.

The Portfile as generated is in rough form and not ready for submission as a new or updated port. Please at least check and update the following in the Portfile. Edit the file to make the following changes:.