Re: copy perl and some modules into an offline OS

[gideondsouza]

in reply to copy perl and some modules into an offline OS

Ok so I'm currently installing perl like this:

./Configure -des -Dprefix=/usr/jails/basejail/myjail/usr/bin

My question is where do I copy starman from? In addition to the directory I need to also copy other dependencies right? So what folder should I copy? Where is the default cpan module directory?

[Anonymous Monk]

You're doing things backwards

use a root prefix, like /inside

build all your stuff relative to /inside, all the software

then make a jail ANYWHERE

then copy /inside into jail

inside the jail treat /inside as root

or if you want /usr/bin .. instead of /inside/usr/bin

start copying /usr/bin ... into your jail

then go to jail, switch to jail, chroot to your jail ,

then install perl as normal into whatever place inside the jail, using absolute jail paths

see links for chroot setup