Re^8: NET::SMTP on 64 bit

[bdegan2]

Hello hippo.

Unfortunately once these servers are in place it will take a miracle to get upgraded.
Although the 32 bit server has the same Perl and the upgrade to Net::SMTP version 3.10 worked:
oh01lx03:/prod/run/hip73977/perl -v

This is perl, v5.8.8 built for i386-linux-thread-multi

Copyright 1987-2006, Larry Wall

We are scheduled to be moved to new servers later this year (hopefully!)

Is Net::SMTP all Perl code? Could we somehow copy the Net::SMTP that was installed on the 32bit server and install it on the 64 bit ?

Thank you for trying to assist

[hippo]

Essentially you have 2 choices: either fix your broken CPAN installation or just install the dist by hand. I would do the latter, viz:

1. Download the tarball
2. Untar it
3. perl Makefile.PL
4. Resolve any unmet dependencies
5. make && make test && sudo make install

You may want to install it somewhere other than the default, so set PERL_MM_OPT first if so.