How To Install The Latest SOAP::Lite Using Perl CPAN
Posted by Artem Russakovskii on April 30th, 2008 in Programming
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Apparently it's not straightforward to install SOAP::Lite, even using CPAN.
Check this out.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | cpan[1]> install SOAP::Lite
CPAN: Storable loaded ok (v2.18)
Going to read /root/.cpan/Metadata
Database was generated on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:29:45 GMT
CPAN: YAML loaded ok (v0.66)
Going to read /root/.cpan/build/
............................................................................DONE
Found 149 old builds, restored the state of 109
Warning: Cannot install SOAP::Lite, don't know what it is.
Try the command
i /SOAP::Lite/
to find objects with matching identifiers.
CPAN: Time::HiRes loaded ok (v1.9713) |
Huh? Okay…
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 | cpan[2]> i /SOAP::Lite/ Module ResourcePool::Command::SOAP::Lite::Call (MWS/ResourcePool-Resource-SOAP-Lite-1.0101.tar.gz) Module ResourcePool::Factory::SOAP::Lite (MWS/ResourcePool-Resource-SOAP-Lite-1.0101.tar.gz) Module ResourcePool::Resource::SOAP::Lite (MWS/ResourcePool-Resource-SOAP-Lite-1.0101.tar.gz) Module SOAP::Lite::Deserializer::XMLSchema1999 (MKUTTER/SOAP-Lite-0.71.04.tar.gz) Module SOAP::Lite::Deserializer::XMLSchema2001 (MKUTTER/SOAP-Lite-0.71.04.tar.gz) Module SOAP::Lite::Deserializer::XMLSchemaSOAP1_1 (MKUTTER/SOAP-Lite-0.71.04.tar.gz) Module SOAP::Lite::Deserializer::XMLSchemaSOAP1_2 (MKUTTER/SOAP-Lite-0.71.04.tar.gz) Module SOAP::Lite::InstanceExporter (SMEISNER/SOAP-Lite-InstanceExporter-0.02.tar.gz) Module SOAP::Lite::Packager (MKUTTER/SOAP-Lite-0.71.04.tar.gz) Module SOAP::Lite::Simple (LLAP/SOAP-Lite-Simple-1.9.tar.gz) Module SOAP::Lite::Simple::DotNet (LLAP/SOAP-Lite-Simple-1.4.tar.gz) Module SOAP::Lite::Simple::Real (LLAP/SOAP-Lite-Simple-1.4.tar.gz) Module SOAP::Lite::Utility (BRYCE/SOAP-Lite-Utility-0.01.tar.gz) Module SOAP::Lite::Utils (MKUTTER/SOAP-Lite-0.71.04.tar.gz) 14 items found |
Wtf? Let's try something else.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | cpan[8]> i /SOAP.*Lite/ Distribution BRYCE/SOAP-Lite-Utility-0.01.tar.gz Distribution BYRNE/SOAP/SOAP-Lite-0.60a.tar.gz Distribution DYACOB/SOAP-Lite-ActiveWorks-0.10.tar.gz Distribution DYACOB/SOAP-Lite-SmartProxy-0.11.tar.gz Distribution LLAP/SOAP-Lite-Simple-1.4.tar.gz Distribution LLAP/SOAP-Lite-Simple-1.9.tar.gz Distribution MKUTTER/SOAP-Lite-0.71.04.tar.gz Distribution MWS/ResourcePool-Resource-SOAP-Lite-1.0101.tar.gz Distribution SMEISNER/SOAP-Lite-InstanceExporter-0.02.tar.gz Module Catalyst::Action::SOAP::DocumentLiteral (DRUOSO/Catalyst-Controller-SOAP-0.8.tar.gz) Module Catalyst::Action::SOAP::DocumentLiteralWrapped (DRUOSO/Catalyst-Controller-SOAP-0.8.tar.gz) Module Catalyst::Action::SOAP::RPCLiteral (DRUOSO/Catalyst-Controller-SOAP-0.8.tar.gz) Module Catalyst::Controller::SOAP::DocumentLiteralWrapped (DRUOSO/Catalyst-Controller-SOAP-0.8.tar.gz) Module Net::DRI::Transport::HTTP::SOAPLite (PMEVZEK/Net-DRI-0.85.tar.gz) Module ResourcePool::Command::SOAP::Lite::Call (MWS/ResourcePool-Resource-SOAP-Lite-1.0101.tar.gz) Module ResourcePool::Factory::SOAP::Lite (MWS/ResourcePool-Resource-SOAP-Lite-1.0101.tar.gz) Module ResourcePool::Resource::SOAP::Lite (MWS/ResourcePool-Resource-SOAP-Lite-1.0101.tar.gz) Module = SOAP::Lite::Deserializer::XMLSchema1999 (MKUTTER/SOAP-Lite-0.71.04.tar.gz) Module = SOAP::Lite::Deserializer::XMLSchema2001 (MKUTTER/SOAP-Lite-0.71.04.tar.gz) Module = SOAP::Lite::Deserializer::XMLSchemaSOAP1_1 (MKUTTER/SOAP-Lite-0.71.04.tar.gz) Module = SOAP::Lite::Deserializer::XMLSchemaSOAP1_2 (MKUTTER/SOAP-Lite-0.71.04.tar.gz) Module SOAP::Lite::InstanceExporter (SMEISNER/SOAP-Lite-InstanceExporter-0.02.tar.gz) Module = SOAP::Lite::Packager (MKUTTER/SOAP-Lite-0.71.04.tar.gz) Module SOAP::Lite::Simple (LLAP/SOAP-Lite-Simple-1.9.tar.gz) Module SOAP::Lite::Simple::DotNet (LLAP/SOAP-Lite-Simple-1.4.tar.gz) Module SOAP::Lite::Simple::Real (LLAP/SOAP-Lite-Simple-1.4.tar.gz) Module SOAP::Lite::Utility (BRYCE/SOAP-Lite-Utility-0.01.tar.gz) Module = SOAP::Lite::Utils (MKUTTER/SOAP-Lite-0.71.04.tar.gz) 28 items found |
Aha! It's hiding under a Distribution. Tricky, tricky.
1 2 | cpan install MKUTTER/SOAP-Lite-0.71.04.tar.gz |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 | CPAN.pm: Going to build M/MK/MKUTTER/SOAP-Lite-0.71.04.tar.gz
We are about to install SOAP::Lite and for your convenience will provide
you with list of modules and prerequisites, so you'll be able to choose
only modules you need for your configuration.
XMLRPC::Lite, UDDI::Lite, and XML::Parser::Lite are included by default.
Installed transports can be used for both SOAP::Lite and XMLRPC::Lite.
Press to see the detailed list.
Feature Prerequisites Install?
----------------------------- ---------------------------- --------
Core Package [*] Scalar::Util always
[*] Test::More
[*] URI
[*] MIME::Base64
[*] version
[*] XML::Parser (v2.23)
Client HTTP support [*] LWP::UserAgent always
Client HTTPS support [*] Crypt::SSLeay [ yes ]
Client SMTP/sendmail support [ ] MIME::Lite [ no ]
Client FTP support [*] IO::File [ yes ]
[*] Net::FTP
Standalone HTTP server [*] HTTP::Daemon [ yes ]
Apache/mod_perl server [ ] Apache [ no ]
FastCGI server [ ] FCGI [ no ]
POP3 server [*] MIME::Parser [ yes ]
[*] Net::POP3
IO server [*] IO::File [ yes ]
MQ transport support [ ] MQSeries [ no ]
JABBER transport support [ ] Net::Jabber [ no ]
MIME messages [*] MIME::Parser [ yes ]
DIME messages [*] IO::Scalar (v2.105) [ no ]
[ ] DIME::Tools (v0.03)
[ ] Data::UUID (v0.11)
SSL Support for TCP Transport [ ] IO::Socket::SSL [ no ]
Compression support for HTTP [*] Compress::Zlib [ yes ]
MIME interoperability w/ Axis [ ] MIME::Parser (v6.106) [ no ]
--- An asterix '[*]' indicates if the module is currently installed.
Do you want to proceed with this configuration? [yes]
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for SOAP::Lite
cp lib/SOAP/Packager.pm blib/lib/SOAP/Packager.pm
cp lib/XML/Parser/Lite.pm blib/lib/XML/Parser/Lite.pm
...
Writing /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0/i686-linux/auto/SOAP/Lite/.packlist
Appending installation info to /usr/lib/perl5/5.10.0/i686-linux/perllocal.pod
MKUTTER/SOAP-Lite-0.71.04.tar.gz
/usr/bin/make install -- OK |
The latest version of SOAP::Lite is installed, time to pat yourself on the back and write some code to actually use it.
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