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Download Perl Scripts for using Debmirror

Debmirror is a perl script that mirrors Debian repositories on RedHat or SUSE computers. Debmirror requires certain perl modules to be present.

Follow these steps:

1. Verify that the following perl modules are present:
   • LockFile::Simple;
   • Compress::Zlib;
   • Digest::MD5;
   • Digest::SHA;
   • Net::INET6Glue;
   • LWP::UserAgent

   Few of the perl modules come with default installation. If the modules are not available, install the modules using one of the following approaches:

Approach 1: Using the cpanminus tool

1. Install cpanminus tool that downloads perl modules. Do one of the following actions to install the cpanminus tool:
   • Run the cpan App::cpanminus command.
   • Run the RPM package for cpanminus, which can be downloaded from the following location:

     http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=cpanminus

2. Run the following command to install the required perl modules:

   cpan m <module-name>
   

   Examples:

   To install LockFile::Simple module, run the cpanm LockFile::Simple command.

   To install Net::INET6Glue module, run the cpanm Net::INET6Glue command.

   The command downloads the perl modules from Internet and installs the modules. This command automatically resolves dependencies.

3. Verify that the Perl modules are installed.

Approach2: Using the src packages

1. Download the perl module package tar from http://www.cpan.org/modules/index.html.
2. Extract the tar.
3. Run the perl MakeFile.PL command. This command generates a makefile.
4. Run the make command.
5. Run the make install command.

   Note: Ensure that you resolve the dependencies manually. For example, Net::INET6Glue depends on the Socket6 module. Verify that you install Socket6 before installing Net::INET6Glue. You can find the dependencies at the following location:

   http://deps.cpantesters.org/

6. Verify that the Perl modules are installed.

Note: For Approach 1 and Approach 2, verify that gcc is installed on the RedHat or SUSE computers.

Approach3: Using the rpm sources

1. Search for the following perl modules on the Internet and install the modules using YUM:
   • perl-Compress-Zlib-1.42-1.fc6
   • perl-Digest-SHA1-2.11-1.2.1.i386.rpm
   • perl-LockFile-Simple-0.206-1.el5.rf.noarch.rpm
   • perl-Digest-MD5-M4p-0.01-1.2.el5.rf.i386.rpm

   Note: If you do not find the libnet-inet6glue-perl module on the Internet, download the source files and build the binaries manually using approach 2.

2. Verify that the Perl modules are installed.