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Asked: 2026-06-02T04:10:15+00:00

I have an application that I deploy on both Linux (Red Hat) and Unix

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I have an application that I deploy on both Linux (Red Hat) and Unix (Solaris). My application installs itself using the built in Perl, and from then creates its own local Perl (new user).

I would like to know what is the best way to deploy Curses::UI? Currently I install other modules by just copying them to my local perl lib folder, but these are pure Perl modules that don’t depend on C libraries (.so shared objects, XS, etc.).

Also will I have to compile libncurses for each platform beforehand?

NOTE: The computer doesnt have network connectivity, hence I cant use the CPAN module.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You should use a CPAN client (CPAN.pm, CPANPLUS) to deploy modules such as Curses::UI from CPAN. Usually you need development libs to compile XS modules. For Curses::UI the Ubuntu package is called libncurses-dev. Other Linux distributions probably have an ncurses devel package under the same or similar name.

    You said you have a local Perl lib. A very good way to have a local lib is the module of the same name – local::lib. Its documentation will tell you how to easily install modules into your local::lib using a CPAN client.

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