How to install Perl modules

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Sep 14, 2009, at 08:33, Mine wrote:

> I have encountered an error when I tried to install  p5-libwww-perl.
>
> Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error: /opt/ 
> local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/IO/Compress/Adapter/Deflate.pm is  
> being used by the active p5-io-compress-zlib port.  Please  
> deactivate this port first, or use 'port -f activate p5-io-compress'  
> to force the activation.
> Error: The following dependencies failed to build: p5-io-compress p5- 
> uri
> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
>
> I tried port -f activate p5-io-compress and tried again but that  
> also gave an error
> Error: The following dependencies failed to build: p5-io-compress
>
> Do I need to uninstall p5-io-compress

I do not know what the situation is with these ports. I know there  
were some updates committed recently to these ports. If you have the  
latest ports ("sudo port sync") and still see the problem you may want  
to open a ticket or contact the maintainer.