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Basically there are two ways in which you can get the VI Perl Toolkit working on OS X. | Basically there are two ways in which you can get the VI Perl Toolkit working on OS X. | ||
One way is by using the CPAN functionality of Perl which is already installed on your Mac and the other way is by using | |||
One way is by using the CPAN functionality of Perl which is already installed on your Mac and the other way is by using [http://www.macports.org/ MacPorts]. | |||
I will first walk you through how-to this using the CPAN Network and then show you how to get it working using macports. | I will first walk you through how-to this using the CPAN Network and then show you how to get it working using macports. | ||
Obviously, you will only need to use one of these methods in order to use the Toolkit. | |||
== Installing Developer Tools == | == Installing Developer Tools == | ||
The VI Perl Toolkit needs to get a few extra modules added to the current perl setup that is by default installed on Mac OS X. In order to get these modules we use CPAN or macPorts. | The VI Perl Toolkit needs to get a few extra modules added to the current perl setup that is by default installed on Mac OS X. In order to get these modules we use CPAN or macPorts. | ||
Both have some prerequisites of their own. | Both have some prerequisites of their own and in this case it is the same for both. | ||
Your system must have "make" installed. | |||
The most straightforward way to get that package installed is to take your original OS X installation disk and install Developer Tools (XcodeTools.mpkg) which can be found under Option Installs on the DVD. | The most straightforward way to get that package installed is to take your original OS X installation disk and install Developer Tools (XcodeTools.mpkg) which can be found under Option Installs on the DVD. | ||
Just keep the default settings and you'll be fine. | Just keep the default settings and you'll be fine. | ||
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http://communities.vmware.com/community/developer/forums/vsphere_sdk_perl | http://communities.vmware.com/community/developer/forums/vsphere_sdk_perl | ||
for OS X Leopard I downloaded the 32 bits .tar.gz linux installer. | for both OS X Leopard and Snow Leopard I downloaded the same 32 bits .tar.gz linux installer. | ||
After downloading unpack the archive by running | |||
tar -xvzf VMware-vSphere-SDK-for-Perl-4.0.0-161974.i386.tar.gz | tar -xvzf VMware-vSphere-SDK-for-Perl-4.0.0-161974.i386.tar.gz | ||
from the command line. | from the command line. | ||
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Warning: prerequisite UUID 0.03 not found. | Warning: prerequisite UUID 0.03 not found. | ||
Writing Makefile for VIPerlToolkit | Writing Makefile for VIPerlToolkit | ||
The warnings we see here are the | The warnings we see here are the modules we need to install in perl that are missing for the toolkit to work. | ||
So we are going to install these modules first, before we can continue with our main installation. | |||
== Installing missing perl dependencies == | == Installing missing perl dependencies == | ||
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Go to the [http://www.macports.org/install.php Macports install page] and download the .dmg file for your environment and run the installer. | Go to the [http://www.macports.org/install.php Macports install page] and download the .dmg file for your environment and run the installer. | ||
=== MacPorts: Installing the VI Perl Toolkit dependencies === | === MacPorts: Installing the VI Perl Toolkit dependencies === | ||
sudo port install p5-class-methodmaker | |||
On my Snow Leopard machine, this dragged in a complete new version of Perl (5.8.9), very nice. | |||
Then we need Crypt::SSLeay | |||
sudo port install p5-crypt-ssleay | |||
and SOAP::Lite | |||
sudo port install p5-soap-lite | |||
Finally UUID | |||
== Install VI Perl Toolkit == | == Install VI Perl Toolkit == | ||