# su -c 'perl -MCPAN -e "install DBI"' # su -c 'perl -MCPAN -e "install DBD::SQLite"' Plan: 1. Write a Perl program with _very_ simple dependency checking. 2. Make notes on ldconfig 3. Make notes on various packages, e.g. OpenSSL ############################################################################## Note about /sbin/ldconfig: The ldconfig man page (ldconfig(8) states that "ldconfig ignores symbolic links when scanning for libraries." What does this mean? Stowing OpenSSL I ( Troy Will April 2009 ) did a ./config --prefix=/usr/local shared && make && make install of OpenSSL. With Stow could not find the shared libraries with ldconfig -v. Installing directly without Stow, I was able to find the shared libraries with ldconfig -v.