Changeset 1470

Timestamp:

Sep 21, 2013, 6:43:27 PM (10 years ago)

Author:

mbarry

Message:

shepherd: More help text for people trying to install required modules.

File:

• trunk/applications/shepherd (modified) (2 diffs)

trunk/applications/shepherd

@@ -2 +2 @@
 
 our $progname = 'shepherd';
-my $version = '1.8.6';
+my $version = '1.8.7';
 
 # tv_grab_au
@@ -1039 +1039 @@
     eval { require $modname; };
     if ($@) {
-        &log("\nERROR:\nMandatory module '$mod' not found.\n\n" .
-             "Please see the Wiki at ".$wiki."/Installation\n" .
-             "for details on how to install this module.\n", 1);
+        my $ubuntu_package_name = lc $modname;
+        $ubuntu_package_name =~ s/\//-/g;
+        $ubuntu_package_name =~ s/\.pm//;
+        &log("\n!!! ERROR: Mandatory module '$mod' not found.\n\n" .
+             "    On Ubuntu distributions, you may be able to install\n" .
+             "    this with the command:\n\n" .
+             "    sudo apt-get install lib" . $ubuntu_package_name . "-perl\n\n" .
+             "For more help, see the Wiki at ".$wiki."/Installation\n", 1);
         exit(1);
     }