Ansible role: perl5-install

Perl 5 build and install from source. Also it installs cpanm and cpm for perl modules management, and GNU stow for path management at OS level.

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

Main vars to configure at inventory/playbook/group_vars/host_vars:

• stow_dir: directory where install perl binaries and libs stow_dir. Default value: /usr/local/stow
• perl5_version: default value: "5.24.0"
• perl5_local_path: the path where links to binaries, lib... will be created. Default value: /usr/local

Other configurable vars at defaults/main.yml:

• src_dir: directory where download, unpackage and build the sources. Default value: /usr/src
• stow_opts: options for running stow. Default value "--ignore=man"
• perl5_name: default value: "perl-{{ perl5_version }}"
• perl5_package: default value: "{{ perl5_name }}.tar.bz2"
• perl5_url: default value: "http://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/{{ perl5_package }}"
• perl5_real_path: "{{ stow_dir }}/{{ perl5_name }}"
• perl5_build_opts: "-des"
• cpm_install: install cpm package manager. Default value: False

Vars at vars/os family.yml

• perl5_build_dependencies: list of package names needed to build perl.

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

- hosts: servers
  roles:
     - rentalia.perl5-install
  vars:
    perl5_version: "5.26.0"
    cpm_install: True
    stow_dir: /opt/stow

License

This project is licensed under the GPLv3 license - see the LICENSE file for details.

Author Information

This role was created in 2017 by Francisco J. Tsao Santín, devops engineer at Rentalia