OS X Installation Tips
Users report that OSX has all the modules required, and functions fine when started from the command line. However they are not all available to SlimServer and when started from the Preference Pane and need to be copied to the SlimServer directory.
One module, HTML::Tagset.pm, needs to be copied from an existing perl library to the directory.
~/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/CPAN/HTML
If you find that you do need to install any missing modules the easiest thing to do for getting these is to open up the Terminal and use cpan: type "sudo cpan" in the terminal (no quotes).
The first time you type this it will ask you a series of questions - for most of these simply hit enter as the default is correct. The only ones you really want to worry about are the mirror questions - try to pick servers near your physical location.
After it is done with the questions you will get a prompt that says "cpan>" - all you have to do is type "install MISSING::MODULE" - (eg. "install HTML::Treebuilder" or "install HTTP::Cookies"). Repeat for any additional missing modules then type "quit" and you are done.
Make sure you have the Apple Development tools installed (Xcode package on your OS X install disk) in order to use cpan.
Please let me know if these installation tips worked for you.
If you have any additional suggestions or corrections please let me know.
March 23, 2006