Thread: Adding a Perl Script?

I found a search feature I want to add- I've never added Perl to a website before and feel like I'm reading another language to do this. They have instructions, but again, I feel lost in them. Does anyone have experience with this that might be able to make it understandable to me?

What I want to add is: http://www.perlfect.com/freescripts/search/

I would consider paying them, but then I won't know how to do it on the next site!

Thanks for any suggestions/help.

Bethers

have downloaded above and will try it out when I get time....
Will get back to you soonest.....

Thank you David, you are a sweetheart.

I've been looking for a search that was reallly good - and found it on a site when link trading - and it really does the trick. I'm sure after I do it once, I'll wonder why it's got me so confused.

Installation

The easiest way to install Perlfect Search is to use the setup utility that comes with this distribution:
Open the compressed archive you downloaded with a suitable compression tool (e.g. tar and gunzip for Linux/Unix, Winzip for Windows). A directory search-3.31 will be created with all the program files in it.
Upload the directory to your account if it is hosted on a remote machine using FTP or scp (secure copy). Don't upload it inside your cgi-bin directory, rather put it in a temporary place. The setup utility will take care of copying everything in appropriate locations.

Login to your account using ssh/telnet if it is on a remote system.
Go inside the distribution directory that you just uploaded.
Run the setup utility with the following command: perl setup.pl


The setup utility will then guide you through the rest of the installation process.
Go to the installation directory (e.g. cgi-bin/perlfect/search) and try to run perl indexer.pl.
When everything works, you can delete the temporary search-3.31 directory.

Sorry Bethers, downloaded program, got as far as the above underlined section but could not figure out where to enter the command
Perl setup.pl

will look at it again tomorrow...........

David,
I'm in the process of putting a much simpler search on my site - at least simpler for me :) - if you have time to play with that one, and want to, it's the one I'd really prefer to use - but I do have this other and it works, so only look more if you have time! And I truly thank you for looking at it.

Originally Posted by davidundalicia

Installation

The easiest way to install Perlfect Search is to use the setup utility that comes with this distribution:
Open the compressed archive you downloaded with a suitable compression tool (e.g. tar and gunzip for Linux/Unix, Winzip for Windows). A directory search-3.31 will be created with all the program files in it.
Upload the directory to your account if it is hosted on a remote machine using FTP or scp (secure copy). Don't upload it inside your cgi-bin directory, rather put it in a temporary place. The setup utility will take care of copying everything in appropriate locations.

Login to your account using ssh/telnet if it is on a remote system.
Go inside the distribution directory that you just uploaded.
Run the setup utility with the following command: perl setup.pl


The setup utility will then guide you through the rest of the installation process.
Go to the installation directory (e.g. cgi-bin/perlfect/search) and try to run perl indexer.pl.
When everything works, you can delete the temporary search-3.31 directory.

Sorry Bethers, downloaded program, got as far as the above underlined section but could not figure out where to enter the command
Perl setup.pl

will look at it again tomorrow...........

Can you install perl scripts on Vodahost sites ? I've been trying to get it done with little success.
Appreciate a hand.

Paulson