[Remind-Fans] Newbie -- Please help with ical2remind script

[Justin Alcorn]

I created a HOWTO at
http://wiki.43folders.com/index.php/ICal2Remind_OSX_HOWTO

And linked it from the Reminders Helpers page.  Remember, I'm a *nix
guy, not a Mac guy.  I stumbled a few times putting it together.

Justin Alcorn sent the following missive on 9/8/2006 5:35 PM:
> N.B.  - I'm a Linux user.  Luckily, I bought my wife a Mac, so maybe I
> can do some testing to get it working.
> 
> Dara Pressley sent the following missive on 9/8/2006 4:42 PM:
>> Ok, two questions. I'm on Mac OS X tiger.
>>
>> First,
>> how to I get ical2rem.pl into the usr/local/bin ? I tried moving with  
>> Pathfinder and I tried the mv command in terminal -- but the folder  
>> is locked.
> 
> You'll probably need to use Pseudo to write to /usr/local/bin.  But it
> really can go anywhere in your path.
> 
> 
>> Second,
>> I put the file in my todo directory to try to run it from there but I  
>> get this error (not sure if the two problems are related or not):
>>
>> Can't locate iCal/Parser.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /System/Library/ 
>> Perl/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level /System/Library/Perl/5.8.6 / 
>> Library/Perl/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Library/Perl/5.8.6 / 
>> Library/Perl /Network/Library/Perl/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level / 
>> Network/Library/Perl/5.8.6 /Network/Library/Perl /System/Library/Perl/ 
>> Extras/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level /System/Library/Perl/Extras/ 
>> 5.8.6 /Library/Perl/5.8.1 .) at /Volumes/JUMP/todo/ical2rem.pl line 38.
>> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /Volumes/JUMP/todo/ical2rem.pl  
>> line 38.
>>
> The file requires some CPAN modules.    Give me until tomorrow to try it
> out on the Mac and I'll get a HOWTO together.
> 

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