GETTING_STARTED.md

@@ -41,9 +41,8 @@ apt install libconfig-std-perl \
 ## Using CPAN to install the modules
 
 A cross platform method to install the needed modules is the Perl CPAN application. 
-Make sure that the [gcc](https://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/), 
-[make](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html), 
-and [cpan](https://perldoc.perl.org/CPAN) commands are available. 
+Make sure both the [make](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html) 
+command and the [cpan](https://perldoc.perl.org/CPAN) command are available. 
 Install them using the operating system's package manager, or from source.
 
 Run commands:
@@ -52,21 +51,9 @@ Run commands:
 cpan Config::Std
 cpan Template
 cpan Template::Plugin::DBI
-cpan Template::Plugin::HTML::Strip
 cpan DBD::SQLite
 cpan Date::Calc
 cpan Tie::DBI
-cpan Text:CSV_XS
-```
-
-## Testing for Perl module dependencies
-
-A bash script is included in the utils directory that will list the Perl modules used by the site-generator and report whether the modules are installed on the current OS.
-
-It can be run from any directory. To run from the utils directory:
-
-```
-./check-dependencies.sh
 ```
 
 # Create the HPR database

README.md

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Static web page generator for the Hacker Public Radio website.
 		- ``GRANT SELECT ON hpr_hpr.* TO 'hpr-generator'@'localhost';``
 		- ``GRANT EXECUTE ON `hpr_hpr`.* TO 'hpr-generator'@'localhost';``
 * Install the needed Perl modules using preferred method (distribution packages, CPAN, etc.)
-    * Getopt::Long
+    * GetOpt
     * Pod::Usage
     * Config::Std
     * Template
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Static web page generator for the Hacker Public Radio website.
     * Template::Plugin::HTML::Strip
     * DBI
     * Tie::DBI
-    * DBD::SQLite or DBD::mysql
+    * DBD::SQLite or DBD:mysql
     * Date::Calc
     * Text::CSV_XS
     * HTML::Entities

site-generator

@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ use Text::CSV_XS;
 use HTML::Entities qw(encode_entities);
 use Date::Calc;
 use DBI;
+use DBD::SQLite;
 use Tie::DBI;
 use Template;
 use Template::Plugin::Date;

utils/check-dependencies.sh

@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash - 
-#===============================================================================
-#
-#          FILE: check-dependencies.sh
-# 
-#         USAGE: ./check-dependencies.sh 
-# 
-#   DESCRIPTION: Check that Perl module dependencies for the hpr_generator 
-#		  are installed.
-# 
-#       OPTIONS: ---
-#  REQUIREMENTS: ---
-#          BUGS: ---
-#         NOTES: ---
-#        AUTHOR: Roan "Rho`n" Horning (roan.horning@gmail.com)
-#  ORGANIZATION: 
-#       CREATED: 09/05/2024 09:55:00 PM
-#      REVISION:  ---
-#===============================================================================
-
-set -o nounset                              # Treat unset variables as an error
-
-#---  FUNCTION  ----------------------------------------------------------------
-#          NAME: is_module_installed 
-#   DESCRIPTION: Tests if the supplied module is found on the system 
-#    PARAMETERS: Name of the denpendent Perl module
-#       RETURNS: 0 if not found, 1 if found
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-function is_module_installed {
-	HR="----------------------"
-	perl -e "use ${1} " 
-	if  [ $? -ne 0 ]
-	then
-		echo ${HR}
-	else
-		echo "Found module ${1}"
-		echo ${HR}
-	fi
-}
-
-MODULES=( \
-	 "Getopt::Long" \
-	 "Pod::Usage" \
-	 "Config::Std" \
-	 "Template" \
-	 "Template::Plugin::File" \
-	 "Template::Plugin::DBI" \
-	 "Template::Plugin::HTML::Strip" \
-	 "DBI" \
-	 "Tie::DBI" \
-	 "DBD::SQLite" \
-	 "DBD::mysql" \
-	 "Date::Calc" \
-	 "Text::CSV_XS" \
-)
-
-echo "The following modules must be installed for the site-generator to function: "
-for module in "${MODULES[@]}"
-do
-	echo "* ${module}"
-done
-echo "When MySQL is used, the DBD:mysql module is required (otherwise it is optional)"
-echo "When SQLite is used, then the DBD:SQLite module is required (otherwise it is optional)"
-
-echo "Scanning for modules ..."
-echo "----------------------"
-
-for module in "${MODULES[@]}"
-do
-	is_module_installed "${module}"
-done
-
-echo "Finished scanning."