Understood but since I read it and had a similar issue not long ago I'll post. from the command line type urpmi perl-devel
You are probably missing the header files needed by cpan. On Mon, 2004-02-09 at 20:32, Brian's Linux Box wrote: > This might be better off on a Mandrake list, but I was hoping for an > answer here (esp. since I'm already subscribed here :-) > > I tried to install Getopt:Simple via CPAN on my new Mandrake 9.2 box. > I get this > > Error: Unable to locate installed Perl libraries or Perl source > code. > > It is recommended that you install perl in a standard location > before > building extensions. Some precompiled versions of perl do not > contain > these header files, so you cannot build extensions. In such a > case, > please build and install your perl from a fresh perl > distribution. It > usually solves this kind of problem. > > (You get this message, because MakeMaker could not find > "/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.1/i386-linux-thread-multi/CORE/perl.h") > As the note indicates - there is no perl.h in the indicated directory > (but the directory is there) > Do I really have to reinstall perl? It works and is in /usr/bin > which seems normal to me.... > Brian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
