Re: Perl CPAN module help
Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe my memory is going, but I thought the reason you suggested he switch to /usr/local was so that he wouldn't have the HEAD/head.exe conflict and it would go ahead and successfully install /usr/local/bin/HEAD. Well, yes, but many people, including me, have /usr/local/bin before /usr/bin in their PATH, so when calling head, it's the /usr/local/bin/HEAD that is chosen. I should have mentioned this specifically since it's not an issue if you have /usr/bin before /usr/local/bin in your path. Is there a way to make path searches case insensitive? On the other hand, if you have /usr/bin before /usr/local/bin you'll not get the latest versions when Perl scripts, like cpan, are updated. Rather than specify PREFIX for every module build and set a PERL5LIB, you might just build your own perl with the -Uusrbinperl configure option, so it defaults to /usr/local/. (There are just a few non-core modules included in the cygwin distribution that you would probably want to start by building: Archive::Tar, Compress::Zlib, Term::ReadKey, MD5, Net::Telnet, Term::ReadLine::Perl.) True, but I'm not sure whether someone who has problems installing CPAN modules is yet capable of building a new version of Perl. Peter -- Peter J. Acklam - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://home.online.no/~pjacklam -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Perl CPAN module help
Gary Nielson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you so much. If I wanted to start fresh with a new perl installation -- replacing the executables and all the modules -- how do you recommend I do this under cygwin. - Run setup.exe and uninstall all versions of perl. - Manually remove the perl library directory rm -rf /usr/lib/perl5 - Run setup.exe and install perl. - Start the CPAN shell. cpan - You'll be prompted for a lot of information. I accept the default everywhere, with the following exceptions: - CPAN build and cache directory? [...] /.cpan ^^ - What is your favorite shell? /usr/bin/bash ^ - Every Makefile.PL is run by perl in a separate process. Likewise we ... Your choice: [] PREFIX=/usr/local ^ - Now we need to know where your favorite CPAN sites are located. Push a few sites onto the array (just in case the first on the array won't ... (1) Africa (2) Asia (3) Central America (4) Europe (5) North America (6) Oceania (7) South America Here you must make a choice depending on your location. Since I'm in Norway, I chose continent 4 (Europe), contries 20 and 28 (Norway and Sweden) and then all the sites that were listed. - Now you should see something like cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.7601) ReadLine support enabled cpan - Remember to set the PERL5LIB environment variable with one of these (depending on whether you're using a C-shell or a Bourne shell): setenv PERL5LIB /usr/local/lib/perl5:/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl PERL5LIB=/usr/local/lib/perl5:/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl export PERL5LIB - If you install the LWP module (or better yet Bundle::LWP), don't install the HEAD alias, since you'll end up with a name conflict with the standard head utility. *Whew* That should be all, I think. Peter -- Peter J. Acklam - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://home.online.no/~pjacklam -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: Perl CPAN module help
Whoa! That was impressive. Thank you so much for all your time. I appreciate it and hope I can help you and others in this group sometime. -Original Message- From: Peter J. Acklam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 10:29 AM To: Gary Nielson Cc: Peter J. Acklam; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Perl CPAN module help Gary Nielson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you so much. If I wanted to start fresh with a new perl installation -- replacing the executables and all the modules -- how do you recommend I do this under cygwin. - Run setup.exe and uninstall all versions of perl. - Manually remove the perl library directory rm -rf /usr/lib/perl5 - Run setup.exe and install perl. - Start the CPAN shell. cpan - You'll be prompted for a lot of information. I accept the default everywhere, with the following exceptions: - CPAN build and cache directory? [...] /.cpan ^^ - What is your favorite shell? /usr/bin/bash ^ - Every Makefile.PL is run by perl in a separate process. Likewise we ... Your choice: [] PREFIX=/usr/local ^ - Now we need to know where your favorite CPAN sites are located. Push a few sites onto the array (just in case the first on the array won't ... (1) Africa (2) Asia (3) Central America (4) Europe (5) North America (6) Oceania (7) South America Here you must make a choice depending on your location. Since I'm in Norway, I chose continent 4 (Europe), contries 20 and 28 (Norway and Sweden) and then all the sites that were listed. - Now you should see something like cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.7601) ReadLine support enabled cpan - Remember to set the PERL5LIB environment variable with one of these (depending on whether you're using a C-shell or a Bourne shell): setenv PERL5LIB /usr/local/lib/perl5:/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl PERL5LIB=/usr/local/lib/perl5:/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl export PERL5LIB - If you install the LWP module (or better yet Bundle::LWP), don't install the HEAD alias, since you'll end up with a name conflict with the standard head utility. *Whew* That should be all, I think. Peter -- Peter J. Acklam - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://home.online.no/~pjacklam -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Perl CPAN module help
On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 04:29:18PM +0100, Peter J. Acklam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gary Nielson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you so much. If I wanted to start fresh with a new perl installation -- replacing the executables and all the modules -- how do you recommend I do this under cygwin. - Run setup.exe and uninstall all versions of perl. - Manually remove the perl library directory rm -rf /usr/lib/perl5 - Run setup.exe and install perl. - Start the CPAN shell. cpan - You'll be prompted for a lot of information. I accept the default everywhere, with the following exceptions: - CPAN build and cache directory? [...] /.cpan ^^ - What is your favorite shell? /usr/bin/bash ^ - Every Makefile.PL is run by perl in a separate process. Likewise we ... Your choice: [] PREFIX=/usr/local ^ - Now we need to know where your favorite CPAN sites are located. Push a few sites onto the array (just in case the first on the array won't ... (1) Africa (2) Asia (3) Central America (4) Europe (5) North America (6) Oceania (7) South America Here you must make a choice depending on your location. Since I'm in Norway, I chose continent 4 (Europe), contries 20 and 28 (Norway and Sweden) and then all the sites that were listed. - Now you should see something like cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.7601) ReadLine support enabled cpan - Remember to set the PERL5LIB environment variable with one of these (depending on whether you're using a C-shell or a Bourne shell): setenv PERL5LIB /usr/local/lib/perl5:/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl PERL5LIB=/usr/local/lib/perl5:/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl export PERL5LIB - If you install the LWP module (or better yet Bundle::LWP), don't install the HEAD alias, since you'll end up with a name conflict with the standard head utility. 3 separate points: Maybe my memory is going, but I thought the reason you suggested he switch to /usr/local was so that he wouldn't have the HEAD/head.exe conflict and it would go ahead and successfully install /usr/local/bin/HEAD. Rather than specify PREFIX for every module build and set a PERL5LIB, you might just build your own perl with the -Uusrbinperl configure option, so it defaults to /usr/local/. (There are just a few non-core modules included in the cygwin distribution that you would probably want to start by building: Archive::Tar, Compress::Zlib, Term::ReadKey, MD5, Net::Telnet, Term::ReadLine::Perl.) Gerrit, if you are listening, perl does a nice job of separating user-installed modules out into a site_perl subdirectory with the exception of scripts and man pages. Would it make sense to configure the cygwin distribution with: -Dsitebin=/usr/local/bin -Dsiteman1=/usr/local/share/man/man1 -Dsiteman3=/usr/local/share/man/man3 ?? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: Perl CPAN module help
Thank you for your help. I understand what you are saying here. I will try
installing under /usr/local. My question, though, is what do I do about all
the modules I've installed under /usr? How do I deal with them? Do I need to
re-install them under /usr/local? Do I then need to somehow remove them from
/usr? Or can I have modules under both directories, leaving the ones that
work under /usr and place new ones under /usr/local?
-Original Message-
From: Peter J. Acklam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 1:40 AM
To: Gary Nielson
Cc: Peter J. Acklam; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Perl CPAN module help
Gary Nielson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am getting somewhere. I used setup and installed needed
executables such as gcc. Did a force install in cpan for LWP
modules and it seemed to be go great. All tests were successful
in make test. But when running make install I got the error:
You shouldn't use force install unless you really know what
you're doing. If your module fails a regular install you should
investigate the problem and find the solution rather than do a
force install. With a force install you are likely to install
modules which fail some way on your system and hence shouldn't
have been installed.
Cannot forceunlink /usr/bin/HEAD: No such file or directory at
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/File/Find.pm line 873.
make: *** [pure_site_install] Error 255
/usr/bin/make install -- NOT OK.
The Find.pm line in question is: { $wanted_callback-() }; #
protect against wild next
When installing LWP you are asked whether you want to install the
GET, HEAD, and POST programs. You have chosed yes or the force
install did it for you. Either way, it was discovered that HEAD
exists (as /usr/bin/head.exe) and Perl is trying to remove it, but
although which head says /usr/bin/HEAD, there really is no
/usr/bin/HEAD.exe, it's /usr/bin/head.exe. The problem is
that which matches case insensitively, but rm doesn't.
The solution is: Don't install CPAN modules under /usr, use
/usr/local! When you install modules without CPAN, use the
steps
perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/usr/local
make
make test
make install
this is done with the CPAN shell by setting
cpan o conf makepl_arg PREFIX=/usr/local
cpan o conf commit
Any idea what is going wrong, or is the question better posed to
a perl forum?
The head vs HEAD is a Cygwin thing, so I think it belongs
equally well here.
Peter
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Re: Perl CPAN module help
Gary Nielson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you for your help. I understand what you are saying here. I will try installing under /usr/local. I forgot to mention that Perl will not, by default, search for modules in /usr/local. This is a disadvantage, but it's worth it, in my opinion. The simplest way to make Perl look for modules there is to add PERL5LIB=/usr/local/lib/perl5:/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl to your personal startup file (~/.bash_profile or whatever). My question, though, is what do I do about all the modules I've installed under /usr? How do I deal with them? Do I need to re-install them under /usr/local? Do I then need to somehow remove them from /usr? Or can I have modules under both directories, leaving the ones that work under /usr and place new ones under /usr/local? If they're working properly, you might as well leave them alone. If they're broken, re-install them with PREFIX=/usr/local. Note that perl will search the directories specified in PERL5LIB before the other directories, so if you have a working module under /usr/local and a broken one under /usr, then the working one under /usr/local will be used. The default search path: $ unset PERL5LIB $ perl -wle 'print for @INC' /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/cygwin-multi-64int /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/cygwin-multi-64int /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl . Now, note how /usr/local/... comes first: $ export PERL5LIB=/usr/local/lib/perl5:/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl $ perl -wle 'print for @INC' /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.0/cygwin-multi-64int /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.0 /usr/local/lib/perl5 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/cygwin-multi-64int /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/cygwin-multi-64int /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/cygwin-multi-64int /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl . You may try to remove modules under /usr, but be careful so you don't remove things you need. If you really want to remove them, I'd rather do that by uninstalling Perl, removing everything under /usr/lib/perl5 and start over with a clean Perl installation. Peter -- Peter J. Acklam - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://home.online.no/~pjacklam -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Perl CPAN module help
Hi, I just read what Peter said about 'install' and 'force install'. I had to use 'force install' as well for installing the BerkeleyDB module, as 9 out of 20 tests were failing. So far it is running fine, but I haven't done any heavy usage tests yet, just some simple storages and retrievals. I'm using Perl v5.8.0-3, BerkeleyDB v0.25 and db3.1 v3.1.17-2, but saw this behaviour ever since I started with BerkeleyDB v0.21. I'm wondering whether anybody else is seeing this behaviour and managed to do a plain install. I've attached the output I get from 'test BerkeleyDB' below. I also do get warnings when doing a normal install for other modules that they are not allowed to install into /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/cygwin-multi-64int/, so they install into /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/. Checking the ACL for above directory yields $ getfacl /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/cygwin-multi-64int/ # file: /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/cygwin-multi-64int/ # owner: eisenacher # group: Benutzer user::--- group::--- group:Administratoren:rwx mask:rwx other:r-x default:group:Administratoren:rwx default:mask:rwx default:other:r-x And checking my /etc/passwd shows: $ cat /etc/passwd SYSTEM:*:18:544:,S-1-5-18:: Administratoren:*:544:544:,S-1-5-32-544:: Administrator:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:500:513:U-PC-EISENACHER\Administrator,S-1-5-21-44 8539723-1606980848-1708537768-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash Gast:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:501:513:U-PC-EISENACHER\Gast,S-1-5-21-448539723-1606980848 -1708537768-501:/home/Gast:/bin/bash eisenacher:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1000:513:Patrick Eisenacher,U-PC-EISENACHER\eisenacher,S-1-5-21-448539723-1606980848-1708537768-1000:/home/eisenacher:/bin/bash VUSR_PC-EISENACHER:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1001:513:VSA Server Account,U-PC-EISENACHER\VUSR_PC-EISENACHER,S-1-5-21-448539723-1606980848-1708537768-1001:/home/VUSR_PC-EISENACHER:/bin/bash and /etc/group: $ cat '/etc/group' SYSTEM:S-1-5-18:18: Kein:S-1-5-21-448539723-1606980848-1708537768-513:513: Administratoren:S-1-5-32-544:544: Benutzer:S-1-5-32-545:545: Gäste:S-1-5-32-546:546: Hauptbenutzer:S-1-5-32-547:547: Replikations-Operator:S-1-5-32-552:552: Sicherungs-Operatoren:S-1-5-32-551:551: Which is weird in 2 ways. First I don't belong to any group, but the owning group is 'Benutzer' and perl sets up the directory in a way that only members of the group 'Administratoren' can write into it. Clearly, there are no members of any of those groups. Anybody any tips? Thanks in advance, Patrick Running make test /usr/bin/perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command::MM -e test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch') t/*.t t/btreeok 177/244Can't call method txn_begin on an undefined value at t/btree.t line 638. t/btreedubious Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00) DIED. FAILED tests 28, 178-244 Failed 68/244 tests, 72.13% okay t/db-3.0...ok 1/14Can't call method set_mutexlocks on an undefined value at t/db-3.0.t line 39. t/db-3.0...dubious Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00) DIED. FAILED tests 2-14 Failed 13/14 tests, 7.14% okay t/db-3.1...ok t/db-3.2...skipped all skipped: this needs Berkeley DB 3.2.x or better t/db-3.3...skipped all skipped: this needs Berkeley DB 3.3.x or better t/destroy..ok 1/15Can't call method txn_begin on an undefined value at t/destroy.t line 33. t/destroy..dubious Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00) DIED. FAILED tests 2-15 Failed 14/15 tests, 6.67% okay t/encrypt..skipped all skipped: this needs Berkeley DB 4.1.x or better t/env..ok 18/50Can't call method txn_begin on an undefined value at t/env.t line 104. t/env..dubious Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00) DIED. FAILED tests 12, 14, 21-50 Failed 32/50 tests, 36.00% okay t/examples.ok t/examples3ok t/filter...ok t/hash.ok 146/212Can't call method txn_begin on an undefined value at t/hash.t line 444. t/hash.dubious Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00) DIED. FAILED tests 29, 147-212 Failed 67/212 tests, 68.40% okay t/join.Can't call method txn_begin on an undefined value at t/join.t line 86. t/join.dubious Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00) DIED. FAILED tests 8-41 Failed 34/41 tests, 17.07% okay t/mldbmok t/queueskipped all skipped: Queue needs Berkeley DB 3.3.x or better t/recnook 166/226Can't call method txn_begin on an undefined value at t/recno.t line 471. t/recnodubious Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00) DIED. FAILED tests 28, 168-226 Failed 60/226 tests, 73.45% okay t/strict...NOK 2Use of uninitialized value in numeric eq (==) at t/strict.t line 40. t/strict...NOK 8Can't call method txn_begin on an undefined value at t/str t/strict...ok 9/44 t/strict...dubious Test returned status 255 (wstat
RE: Perl CPAN module help
Thank you so much. If I wanted to start fresh with a new perl installation -- replacing the executables and all the modules -- how do you recommend I do this under cygwin. I hadn't installed too many modules and it would be nicer to start clean and set it up to use /usr/local right from the start for everything. I really like setup.exe to install things, it is sweet. Thanks again! -Original Message- From: Peter J. Acklam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 5:13 AM To: Gary Nielson Cc: Peter J. Acklam; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Perl CPAN module help Gary Nielson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you for your help. I understand what you are saying here. I will try installing under /usr/local. I forgot to mention that Perl will not, by default, search for modules in /usr/local. This is a disadvantage, but it's worth it, in my opinion. The simplest way to make Perl look for modules there is to add PERL5LIB=/usr/local/lib/perl5:/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl to your personal startup file (~/.bash_profile or whatever). My question, though, is what do I do about all the modules I've installed under /usr? How do I deal with them? Do I need to re-install them under /usr/local? Do I then need to somehow remove them from /usr? Or can I have modules under both directories, leaving the ones that work under /usr and place new ones under /usr/local? If they're working properly, you might as well leave them alone. If they're broken, re-install them with PREFIX=/usr/local. Note that perl will search the directories specified in PERL5LIB before the other directories, so if you have a working module under /usr/local and a broken one under /usr, then the working one under /usr/local will be used. The default search path: $ unset PERL5LIB $ perl -wle 'print for @INC' /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/cygwin-multi-64int /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/cygwin-multi-64int /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl . Now, note how /usr/local/... comes first: $ export PERL5LIB=/usr/local/lib/perl5:/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl $ perl -wle 'print for @INC' /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.0/cygwin-multi-64int /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.0 /usr/local/lib/perl5 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/cygwin-multi-64int /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/cygwin-multi-64int /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/cygwin-multi-64int /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl . You may try to remove modules under /usr, but be careful so you don't remove things you need. If you really want to remove them, I'd rather do that by uninstalling Perl, removing everything under /usr/lib/perl5 and start over with a clean Perl installation. Peter -- Peter J. Acklam - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://home.online.no/~pjacklam -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: Perl CPAN module help
Hi,
I am getting somewhere. I used setup and installed needed executables such
as gcc. Did a force install in cpan for LWP modules and it seemed to be go
great. All tests were successful in make test. But when running make install
I got the error:
Cannot forceunlink /usr/bin/HEAD: No such file or directory at
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/File/Find.pm line 873.
make: *** [pure_site_install] Error 255
/usr/bin/make install -- NOT OK.
The Find.pm line in question is: { $wanted_callback-() }; # protect against
wild next
Any idea what is going wrong, or is the question better posed to a perl
forum? Any help appreciated.
-Original Message-
From: Peter J. Acklam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 2:52 AM
To: Gary Nielson; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Perl CPAN module help
Gary Nielson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I tried installing several perl modules today, but make test
failed on several in the LWP package and for HTML::Parser
etc. Couldn't find modules I'd already installed in the INC
path.
That's strange. Which module is not found? Since you have
installed it, where is it? What is your @INC? You can see your
@INC with
perl -wle 'print for @INC'
With HTML::Parser it couldn't run gcc because it was not found.
Then you must install it. :-) Run setup.exe and install gcc.
How do you use CPAN under cygwin?
perldoc cpan
To fire up the cpan shell, just type, at the cygwin shell
cpan
Is there a web page that outlines how to configure CPAN for
cygwin, is that what is needed?
I found it to be quite straight forward. Please be specific and
tell where you run into problems.
Are others having problems and how did you fix them.
We'll take one thing at a time. I've used the cpan shell a lot,
but I need some more information about where you run into
problems.
I successfully install some and have force installed others and
notice that if you do a perldoc perllocal you only get the first
three modules listed, whereas if you do a more on the perllocal
file, you see a lot more listed. What's up with that, can anyonw
explain?
I have never used perldoc perllocal to see what modules I have
installed, so at this point I can't tell you what is wrong.
Peter
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Re: Perl CPAN module help
Gary Nielson wrote: Hi, I am getting somewhere. I used setup and installed needed executables such as gcc. Did a force install in cpan for LWP modules and it seemed to be go great. All tests were successful in make test. But when running make install I got the error: Cannot forceunlink /usr/bin/HEAD: No such file or directory at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/File/Find.pm line 873. make: *** [pure_site_install] Error 255 /usr/bin/make install -- NOT OK. On unix, 'head' is the program that displays the first 'n' lines of a file, whereas 'HEAD' is a utility that's installed from LWP to do the HTTP HEAD command from the command line (there's also GET.) In unix, case is significant, so it's perfectly fine to have both HEAD and a head commands, but under Windows and thus Cygwin, case doesn't matter. So you have to skip the HEAD utility from LWP, or temporarily remove/rename the standard head command. I don't think this error should be fatal, and there should be an option or switch or something to prevent it from trying to install HEAD. Brian -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Perl CPAN module help
Gary Nielson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am getting somewhere. I used setup and installed needed
executables such as gcc. Did a force install in cpan for LWP
modules and it seemed to be go great. All tests were successful
in make test. But when running make install I got the error:
You shouldn't use force install unless you really know what
you're doing. If your module fails a regular install you should
investigate the problem and find the solution rather than do a
force install. With a force install you are likely to install
modules which fail some way on your system and hence shouldn't
have been installed.
Cannot forceunlink /usr/bin/HEAD: No such file or directory at
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/File/Find.pm line 873.
make: *** [pure_site_install] Error 255
/usr/bin/make install -- NOT OK.
The Find.pm line in question is: { $wanted_callback-() }; #
protect against wild next
When installing LWP you are asked whether you want to install the
GET, HEAD, and POST programs. You have chosed yes or the force
install did it for you. Either way, it was discovered that HEAD
exists (as /usr/bin/head.exe) and Perl is trying to remove it, but
although which head says /usr/bin/HEAD, there really is no
/usr/bin/HEAD.exe, it's /usr/bin/head.exe. The problem is
that which matches case insensitively, but rm doesn't.
The solution is: Don't install CPAN modules under /usr, use
/usr/local! When you install modules without CPAN, use the
steps
perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/usr/local
make
make test
make install
this is done with the CPAN shell by setting
cpan o conf makepl_arg PREFIX=/usr/local
cpan o conf commit
Any idea what is going wrong, or is the question better posed to
a perl forum?
The head vs HEAD is a Cygwin thing, so I think it belongs
equally well here.
Peter
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Re: Perl CPAN module help
man CPAN has this to offer:
# list all modules on my disk that have newer versions on CPAN
for $mod (CPAN::Shell-expand(Module,/./)){
next unless $mod-inst_file;
next if $mod-uptodate;
printf Module %s is installed as %s, could be updated to %s from C
PAN\n, $mod-id, $mod-inst_version, $mod-cpan_version;
}
which gives you a list of all installed modules, including the
distribution ones.
HTH,
Patrick
Brian Dessent schrieb:
zzapper wrote:
Peter,
cpan
cpan
How do you list modules already installed?
There's no definitive way to do this. If you just want to see if you
have the Foo::Bar module, you can use perl -MFoo::Bar -e 1 and if you
get an error then you need to install Foo::Bar.
You can also try the following script which uses the ExtUtils::Installed
module, but I have found that its output is sometimes misleading, in
that it will not display base (stock included) modules. And I'm not
sure if it knows about modules that are installed through means other
than CPAN (e.g. through your distro's package manager.)
#!/usr/bin/perl
use ExtUtils::Installed;
my $instmod = ExtUtils::Installed-new();
foreach my $module ($instmod-modules()) {
my $version = $instmod-version($module) || ???;
print $module -- $version\n;
}
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Re: Perl CPAN module help
or quick and dirty:
perl -e 'use CPAN; CPAN::Shell-r;'
HTH,
Patrick
Brian Dessent schrieb:
zzapper wrote:
Peter,
cpan
cpan
How do you list modules already installed?
There's no definitive way to do this. If you just want to see if you
have the Foo::Bar module, you can use perl -MFoo::Bar -e 1 and if you
get an error then you need to install Foo::Bar.
You can also try the following script which uses the ExtUtils::Installed
module, but I have found that its output is sometimes misleading, in
that it will not display base (stock included) modules. And I'm not
sure if it knows about modules that are installed through means other
than CPAN (e.g. through your distro's package manager.)
#!/usr/bin/perl
use ExtUtils::Installed;
my $instmod = ExtUtils::Installed-new();
foreach my $module ($instmod-modules()) {
my $version = $instmod-version($module) || ???;
print $module -- $version\n;
}
Brian
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Re: Perl CPAN module help
Thanx, What the doctor ordered!! I took one of the suggested Perl Scripts and use thus:- listmod.pl | grep -i pod zzapper -- vim -c :%s/^/WhfgTNabgureRIvzSUnpxre/|:%s/[R-T]/ /Ig|:normal ggVGg? http://www.vim.org/tips/tip.php?tip_id=305 Best of Vim Tips -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: Perl CPAN module help
Doug VanLeuven [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use CPAN;
# list all modules on my disk and note the newer versions
for $mod (CPAN::Shell-expand(Module,/./)){
next unless $mod-inst_file;
# here only when installed
if ($mod-inst_version eq undef) {
printf %s :No VERSION\n, $mod-id;
}
elsif ($mod-uptodate){
printf %s %s\n, $mod-id, $mod-inst_version
}
else {
# here when not up to date
printf %s %s, NEW VERSION=%s\n,
$mod-id, $mod-inst_version, $mod-cpan_version;
}
That will miss all modules that don't exist on CPAN.
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RE: Perl CPAN module help
Patrick Eisenacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
man CPAN has this to offer:
# list all modules on my disk that have newer versions on CPAN
for $mod (CPAN::Shell-expand(Module,/./)){
next unless $mod-inst_file;
next if $mod-uptodate;
printf Module %s is installed as %s, could be updated to %s from C
PAN\n, $mod-id, $mod-inst_version, $mod-cpan_version;
}
which gives you a list of all installed modules, including the
distribution ones.
No, no! It only lists modules for which there exists a newer
version on CPAN.
Peter
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Re: Perl CPAN module help
Hello Gary, Wednesday, November 12, 2003, 7:57:42 PM, you wrote: I tried installing several perl modules today, but make test failed on several in the LWP package and for HTML::Parser etc. Couldn't find modules I'd already installed in the INC path. With HTML::Parser it couldn't run gcc because it was not found. How do you use CPAN under cygwin? Is there a web page that outlines how to configure CPAN for cygwin, is that what is needed? Are others having problems and how did you fix them. I successfully install some and have force installed others and notice that if you do a perldoc perllocal you only get the first three modules listed, whereas if you do a more on the perllocal file, you see a lot more listed. What's up with that, can anyonw explain? Just start the `cpan` script: $ /usr/bin/cpan It asks some questions to configure itself when it runs the first time. -- Best regards, Gerrit -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Perl CPAN module help
On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 04:25:01PM +0100, Gerrit P. Haase wrote: Hello Gary, Wednesday, November 12, 2003, 7:57:42 PM, you wrote: I tried installing several perl modules today, but make test failed on several in the LWP package and for HTML::Parser etc. Couldn't find modules I'd already installed in the INC path. With HTML::Parser it couldn't run gcc because it was not found. How do you use CPAN under cygwin? Is there a web page that outlines how to configure CPAN for cygwin, is that what is needed? Are others having problems and how did you fix them. I successfully install some and have force installed others and notice that if you do a perldoc perllocal you only get the first three modules listed, whereas if you do a more on the perllocal file, you see a lot more listed. What's up with that, can anyonw explain? Just start the `cpan` script: $ /usr/bin/cpan It asks some questions to configure itself when it runs the first time. Is there a cygwin question or observation somewhere? It seems like we've wandered into territory which would be best served in a forum devoted strictly to perl. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: Perl CPAN module help
Gary Nielson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried installing several perl modules today, but make test failed on several in the LWP package and for HTML::Parser etc. Couldn't find modules I'd already installed in the INC path. That's strange. Which module is not found? Since you have installed it, where is it? What is your @INC? You can see your @INC with perl -wle 'print for @INC' With HTML::Parser it couldn't run gcc because it was not found. Then you must install it. :-) Run setup.exe and install gcc. How do you use CPAN under cygwin? perldoc cpan To fire up the cpan shell, just type, at the cygwin shell cpan Is there a web page that outlines how to configure CPAN for cygwin, is that what is needed? I found it to be quite straight forward. Please be specific and tell where you run into problems. Are others having problems and how did you fix them. We'll take one thing at a time. I've used the cpan shell a lot, but I need some more information about where you run into problems. I successfully install some and have force installed others and notice that if you do a perldoc perllocal you only get the first three modules listed, whereas if you do a more on the perllocal file, you see a lot more listed. What's up with that, can anyonw explain? I have never used perldoc perllocal to see what modules I have installed, so at this point I can't tell you what is wrong. Peter -- Peter J. Acklam - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://home.online.no/~pjacklam -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Perl CPAN module help
Peter, cpan cpan How do you list modules already installed? zzapper -- vim -c :%s/^/WhfgTNabgureRIvzSUnpxre/|:%s/[R-T]/ /Ig|:normal ggVGg? http://www.vim.org/tips/tip.php?tip_id=305 Best of Vim Tips -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Perl CPAN module help
zzapper wrote:
Peter,
cpan
cpan
How do you list modules already installed?
There's no definitive way to do this. If you just want to see if you
have the Foo::Bar module, you can use perl -MFoo::Bar -e 1 and if you
get an error then you need to install Foo::Bar.
You can also try the following script which uses the ExtUtils::Installed
module, but I have found that its output is sometimes misleading, in
that it will not display base (stock included) modules. And I'm not
sure if it knows about modules that are installed through means other
than CPAN (e.g. through your distro's package manager.)
#!/usr/bin/perl
use ExtUtils::Installed;
my $instmod = ExtUtils::Installed-new();
foreach my $module ($instmod-modules()) {
my $version = $instmod-version($module) || ???;
print $module -- $version\n;
}
Brian
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Re: Perl CPAN module help
Brian Dessent wrote:
How do you list modules already installed?
There's no definitive way to do this. If you just want to see if you
have the Foo::Bar module, you can use perl -MFoo::Bar -e 1 and if you
get an error then you need to install Foo::Bar.
You can also try the following script which uses the ExtUtils::Installed
module, but I have found that its output is sometimes misleading, in
that it will not display base (stock included) modules. And I'm not
sure if it knows about modules that are installed through means other
than CPAN (e.g. through your distro's package manager.)
I've been doing something similar.
Really it's been so long now, I forget it's origins or much of anything
about the why or how of it other than it's a comprehensive listing
that lets me know what I have the status of the versions.
#!/usr/bin/perl
use CPAN;
# list all modules on my disk and note the newer versions
for $mod (CPAN::Shell-expand(Module,/./)){
next unless $mod-inst_file;
# here only when installed
if ($mod-inst_version eq undef) {
printf %s :No VERSION\n, $mod-id;
}
elsif ($mod-uptodate){
printf %s %s\n, $mod-id, $mod-inst_version
}
else {
# here when not up to date
printf %s %s, NEW VERSION=%s\n,
$mod-id, $mod-inst_version, $mod-cpan_version;
}
}
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