Re: Problems installing modules

2004-12-05 Thread Ken Williams
On Dec 5, 2004, at 6:56 AM, William Ross wrote: On 5 Dec 2004, at 09:07, Marek Stepanek wrote: * installing blib/man1 to ?~name * with PERL_INSTALL_ROOT '' * mkpath(?~name) mkdir ?~name: Invalid argument at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.5/ExtUtils/Install.pm line 115 make: *** [pure_site_install] Error

Re: Problems installing modules

2004-12-05 Thread William Ross
On 5 Dec 2004, at 09:07, Marek Stepanek wrote: * installing blib/man1 to ?~name * with PERL_INSTALL_ROOT '' * mkpath(?~name) mkdir ?~name: Invalid argument at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.5/ExtUtils/Install.pm line 115 make: *** [pure_site_install] Error 255 your perl configuration is slightly broken.

Re: Problems installing modules

2004-12-05 Thread Sherm Pendley
On Dec 5, 2004, at 4:07 AM, Marek Stepanek wrote: Is this clear to you, what that means ? Probably the "perl"-link I put in /usr/bin/ pointing /usr/local/bin/ has not the right rights ? That doesn't make any sense. The install script is running, and reporting an error in mkpath(). If the permissi

Re: Problems installing modules

2004-12-04 Thread William Ross
On 4 Dec 2004, at 20:21, Marek Stepanek wrote: On 04/12/2004 12:57, "William Ross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 3 Dec 2004, at 21:25, Marek Stepanek wrote: Please ! Nobody can help me out ? I still get these error messages, trying to install LWP : you are doing this as root, aren't you? only it lo

Re: Problems installing modules

2004-12-04 Thread Sherm Pendley
On Dec 4, 2004, at 3:53 PM, Sherm Pendley wrote: Do you get the same result if you try to install the module manually, outside of the CPAN shell? Oh, and along the same lines, do you get the same result when you install other modules? Sorry for so many questions, but it's basic Debugging 101 - n

Re: Problems installing modules

2004-12-04 Thread Sherm Pendley
On Dec 3, 2004, at 4:25 PM, Marek Stepanek wrote: Please ! Nobody can help me out ? I still get these error messages, trying to install LWP : All tests successful. Files=41, Tests=778, 43 wallclock secs ( 6.39 cusr + 1.53 csys = 7.92 CPU) /usr/bin/make test -- OK Running make install mkdir ?

Re: Problems installing modules

2004-12-04 Thread Sherm Pendley
On Dec 4, 2004, at 3:21 PM, Marek Stepanek wrote: perhaps the LWP reports errors, because the newest release of Perl is v5.8.6 and I have only v5.8.5 ? No. If that were the error, it would say that - "Requires Perl 5.8.6, only 5.8.5 found" or something similar. sherm-- Cocoa programming in Perl:

Re: Problems installing modules

2004-12-04 Thread William Ross
On 3 Dec 2004, at 21:25, Marek Stepanek wrote: Please ! Nobody can help me out ? I still get these error messages, trying to install LWP : you are doing this as root, aren't you? only it looks like you might not be... will All tests successful. Files=41, Tests=778, 43 wallclock secs ( 6.39 cusr

Re: Problems installing modules

2004-11-29 Thread Sherm Pendley
On Nov 29, 2004, at 4:38 AM, Marek Stepanek wrote: I have problems updating or installing modules on my Perl I have installed in /usr/local/bin/ an Perl 5.8.5 What do you get from 'perl -V'? #perhaps I have to adapt this file or create one ~/.cpan/CPAN/MyConfig.pm ??? Do you have one now? If s

Problems installing modules

2004-11-29 Thread Marek Stepanek
Hello Perlers, I have problems updating or installing modules on my Perl I have installed in /usr/local/bin/ an Perl 5.8.5 I have made an alias in /usr/bin lrwxr-xr-x1 root wheel 19B 17 Nov 14:08 perl -> /usr/local/bin/perl Installing for example LWP with cpan gives following erro

Re: Problems installing modules on OS X Panther

2003-12-09 Thread drieux
please forgive my top posting here, Stephan raised this on the beginner's mailing list and may not be aware that there is a a [EMAIL PROTECTED] list that may be better able to handle the detailed level of specifics. On Dec 9, 2003, at 1:37 AM, Stephan Hochhaus wrote: Hello list! I am starting to