Mark Berryman wrote: > Determining a module's dependencies is not the problem. In fact, I had > already installed all of this particular module's dependencies before I > even attempted to install the module. Attempting to install the module > results in the following: > $ perl makefile.pl > ==> ExtUtils::AutoInstall 0.52 required. Install it from CPAN? [Y/n] n > > Can't locate ExtUtils/AutoInstall.pm in @INC (@INC contains: > perl_root:[lib. > VMS_AXP.5_8_6] perl_root:[lib] perl_root:[lib.site_perl.VMS_AXP] > perl_root:[lib. > site_perl] /perl_root/lib/site_perl .) at makefile.pl line 34, <STDIN> > line 1. > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at makefile.pl line 46, <STDIN> line 1. > %SYSTEM-W-NOSUCHFILE, no such file > $ > > Obviously, I can't install it directly from CPAN
Sorry, this isn't obvious to me. Why can't you let it install from CPAN? Also, what module are you trying to install so I can play along at home. > so I download it and > attempt to install it myself. I fetch the version available on CPAN and: > $ cd extutils-autoinstall-0_63 > $ perl makefile.pl > Can't locate object method "new" via package > "Module::Install::autoinstall" (per > haps you forgot to load "Module::Install::autoinstall"?) at > inc/Module/Install.p > m - /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7/Module/Install.pm line 269. > %SYSTEM-F-ABORT, abort > $ > > This was all encountered on a vanilla install of the HP 5.8.6 kit. Oh, someone's probably not quoting the module name on the command line. Yeah, that's exactly it. I'll fix that.
