problem install perl modules

[Cirox]

Hi,

i followed the perfect debian setup und run "perl -MCPAN -e shell" in the console. After this i wanted to install:

install HTML::Parser
install DB_File
install Net::DNS

but i always get an error:

Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for Net::IP
    -- NOT OK
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Running make for O/OL/OLAF/Net-DNS-0.57.tar.gz
  Is already unwrapped into directory /root/.cpan/build/Net-DNS-0.57

  CPAN.pm: Going to build O/OL/OLAF/Net-DNS-0.57.tar.gz

    -- NOT OK
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  make had returned bad status, install seems impossible

or

cpan>   install HTML::Parser
Running install for module HTML::Parser
Running make for G/GA/GAAS/HTML-Parser-3.50.tar.gz
  Is already unwrapped into directory /root/.cpan/build/HTML-Parser-3.50
  Has already been processed within this session
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  make had returned bad status, install seems impossible

I searched the forum and installed this way:

apt-get install libhtml-parser-perl libdb-file-lock-perl libnet-dns-perl

But what was the problem ?

greetings cirox

[falko]

The make package was missing.

[Cirox]

Hi,

thanks, i realized it a few times later, making another experience

http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3257

thx cirox

[nenad]

That happened to me today, Debian Sarge 3.1

Strange, never happened before ... ?

[till]

Originally Posted by nenad

Strange, never happened before ... ?

Maybe the package in cpan was broken broken for a short time.

[nenad]

Is it OK to use:

apt-get install libhtml-parser-perl libdb-file-lock-perl libnet-dns-perl ?

[falko]

Yes, that should work.

[neutrogenial]

Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  make had returned bad status, install seems impossible

I had the same problem on a redhat 7.2. Resolved with a simple

rpm -iv --replacepkgs perl-5.8.3-16.i386.rpm

[martinfst]

As a general comment: I had loads of problems mixing CPAN and Ubuntu/Debian packages for Perl modules. Although there are people on the Internet succesfully mixing the two, the general advise is to stick to the modules within a distribution, e.g.

apt-get install libhtml-parser-perl libdb-file-lock-perl libnet-dns-perl

Often the problem is to find the right package, as the naming sometimes differs and you must try really hard to find the package/module you're looking for.

I use CPAN only as a last resort, if a tool needs a specific (new) version of a module. But somehow later on I always end up re-installing a server.

My 2ct: Stick to the packaged modules as much as you can.

[bengoodwin]

Hi am a newbie to this, just getting this error when installing perl DB mod. Thanks in advance for any help.....


cpan> install DB_File
CPAN: Storable loaded ok
Going to read /root/.cpan/Metadata
Database was generated on Tue, 15 May 2007 04:11:57 GMT
Running install for module DB_File
Running make for P/PM/PMQS/DB_File-1.815.tar.gz
CPAN: Digest::MD5 loaded ok
CPAN: Compress::Zlib loaded ok
Checksum for /root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/P/PM/PMQS/DB_File-1.815.tar.gz ok
Scanning cache /root/.cpan/build for sizes
DB_File-1.815/
DB_File-1.815/dbinfo
DB_File-1.815/patches/
DB_File-1.815/patches/5.6.0
DB_File-1.815/patches/5.005_02
DB_File-1.815/patches/5.005_03
DB_File-1.815/patches/5.004_03
DB_File-1.815/patches/5.004_05
DB_File-1.815/patches/5.004_02
DB_File-1.815/patches/5.005_01
DB_File-1.815/patches/5.004_04
DB_File-1.815/patches/5.004_01
DB_File-1.815/patches/5.005
DB_File-1.815/patches/5.004
DB_File-1.815/hints/
DB_File-1.815/hints/sco.pl
DB_File-1.815/hints/dynixptx.pl
DB_File-1.815/t/
DB_File-1.815/t/db-btree.t
DB_File-1.815/t/db-recno.t
DB_File-1.815/t/pod.t
DB_File-1.815/t/db-hash.t
DB_File-1.815/Changes
DB_File-1.815/DB_File_BS
DB_File-1.815/fallback.h
DB_File-1.815/MANIFEST
DB_File-1.815/typemap
DB_File-1.815/ppport.h
DB_File-1.815/DB_File.xs
DB_File-1.815/META.yml
DB_File-1.815/config.in
DB_File-1.815/DB_File.pm
DB_File-1.815/version.c
DB_File-1.815/fallback.xs
DB_File-1.815/README
DB_File-1.815/Makefile.PL
Removing previously used /root/.cpan/build/DB_File-1.815

CPAN.pm: Going to build P/PM/PMQS/DB_File-1.815.tar.gz

Parsing config.in...
Looks Good.
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -ldb
Writing Makefile for DB_File
cp DB_File.pm blib/lib/DB_File.pm
AutoSplitting blib/lib/DB_File.pm (blib/lib/auto/DB_File)
gcc -c -I/usr/local/BerkeleyDB/include -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -Wdeclaration-after-statement -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -DVERSION=\"1.815\" -DXS_VERSION=\"1.815\" -fPIC "-I/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/CORE" -D_NOT_CORE -DmDB_Prefix_t=size_t -DmDB_Hash_t=u_int32_t version.c
version.c:30:16: error: db.h: No such file or directory
make: *** [version.o] Error 1
/usr/bin/make -- NOT OK
Running make test
Can't test without successful make
Running make install
make had returned bad status, install seems impossible