BioPerl installation

swetharayapadi has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

When i try to install BioPerl using CPAN, I am getting the following error. "Too early to specify a build action '1'. Do 'Build 1' instead." Can anyone please help me to solve this issue. For your info: I am using fedora 14 ################## I pasted the error #####################

cpan[2]> i /bioperl/
Bundle    Bundle::BioPerl        (CRAFFI/Bundle-BioPerl-2.1.8.tar.gz)
Distribution    BOZO/Fry-Lib-BioPerl-0.15.tar.gz
Distribution    CDRAUG/Dist-Zilla-PluginBundle-BioPerl-0.20.tar.gz
Distribution    CJFIELDS/BioPerl-1.6.923.tar.gz
Distribution    CJFIELDS/BioPerl-DB-1.006900.tar.gz
Distribution    CJFIELDS/BioPerl-Network-1.006902.tar.gz
Distribution    CJFIELDS/BioPerl-Run-1.006900.tar.gz
Distribution    CRAFFI/Bundle-BioPerl-2.1.8.tar.gz
Distribution    RBUELS/Dist-Zilla-PluginBundle-Bioperl-0.01.tar.gz
Module  < Bio::Gonzales::Role::BioPerl::Constructor (JWB/Bio-Gonzales-
0.0543.tar.gz)
Module  < BioPerl                (CJFIELDS/BioPerl-1.6.923.tar.gz)
Module  < Bundle::BioPerl        (CRAFFI/Bundle-BioPerl-2.1.8.tar.gz)
Module  < Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle::BioPerl (CDRAUG/Dist-Zilla-Plugin
+Bundle-BioPerl-0.20.tar.gz)
Module  < Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle::Bioperl (RBUELS/Dist-Zilla-Plugin
+Bundle-Bioperl-0.01.tar.gz)
Module  < Fry::Lib::BioPerl      (BOZO/Fry-Lib-BioPerl-0.15.tar.gz)
Module  < Pod::Weaver::PluginBundle::BioPerl (CDRAUG/Dist-Zilla-Plugin
+Bundle-BioPerl-0.20.tar.gz)
Author          BIOPERLML ("Bioperl-l" <bioperl-l@lists.open-bio.org>)
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+                            cpan[3]> install CJFIELDS/BioPerl-1.6.923
+.tar.gz
Running make for C/CJ/CJFIELDS/BioPerl-1.6.923.tar.gz
Checksum for /root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/C/CJ/CJFIELDS/BioPerl-1.6.
+923.tar.gz ok

  CPAN.pm: Building C/CJ/CJFIELDS/BioPerl-1.6.923.tar.gz

Too early to specify a build action '1'.  Do 'Build 1' instead.
Warning: No success on command[/usr/bin/perl Build.PL 1]
  CJFIELDS/BioPerl-1.6.923.tar.gz
  /usr/bin/perl Build.PL 1 -- NOT OK
Running Build test
  Make had some problems, won't test
Running Build install
  Make had some problems, won't install
Stopping: 'install' failed for 'C/CJ/CJFIELDS/BioPerl-1.6.923.tar.gz'.
Failed during this command:
 CJFIELDS/BioPerl-1.6.923.tar.gz              : writemakefile NO '/usr
+/bin/perl Build.PL 1' returned status 512
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Re: BioPerl installation by moritz (Cardinal) on Feb 15, 2014 at 09:58 UTC
At the very least you'd have to tell us what command(s) you typed, and more context of the error message. Also note that depending on the system you use, there might be easier ways to install things (on Linux via the package manager, on Windows + ActivePerl with ActivePerl's package manager). Perl 6 - the future is here, just unevenly distributed	[reply]
Re^2: BioPerl installation by Anonymous Monk on Feb 15, 2014 at 10:40 UTC
cough timeout is frequent , means no ppms http://code.activestate.com/ppm/BioPerl/	[reply]
Re: BioPerl installation by Anonymous Monk on Feb 15, 2014 at 10:44 UTC
... fedora 14 ... http://bioperl.org -> http://www.bioperl.org/wiki/Installing_BioPerl_on_Fedora `yum install perl-bioperl`	[reply]


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