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The validator instructions for installing XML::DOM::BagOfTricks are wrong.

The way to (manually) install a module from a tarball is to extract the tarbal to some directory, like /tmp, then, in that directory, to run

perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

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You could also try to install the module automatically by using the OS package manager (I think rpm for RedHat?): http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=perl%28XML%3A%3ADOM%3A%3ABagOfTricks%29 - I don't know rpm but the following could work:

rpm perl-XML-DOM-BagOfTricks

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If that fails, you could also use cpan XML::DOM::BagOfTricks. But you should always use the OS package manager before manually trying to install modules into the Perl supplied by your OS.

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Re^2: Makefile.PL no such directory
by nac (Novice) on Jan 08, 2015 at 22:05 UTC
    then i tried make -d test -d being the option for debugging information and that spit out about 3 pages of gibberish. i can print it if you'd like
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Re^2: Makefile.PL no such directory
by nac (Novice) on Jan 08, 2015 at 22:04 UTC
    Hey thanks Corion. I did all that just now but make test failed:


    t/XML-DOM-BagOfTricks.t (Wstat: 512 Tests: 0 Failed: 0)
    Non-zero exit status: 2
    Parse errors: No plan found in TAP output
    Files=1, Tests=0, 1 wallclock secs ( 0.04 usr 0.01 sys + 0.17 cusr 0.02 csys = 0.24 CPU)
    Result: FAIL
    Failed 1/1 test programs. 0/0 subtests failed.
    make: *** test_dynamic Error 2
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      The 'make test' output you provided doesn't tell us much about the reason that the test failed. Is there a more helpful message emitted prior to the stuff you copy'n'pasted ?
      If not, run 
      perl -Mblib t/XML-DOM-BagOfTricks.t

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      and let us know what that outputs.

      Cheers,
      Rob
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