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Where is the pod2man program? Find out where it is, and put that directory in your path. locate pod2man or find / -name pod2man should work assuming you have the locate or find program.
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Re: Re: Can't Find pod2man When Installing Modules
by wavesail (Initiate) on Oct 03, 2001 at 04:38 UTC
    Thanks for your help. I typed in whereis pod2man (which is what we're supposed to type in to find a program) and it said: venus:/ > whereis pod2man pod2man: Just for an example of the results of another program here is what is shows: venus:/ > whereis mysql mysql: /usr/bin/mysql /usr/local/mysql Does this mean pod2man isn't installed on the server? If not, is there anyway I can get this to work without having to get my host to do anything? Thanks, Jeff
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Re: Re: Can't Find pod2man When Installing Modules
by wavesail (Initiate) on Oct 03, 2001 at 04:42 UTC
    Sorry about the formatting...I'll repost:

    Thanks for your help. I typed in whereis pod2man (which is what we're supposed to type in to find a program) and it said:

    venus:/ > whereis pod2man
    pod2man:

    Just for an example of the results of another program here is what is shows:

    venus:/ > whereis mysql
    mysql: /usr/bin/mysql /usr/local/mysql

    Does this mean pod2man isn't installed on the server? If not, is there anyway I can get this to work without having to get my host to do anything?

    Thanks,

    Jeff

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      pod2man converts Plain Old Documentation into man pages (nroff source). It should be a standard part of your perl distribution.

      pod2man should not be essential to install modules on your system, but it is nice to have. You can install pod2man and its associated modules from the podlators distribution. Make sure that you read the README file first.

      If you don't manage your system, then complaining to your sysadmin about not having a full perl install is also a choice. :)

      Cheers,
      Paul

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        I can't seem to be able to install any modules. I just tried installing Podlators-1.10 and this came up:

        venus:/public_html/perl/podlators-1.10 > perl Makefile.PL
        Checking if your kit is complete...
        Looks good

        Warning: I could not locate your pod2man program. Please make sure, your pod2man program is in your PATH before you execute 'make'

        Writing Makefile for Pod venus:/public_html/perl/podlators-1.10 >

        I thought by installing the podlators-1.10 it would fix it so pod2man would be available?

        Jeff

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      whereis only searches a few directories for programs, if pod2man were in /opt/perl5/bin (completely made up directory) whereis wouldn't find it. Use locate or find as specified in my previous message to see if you have pod2man installed.
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        I tried both locate and find and this is what came up:

        venus:/ > locate pod2man locate: Command not found. venus:/ > find pod2man find: cannot open pod2man: No such file or directory

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