Re^2: Perl DBI installation problem on MacOS Sierra

Hi Ken

Many thanks for your tips and advice.

I wasn't aware of the system Perl issue, thank you for pointing that out.

I successfully installed Perlbrew, which sounds like a sensible way of doing things.

Unfortunately, installation of the latest stable version of Perl (v5.26.1) throws up the following error, when using the command $perlbrew install stable:

or-strong -I/usr/local/include -I/opt/local/include -DPERL_USE_SAFE_PU
+TENV -std=c89 -O3 -Wall -Werror=declaration-after-statement -Wextra -
+Wc++-compat -Wwrite-strings miniperlmain.c
cc -mmacosx-version-min=10.12 -fstack-protector-strong -L/usr/local/li
+b -L/opt/local/lib -force_flat_namespace -o miniperl \
    opmini.o perlmini.o  gv.o toke.o perly.o pad.o regcomp.o dump.o ut
+il.o mg.o reentr.o mro_core.o keywords.o hv.o av.o run.o pp_hot.o sv.
+o pp.o scope.o pp_ctl.o pp_sys.o doop.o doio.o regexec.o utf8.o taint
+.o deb.o universal.o globals.o perlio.o perlapi.o numeric.o mathoms.o
+ locale.o pp_pack.o pp_sort.o caretx.o dquote.o time64.o  miniperlmai
+n.o  -lpthread -ldl lmm -lutil -lc 
clang: error: no such file or directory: 'lmm'
make: *** [lib/buildcustomize.pl] Error 1
##### Brew Failed #####
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I couldn't find any information on this error, so if you have any pointers on how to get around this I would be very grateful!

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Re^3: Perl DBI installation problem on MacOS Sierra - Can't open blib/lib/DBI/Util/ by kcott (Archbishop) on Oct 27, 2017 at 18:48 UTC
"Many thanks for your tips and advice." You're very welcome. "Unfortunately, installation of the latest stable version of Perl (v5.26.1) throws up the following error, when using the command $perlbrew install stable: ..." I think you may have missed the beginning of the error message (perhaps where the text wrapped). What you posted begins with "`or-strong ...`"; I see on the next line "`... -fstack-protector-strong ...`"; maybe you've chopped off that first line in the middle of an option similar to that. Further down, I see "`clang: error: no such file or directory: 'lmm'`". The line immediately before that ends with "`... -lpthread -ldl lmm -lutil -lc`": I'm wondering if "`lmm`" should really be "`-lmm`", which would match all the "`-l`" parts surrounding it. A search for the `clang` error didn't provide any useful results. I also had a look in "Active bugs for App-perlbrew": none of the "Subject" lines seemed relevant (although, they're not always as descriptive as they might be). I don't normally use the "`install stable`" command; in fact, it's possible I've never used it. I typically have some non-default options, so I use a command with this format: `$ perlbrew install -v DOWNLOAD_URL -Dusethreads --as perl-5.x.xt` [download] I get the `DOWNLOAD_URL` directly from the CPAN page (in the top-right corner you'll see "Download: link-to-tarball). So for 5.26.1, the link is `http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/S/SH/SHAY/perl-5.26.1.tar.gz`, and the command would be: `$ perlbrew install -v http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/S/SH/SHAY +/perl-5.26.1.tar.gz -Dusethreads --as perl-5.26.1t` [download] I haven't installed `5.26.1`. The last one was 5.26.0, the link is `http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/X/XS/XSAWYERX/perl-5.26.0.tar.bz2`, and the command I would have used was: `$ perlbrew install -v http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/X/XS/XSAW +YERX/perl-5.26.0.tar.bz2 -Dusethreads --as perl-5.26.0t` [download] You can try either of those yourself. They both install Perl with thread support; if you don't want threads, omit the `-Dusethreads`, and leave off the "t" from the end of `perl-5.x.xt` (that's just my own convention to indicate threads). I don't recall having any problems installing Perl using that method. I have successfully installed all of these: `$ perlbrew list perl-5.14.0t perl-5.14.2 perl-5.14.2t perl-5.18.0t perl-5.18.1t perl-5.20.0t perl-5.20.2t perl-5.22.0t perl-5.24.0t perl-5.25.9t perl-5.26.0t` [download] — Ken	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Perl DBI installation problem on MacOS Sierra - Can't open blib/lib/DBI/Util/ by Nanjizal (Novice) on Oct 30, 2017 at 19:01 UTC
Hi Ken, Thanks again for the tips, and for searching around for me. I tried those suggestions, but I still always run into the same error (example output provided below). I don't know whether it's perhaps something to do with the new 'System Integrity Protection' feature of MacOS limiting access etc? In any case, I've switched to using Macports and things seem to be working okay. I'm using a local version of Perl in /opt/local/bin/ instead of the system Perl. Read more... (75 kB)	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: Perl DBI installation problem on MacOS Sierra - Can't open blib/lib/DBI/Util/ by kcott (Archbishop) on Oct 31, 2017 at 06:04 UTC
"I tried those suggestions, but I still always run into the same error (example output provided below)." It looks like you've hit the 64K limit: your output is truncated. Where you previously had `... -lpthread -ldl lmm -lutil -lc` [download] followed by an error; you now have `... -lpthread -ldl -lm -lutil -lc` [download] with no error. And no subsequent errors to the end of what's posted. "I don't know whether it's perhaps something to do with the new 'System Integrity Protection' feature of MacOS limiting access etc?" That shouldn't be an issue. I investigated SIP before upgrading to whatever version had that (10.10.x?). I have the default SIP configuration; I haven't changed anything associated with it; Perl installations work fine. "In any case, I've switched to using Macports and things seem to be working okay. I'm using a local version of Perl in /opt/local/bin/ instead of the system Perl." At least you now have a working Perl that isn't the System Perl. — Ken	[reply] [d/l] [select]