Last time I did this, prototypes wasn't used... here's what I can think of:
Does it work? Fails in the tests dosen't nessecarily mean that the package isn't installed.

The errors indicates, that start_test and run_test dosen't get any input, take a look at the scripts in the t dir and optionally correct them.

If your'e on a recent redhat or mandrake Linux, you may have RPM's with theese modules.

-anders