Adding a Perl module...

Cypher7 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I was trying to add the libwww-perl-5.64 module to perl on our solaris 8 machine. Reading the information on the module I found we needed others. So far none of the modules has worked. One in particular that hasn't worked is the libnet-1.10.

>perl Makefile.PL
Checking for Socket...ok
Checking for IO::Socket...ok
Writing Makefile for Net

>make
Manifying blib/man3/Net::Time.3
/usr/perl5/5.00503/bin/pod2man: Invalid man page - no documentation in Net/Time.pm
Couldn't install blib/man3/Net::Time.3
Manifying blib/man3/Net::NNTP.3
/usr/perl5/5.00503/bin/pod2man: Invalid man page - no documentation in Net/NNTP.pm
Couldn't install blib/man3/Net::NNTP.3
Manifying blib/man3/Net::Domain.3
/usr/perl5/5.00503/bin/pod2man: Invalid man page - no documentation in Net/Domain.pm
Couldn't install blib/man3/Net::Domain.3
Manifying blib/man3/Net::POP3.3
/usr/perl5/5.00503/bin/pod2man: Invalid man page - no documentation in Net/POP3.pm
Couldn't install blib/man3/Net::POP3.3
Manifying blib/man3/Net::FTP.3
/usr/perl5/5.00503/bin/pod2man: Invalid man page - no documentation in Net/FTP.pm
Couldn't install blib/man3/Net::FTP.3
Manifying blib/man3/Net::SMTP.3
/usr/perl5/5.00503/bin/pod2man: Invalid man page - no documentation in Net/SMTP.pm
Couldn't install blib/man3/Net::SMTP.3
Manifying blib/man3/Net::Cmd.3
/usr/perl5/5.00503/bin/pod2man: Invalid man page - no documentation in Net/Cmd.pm
Couldn't install blib/man3/Net::Cmd.3
Manifying blib/man3/Net::Netrc.3
/usr/perl5/5.00503/bin/pod2man: Invalid man page - no documentation in Net/Netrc.pm
Couldn't install blib/man3/Net::Netrc.3
Manifying blib/man3/Net::libnetFAQ.3
/usr/perl5/5.00503/bin/pod2man: Invalid man page - 1st pod line is not NAME in Net/libnetFAQ.pod
Couldn't install blib/man3/Net::libnetFAQ.3

I'm new to both UNIX systems and Perl, and would appreciate any help. I've read lots of documentation, but am still hopelessly lost.

Pm fvb jhu'a ylhk pa svvr ha tf uhtl.

Comment on Adding a Perl module...

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Re: Adding a Perl module... by stephen (Priest) on Mar 06, 2002 at 22:13 UTC
You'll find life much easier if you use the CPAN module. (I'm not sure if it came standard with Perl 5.0053... if not download it from CPAN.) If you type: `perl -MCPAN -e shell` [download] then you'll find yourself in an interactive program allowing you to install any CPAN module you like. Then you can install LWP as easily as typing "install Bundle::LWP". Also, the standard Perl is up to 5.6+ now... you might want to seriously consider upgrading your Perl. See http://www.perl.com for details. stephen	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Adding a Perl module... by rbc (Curate) on Mar 06, 2002 at 23:20 UTC
Maybe you are having some kind of permissions problem. See if your sys. admin. can help you by either giving you access to something like sudo or by allowing you to write to the directories the install process write to.	[reply]
Re: Adding a Perl module... by gellyfish (Monsignor) on Mar 06, 2002 at 21:52 UTC
These things shouldn't affect the operation of the modules, it just means that you won't have any manpages ... do the tests pass ? /J\	[reply]
Re: Adding a Perl module... by Cypher7 (Initiate) on Mar 11, 2002 at 17:57 UTC
Thanx for all the help. I've tracked it down to a combination of permissions issues, and path issues. I'm currently waiting for my system administrator to have time to fix it. He's pretty busy and my system is the on the low end of the priority scale Pm fvb jhu'a ylhk pa svvr ha tf uhtl.	[reply]