Error with 'make' using CPAN

dimlight21 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi,I tried to install the module PDL using MCPAN.
Can any one help to solve this problem?

Error message is " Makefile:93: *** missing separator.  Stop."
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Regarding the warning massage, 'pod2man' is definitely in the PATH.

> which pod2man
/usr/bin/pod2man
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>perl -MCPAN -e shell

cpan>install PDL
....
....

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 PDL
Writing Basic/Core/Config.pm
Makefile:93: *** missing separator.  Stop.
  /usr/bin/make  -- NOT OK
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
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update (broquaint): title change (was MCPAN error)

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Re: Error with 'make' using CPAN by BazB (Priest) on Sep 11, 2003 at 12:22 UTC
After speaking to dimlight21 in the CB, this is on Redhat 9. Try unsetting the LANG environment variable in your shell (`unset LANG` in bash) and try the build process again. If the information in this post is inaccurate, or just plain wrong, don't just downvote - please post explaining what's wrong. That way everyone learns.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Error with 'make' using CPAN by edan (Curate) on Sep 11, 2003 at 12:25 UTC
Look here for more info: make 'missing separator' error when building CPAN modules on RedHat 8/9 dimlight21: Here's a tip - Super Search is a good thing. -- 3dan	[reply]
Re: Error with 'make' using CPAN by Abigail-II (Bishop) on Sep 11, 2003 at 11:54 UTC
That error message usually means the Makefile has leading spaces instead of a leading tab. Since the Makefile is generated, the bug is either in MakeMaker, or in the Makefile.PL bundled with PDL. I'd first look at the latter. Abigail	[reply]