Hello,

I'm running into problems trying to install Net-Pcap-0.14. I run 'perl Makefile.PL INC=... LIBS=...' (INC and LIBS path details left out)

I get the following error:

error: system call to 'cc -E -I/usr/add-on/exptools/lib/pcap/include -DHAVE_BLANK -DHAVE_PCAP_LIB_VERSION find-funcs.h -o cpp-out.h' failed at Makefile.PL line 326.

I see in the README file, "To install the extension in a private directory, you can use the PREFIX option when creating Makefile.PL". I don't know if the reason for the above error is that I need to tell it to install the extension in a private directory. If so, I don't know what it means to "use the PREFIX option when creating Makefile.PL". Makefile.PL is already created in the downloaded package. I don't see any PREFIX option in Makefile.PL. I tried to run 'perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=..." to point to my private path, this didn't work either.

Seems like they are leaving out some of the details here. Any tips would be greatly appreciated - Thanks!

In reply to Net::Pcap install problem by jblevin

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