Installing Perl XML modules on HP machines

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

Experts,
I need your help on installing Perl XML Parser.

What is the complete procedure to install XML modules from a build HP machine to another HP machine?

I want to use XML:XPath in my perl script and I learn that I need Expat, XML::Parser, and XML::XPath modules.

I downloaded expat-1.95.7.tar.gz, XML-Parser-2.34.tar.gz, and XML-XPath-1.13.tar.gz. Following the instruction I installed Expat, XML-Parser, and XML-XPath to my build machine.

The additions put to the build machine include:

./site_perl/5.6.1/PA-RISC2.0-11.11-NTM/auto/XML
./site_perl/5.6.1/PA-RISC2.0-11.11-NTM/XML
./site_perl/5.6.1/XML
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and a few library under /usr/lib:

$ ls libexp*
llibexpat.a       libexpat.sl      libexpat.sl.5.0
libexpat.la      libexpat.sl.5
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I noticed that the I could run Perl XML::XPath fine.

But when I copied the modules to my test machine (also HP): all the directories and files mentioned above, plus "/opt/perl5/lib/5.6.1/PA-RISC2.0-11.11-NTM/perllocal.pod" which I believe tells where to find the right Perl module, my test script failed to run.

The errors are:

hput4# /opt/perl5/bin/perl -wc /home/chlai/rje/test.cgi
Can't load '/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.6.1/PA-RISC2.0-11.11-NTM/auto/X
+ML/Parser/Expat/Expat.sl' for module XML::Parser::Expat: No such file
+ or directory at /opt/perl5/lib/5.6.1/PA-RISC2.0-11.11-NTM/DynaLoader
+.pm line 206.
 at /opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.6.1/PA-RISC2.0-11.11-NTM/XML/Parser.pm 
+line 14
Compilation failed in require at /opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.6.1/PA-RIS
+C2.0-11.11-NTM/XML/Parser.pm line 14.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.6.1/PA
+-RISC2.0-11.11-NTM/XML/Parser.pm line 18.
Compilation failed in require at /opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.6.1/XML/XP
+ath/XMLParser.pm line 7.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.6.1/XM
+L/XPath/XMLParser.pm line 7.
Compilation failed in require at /opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.6.1/XML/XP
+ath.pm line 13.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.6.1/XM
+L/XPath.pm line 13.
Compilation failed in require at /home/chlai/rje/test.cgi line 1.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/chlai/rje/test.cgi line 1.
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I checked, the Expat.sl actually IS there!

What did I miss? What else should I do to make the XML Parser work?

Any help is appreciated!

Kevin chlai@lucent.com

20040702 Edit by Corion: Added formatting

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Re: Installing Perl XML modules on HP machines by nightwatch (Scribe) on Jul 02, 2004 at 18:31 UTC
It sounds like you're missing some dependencies. The easiest thing to do is to use the CPAN module instead of manual installation. Try `perl -MCPAN -e shell` as root. If it's the first time you've run it, go through the configuration. Then type `install XML::XPath`, and say yes whenever it asks if it should fetch dependencies. This method is by far the easiest way to install CPAN modules.	[reply]
Re^2: Installing Perl XML modules on HP machines by canhai (Initiate) on Jul 06, 2004 at 12:51 UTC
Login in as root, I tried "perl -MCPAN -e shell" but failed. How to go through the configuration? Is there any online reference/instruction I can follow? The the errors I got were: hput4# perl -MCPAN -e shell Can't load '/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00503/PA-RISC1.1/auto/IO/IO.sl' for module IO: Invalid argument at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00503/PA-RISC1.1/DynaLoader.pm line 169. at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00503/PA-RISC1.1/IO/Handle.pm line 248 BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00503/PA-RISC1.1/IO/Seekable.pm line 50. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00503/PA-RISC1.1/IO/File.pm line 111. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00503/CPAN.pm line 27. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted. Thank you very much! Kevin	[reply]