Problem with make test in manual module installation

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

Hi,
I tried to do installation for a module locally (home directory). I have passed through several steps

$ make

$ make test which gives:

PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_h
+arness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t
t/00_load............ok                                               
+       
t/01_new.............ok                                               
+       
t/02_insert..........ok                                               
+       
t/03_lcs.............ok                                               
+       
t/04_lrs.............ok                                               
+       
t/05_clear...........ok                                               
+       
t/06_remove..........dubious                                          
+       
        Test returned status 0 (wstat 11, 0xb)
DIED. FAILED tests 1-5
        Failed 5/5 tests, 0.00% okay
t/07_memleak.........ok                                               
+       
t/08_find............ok                                               
+       
t/09_duplicates......ok                                               
+       
t/10_pod.............skipped
        all skipped: Test::Pod 1.00 required for testing POD
t/11_pod_coverage....skipped
        all skipped: Test::Pod::Coverage 1.00 required for testing POD
+ coverage
t/12_string..........ok                                               
+       
Failed Test   Stat Wstat Total Fail  Failed  List of Failed
----------------------------------------------------------------------
+---------
t/06_remove.t    0    11     5   10 200.00%  1-5
2 tests skipped.
Failed 1/13 test scripts, 92.31% okay. 5/57 subtests failed, 91.23% ok
+ay.
make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255

shell returned 2
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But when I do:

$ make install
It gives me:

Warning: You do not have permissions to install into /usr/lib/perl5/si
+te_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/ExtUtil
+s/Install.pm line 114.
mkdir /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/Tree
+/Suffix: Permission denied at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/ExtUtils/Install.p
+m line 176
make: *** [pure_site_install] Error 255
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How can I overcome this problem?

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Re: Problem with make test in manual module installation by bowei_99 (Friar) on Mar 28, 2006 at 06:53 UTC
By default, perl modules install in the directory that's associated with your version of perl, usually /usr/bin/perl. Since you haven't specified a location in your home directory, the system thinks you want to install it in /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi. So, to install correctly, you need to run `mkdir ~/lib perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=~/lib LIB=~/lib` [download] then make, make test, and make install. That's it in a nutshell. For more info, this tutorial section addresses how to install, and what to do when you get a permissions error. -- Burvil	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Problem with make test in manual module installation by xdg (Monsignor) on Mar 28, 2006 at 12:21 UTC
Also, the test itself is failing. While you can choose to install it anyway, it may or may not work for you. (The failing test could mean the module has a bug or the test has a bug.) You should report the failure to the author. Try running your tests with this: `make test TEST_VERBOSE=1 TEST_FILES=t/06_remove.t` [download] That may give you more information about the failure. -xdg Code written by xdg and posted on PerlMonks is public domain. It is provided as is with no warranties, express or implied, of any kind. Posted code may not have been tested. Use of posted code is at your own risk.	[reply] [d/l]