Net::SFTP Install Fails

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

I've spent a great deal of time trying to install Net::SFTP on a couple Linux boxes and I think I've run up against a brick wall.

The primary problem seems to be with Math::Pari. When I attempt the install Math::Pari using CPAN, I get a fairly quiet failure. When I grab the tarball and attempt a command line install, I get this:

cd libPARI && make LIB="" LIBPERL_A="libperl.a" LINKTYPE="dynamic" PRE
+FIX="" OPTIMIZE="-O2 -g -pipe -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=pentium4" PASTH
+RU_DEFINE="" PASTHRU_INC=""
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/Math-Pari-2.010704/libPARI'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `../../pari-2.3.0/src/kernel/ix86/
+level0.h', needed by `pariinl.h'.  Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/Math-Pari-2.010704/libPARI'
make: *** [libPARI/libPARI.a] Error 2
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I have PARI/GP 2.3.0 installed and the the source exists. The Math::Pari Makefile appears to be pointing to the right directory for the pari source. It seems to be choking on:

make[1]: *** No rule to make target `../../pari-2.3.0/src/kernel/ix86/
+level0.h', needed by `pariinl.h'.  Stop.
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I've confirmed that level0.h does NOT exist in that directory.

The install has been attempted on a Ubuntu 5.10 install and a corporate machine that is running some newish version of Redhat.

Googling for the problem hasn't been very productive; any solution I've tried hasn't remedied the situation.

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Re: Net::SFTP Install Fails by salva (Canon) on May 31, 2006 at 22:12 UTC
If you don't need to use password authentication (and you really shouldn't!), you can use Net::SFTP::Foreign that uses the native ssh client instead of Net::SSH::Perl to connect to the remote server and so doesn't require any extra modules. The development version offers a very improved API with support for high level functions as `find`, `rget`, `rput`... though some serious bugs could still exist (bug reports are very welcome!). Another good alternative is Net::SSH2.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Net::SFTP Install Fails by SheridanCat (Pilgrim) on May 31, 2006 at 23:48 UTC
Thanks for the suggestion, salva, I'll try that. I'm just need key auth, so that will hopefully work out.	[reply]
Re: Net::SFTP Install Fails by socketdave (Curate) on May 31, 2006 at 21:33 UTC
Sorry, misread the OP... Did you let the Makefile.PL grab Pari for you or did you install it individually?	[reply]
Re^2: Net::SFTP Install Fails by SheridanCat (Pilgrim) on May 31, 2006 at 23:47 UTC
I did both, actually. Same results either way.	[reply]