CPAN installation

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

I am need to use a package of CPAN on my mac OSX 10.4.8. After installation of CPAN I tested it by trying to install Bundle::CPAN as was recommended. I got a large output, the first part of which is listed below. "LWP not available" and ultimately it said installation seems impossible because it "cannot carry out testing without successful make". What seems to be the problem?

 cpan> install Bundle::CPAN
CPAN: Storable loaded ok
Going to read /Users/katherinewendelsdorf/Desktop/Jrna_ver_0/yes/Metad
+ata
  Database was generated on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:09:14 GMT
LWP not available
CPAN: Net::FTP loaded ok
Fetching with Net::FTP:
  ftp://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/CPAN/authors/id/A/AN/ANDK/

#A bunch of output in between

  /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
Running install for module ExtUtils::CBuilder
Running make for K/KW/KWILLIAMS/ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.18.tar.gz
LWP not available
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Thank you , thank you, thank you for ANY advice

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Re: CPAN installation by romkey (Acolyte) on Feb 19, 2007 at 14:11 UTC
You have to install Apple's XCode development environment first. It's available on the MacOS X 10.4 CDROM, or you can sign up for free at http://www.apple.com/developer and download the latest and greatest from there. It's possible it might work to get make using fink but you're best off just installing XCode.	[reply]
Re: CPAN installation by marto (Cardinal) on Feb 19, 2007 at 11:17 UTC
Hi Kateveronica, Perhaps this is the same issues as highlighted in Installing Net::Telnet::Cisco Module with CPAN, have you installed the development tools from the CDROM or the website? Hope this helps Martin	[reply]
Re: CPAN installation by rinceWind (Monsignor) on Feb 19, 2007 at 13:10 UTC
We really need to see more of your errors to see what the problem is (you could use a <readmore> tag in your post). Or, you could paste the output into your scratchpad, or host it somewhere if it's very large. I suspect that the problem might be permissions, though I don't know how these work on a Mac. The make install step needs to be run as root, or a user that has write access to the perl lib paths. If the install step fails for a dependency module, CPAN.pm will still carry on and try (and fail) to install the dependent modules, which might fail to make and give the output you have shown. Another possibility is a problem with your C compiler. Several of the modules needed by Bundle::CPAN contain XS code, and you need to have a working C compiler to build it - the same C compiler as your perl was built with. -- Oh Lord, won’t you burn me a Knoppix CD ? My friends all rate Windows, I must disagree. Your powers of persuasion will set them all free, So oh Lord, won’t you burn me a Knoppix CD ? (Missquoting Janis Joplin)	[reply]