Problem installing Perl modules

msk_0984 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Respected Monks,

On Solaris 8 the initial version of Perl was 5.8.6 and it has been upgraded with Active Perl 5.8.8 version. Now when we try to install any other perl module we are facing the following errors :

perl Makefile.PL
Set up gcc environment - 3.3.2
Unable to find a perl 5 (by these names: perl perl perl5 perl5.8.8 min
+iperl, in these dirs: /usr/sbin /usr/bin /opt/Omnibus707/bin /bin /op
+t/Omnibus707/probes /opt/Omnibus707/install /bin /opt/netcool/ism/pla
+tform/solaris2/lib /usr/ccs/bin /usr/bin/bash /opt/Omni706/bin/solari
+s2 /opt/Omni706/platform/solaris2/merant-4.1/merant/lib /opt/Omnibus7
+07/platform/solaris2/lib /opt/Omnibus707/bin/solaris2 /opt/netcool/IS
+M24/platform/solaris2/lib /usr/local/apache/apache-2.0.58/lib /usr/li
+b/sparcv9 /usr/local/bin /usr/local/perl-5.8.7 /usr/local/mysql/bin /
+usr/local/apache/apache-2.0.58/openssl/lib /usr/local/apache2/lib /us
+r/local/ssl/lib /usr/local/bin /usr/local/mysql/bin/ /usr/local/mysql
+/lib/mysql/ /usr/local/lib /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7/sun4-
+solaris/auto/DBD/mysql/mysql.so /usr/ccs/bin /usr/lib/sparcv9 /usr/lo
+cal/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6/sun4-solaris/auto/DBD/mysql /opt/netcoo
+l/TWC_OMNI71/omnibus/bin /opt/ActivePerl-5.8/lib/ /opt/ActivePerl-5.8
+/bin/ /opt/ActivePerl-5.8/bin)
Writing Makefile for Net::Telnet
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Also in order to refer to the upgraded version of Perl we have created a soft link at location /usr/bin/perl


bash-2.03# which perl 
/usr/bin/perl


bash-2.03# ls -l /usr/bin/perl
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root  other 28 Jul 25 00:18 /usr/bin/perl -> /opt/Activ
+ePerl-5.8/bin/perl
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Also set the environmental variable PATH with the upgraded version ( /opt/ActivePerl-5.8/bin/ )

Please let me know if I am doing any thing wrong or guide me with a possible solution. Thanks

Sushil Kumar

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Re: Problem installing Perl modules by adamk (Chaplain) on Aug 02, 2007 at 12:13 UTC
The perl you use to execute the Makefile.PL indicates the perl instance (where multiple may exist) you want to build the module for. This is why the Makefile.PL files are not executable. Try this and see what happens. /opt/ActivePerl-5.8/bin/perl Makefile.PL If it is still not working, that means that the ActivePerl installation does not have a toolchain where it expects it to be (I believe there's a $Config entry for this). It is relatively normal for ActivePerl to not come with a full toolchain. You are expected, as I understand it, to use the ActivePerl PPM binary packages, rather than building modules yourself... (I don't like it)	[reply]
Re: Problem installing Perl modules by syphilis (Archbishop) on Aug 02, 2007 at 11:39 UTC
The makefile is being written - so perl is obviously being found. What happens when you run make ? I see also that gcc-3.2.2 has been found. Is that the compiler you wish to use ? If not, you might need to hide it from the system. Cheers, Rob	[reply]
Re^2: Problem installing Perl modules by msk_0984 (Friar) on Aug 02, 2007 at 11:50 UTC
Thanks for your prompt reply ... When we execute make command after that what I get is bash-2.03# make sh: /0: not found *** Error code 1 make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `blib/lib/Net/.exists' bash-2.03# find / -name sh /usr/lib/mail/sh /usr/bin/sh /usr/xpg4/bin/sh [download] So i also searched for sh. Sushil Kumar	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Problem installing Perl modules by almut (Canon) on Aug 02, 2007 at 12:40 UTC
It could also be a permission problem, in some weird interaction with two versions of Perl being installed... Try enabling double-verbose mode: `$ perl Makefile.PL verbose verbose` [download] It should then output a lot of stuff, among which you should find `"Result: ..."`, indicating why the calling of perl failed... Also, what's the permission of the actual binary (i.e. not the link)? `$ ls -l /opt/ActivePerl-5.8/bin/perl` [download] or `$ ls -lL /usr/bin/perl` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Problem installing Perl modules by msk_0984 (Friar) on Aug 02, 2007 at 13:26 UTC
Yaah on executing the above command using double verbose I am getting lot of stuff being printed. `. . . Checking /opt/ActivePerl-5.8/bin/perl Executing /opt/ActivePerl-5.8/bin/perl Result: '' . . Checking /opt/ActivePerl-5.8/bin/perl Executing /opt/ActivePerl-5.8/bin/perl Result: '' Checking /usr/sbin/perl Checking /usr/bin/perl Executing /usr/bin/perl Result: '' . . .` [download] permission of the actual binary are `ls -l /opt/ActivePerl-5.8/bin/perl lrwxrwxrwx 1 root other 11 Jul 25 00:18 /opt/ActivePerl-5.8/bin +/perl -> perl-static` [download] Sushil Kumar	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Problem installing Perl modules by Corion (Patriarch) on Aug 02, 2007 at 13:40 UTC
So, let us play that same game once again. What do the following commands output? `/usr/bin/perl -v /opt/ActivePerl-5.8/bin/perl -v /opt/ActivePerl-5.8/bin/perl-static -v` [download] Also, what groups do these programs all belong to? `ls -l /usr/bin/perl /opt/ActivePerl-5.8/bin/perl /opt/ActivePerl-5.8/b +in/perl-static` [download] From the output you get, it seems neither `/usr/bin/perl` nor `/opt/ActivePerl-5.8/bin/perl` nor `/opt/ActivePerl-5.8/bin/perl-static` are executable for the user you're running things as. Talk to your sysadmin to fix these things.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Problem installing Perl modules by almut (Canon) on Aug 02, 2007 at 13:42 UTC
`ls -l /opt/ActivePerl-5.8/bin/perl lrwxrwxrwx 1 root other 11 Jul 25 00:18 /opt/ActivePerl-5.8/bin +/perl -> perl-static` [download] That's still a symlink... It's probably easier to use option `-L`, which dereferences across any levels of links... Also, what happens, if you try calling `/opt/ActivePerl-5.8/bin/perl -v` and `/opt/ActivePerl-5.8/bin/perl -e'require 5.008.8'` manually? Apparently, that's failing from within ExtUtils::MakeMaker (or more precisely, ExtUtils::MM_Unix)...	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Problem installing Perl modules by syphilis (Archbishop) on Aug 02, 2007 at 13:41 UTC
It's a long time since I've seen the 'Unable to find a perl 5' warning, and I've just been googling to refresh my memory. When I did last see it (on Win32), it turned out to be something that needed to be fixed. One fix was to edit the Makefile.PL to inlude `'PERL' => "$^X",` in the 'WriteMakefile()' section. I don't know if that's a relevant thing to do in this instance, but it's something you could try. If it does prove effective, I'm sure someone will be able to come up with a better hack. You certainly don't want to have to edit the Makefile.PL every time you build a module :-) Cheers, Rob	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Problem installing Perl modules by archfool (Monk) on Aug 02, 2007 at 11:29 UTC
--Deleted - I didn't read the question properly! Sorry!--Feed me to the NodeReaper--	[reply]