Tk installation issues

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

Hi,

I'm trying to install Tk on Ubuntu Feisty running perl 5.8.8, using cpan. After running install I get:

t/zzScrolled.................NOK 66# Test 66 got: "589x341+0+32" (t/zz
+Scrolled.t at line 104 fail #2)
#    Expected: "589x341+0+0" (Sizechk: geometry has not changed not re
+set for -height => 24+(5))
#  t/zzScrolled.t line 104 is:             ok($newgeo, $oldgeo, "Sizec
+hk: geometry has not changed not reset" .
t/zzScrolled.................FAILED test 66                           
+       
        Failed 1/94 tests, 98.94% okay
t/zzText.....................ok                                       
+       
t/zzTixGrid..................ok                                       
+       
Failed Test    Stat Wstat Total Fail  Failed  List of Failed
----------------------------------------------------------------------
+---------
t/zzScrolled.t               94    1   1.06%  66
 (3 subtests UNEXPECTEDLY SUCCEEDED), 23 subtests skipped.
Failed 1/47 test scripts, 97.87% okay. 1/2619 subtests failed, 99.96% 
+okay.
make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255
  /usr/bin/make test -- NOT OK
Running make install
  make test had returned bad status, won't install without force
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Any ideas on how to solve this?

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Re: Tk installation issues by zentara (Cardinal) on Nov 13, 2007 at 13:58 UTC
The tests run when you install Tk, generate alot of harmless errors, but it will run Ok. So I would get the latest patched release Tk-804.027-501 from latest Tk , and install it manually. It's easy... make, make test (ignore errors), make install (as root). It sounds like the cpan program(which I don't use) will stop install if it gets errors from make test; so either do what I suggest above, or use the -force option to ignore the errors. I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Cogito ergo sum a bum	[reply]
Re: Tk installation issues by Tux (Canon) on Nov 14, 2007 at 08:51 UTC
As zentara said. If you used `cpan` to intall, you can either use the force option `% cpan -fi Tk` or use the state that `cpan` left you and do something like `% cd ~/.cpan/build/Tk* % make install UNINST=1` [download] Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn	[reply] [d/l] [select]