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

I am attempting to install Dist::Zilla. When doing so, the install of File::HomeDir fails. I was wondering if someone might have advice how to correct the problem. I ran cpan as root and executed the following (on Ubuntu Linux 8.04): install File::HomeDir The result was: 
Running install for module 'File::HomeDir'
Running make for A/AD/ADAMK/File-HomeDir-0.91.tar.gz
Checksum for /root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/A/AD/ADAMK/File-HomeDir-0.
+91.tar.gz ok
File-HomeDir-0.91/
File-HomeDir-0.91/README
File-HomeDir-0.91/Makefile.PL
File-HomeDir-0.91/LICENSE
File-HomeDir-0.91/xt/
File-HomeDir-0.91/xt/pmv.t
File-HomeDir-0.91/xt/meta.t
File-HomeDir-0.91/xt/pod.t
File-HomeDir-0.91/t/
File-HomeDir-0.91/t/10_test.t
File-HomeDir-0.91/t/02_main.t
File-HomeDir-0.91/t/12_darwin_carbon.t
File-HomeDir-0.91/t/11_darwin.t
File-HomeDir-0.91/t/13_darwin_cocoa.t
File-HomeDir-0.91/t/01_compile.t
File-HomeDir-0.91/META.yml
File-HomeDir-0.91/MANIFEST
File-HomeDir-0.91/Changes
File-HomeDir-0.91/inc/
File-HomeDir-0.91/inc/Module/
File-HomeDir-0.91/inc/Module/Install/
File-HomeDir-0.91/inc/Module/Install/Can.pm
File-HomeDir-0.91/inc/Module/Install/Base.pm
File-HomeDir-0.91/inc/Module/Install/Fetch.pm
File-HomeDir-0.91/inc/Module/Install/Win32.pm
File-HomeDir-0.91/inc/Module/Install/WriteAll.pm
File-HomeDir-0.91/inc/Module/Install/Metadata.pm
File-HomeDir-0.91/inc/Module/Install/Makefile.pm
File-HomeDir-0.91/inc/Module/Install.pm
File-HomeDir-0.91/lib/
File-HomeDir-0.91/lib/File/
File-HomeDir-0.91/lib/File/HomeDir.pm
File-HomeDir-0.91/lib/File/HomeDir/
File-HomeDir-0.91/lib/File/HomeDir/FreeDesktop.pm
File-HomeDir-0.91/lib/File/HomeDir/Unix.pm
File-HomeDir-0.91/lib/File/HomeDir/MacOS9.pm
File-HomeDir-0.91/lib/File/HomeDir/Driver.pm
File-HomeDir-0.91/lib/File/HomeDir/Darwin.pm
File-HomeDir-0.91/lib/File/HomeDir/Windows.pm
File-HomeDir-0.91/lib/File/HomeDir/Test.pm
File-HomeDir-0.91/lib/File/HomeDir/Darwin/
File-HomeDir-0.91/lib/File/HomeDir/Darwin/Carbon.pm
File-HomeDir-0.91/lib/File/HomeDir/Darwin/Cocoa.pm

  CPAN.pm: Going to build A/AD/ADAMK/File-HomeDir-0.91.tar.gz

Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for File::HomeDir
cp lib/File/HomeDir/Darwin.pm blib/lib/File/HomeDir/Darwin.pm
cp lib/File/HomeDir/Darwin/Cocoa.pm blib/lib/File/HomeDir/Darwin/Cocoa
+.pm
cp lib/File/HomeDir/Test.pm blib/lib/File/HomeDir/Test.pm
cp lib/File/HomeDir/MacOS9.pm blib/lib/File/HomeDir/MacOS9.pm
cp lib/File/HomeDir/Driver.pm blib/lib/File/HomeDir/Driver.pm
cp lib/File/HomeDir/Windows.pm blib/lib/File/HomeDir/Windows.pm
cp lib/File/HomeDir.pm blib/lib/File/HomeDir.pm
cp lib/File/HomeDir/Unix.pm blib/lib/File/HomeDir/Unix.pm
cp lib/File/HomeDir/FreeDesktop.pm blib/lib/File/HomeDir/FreeDesktop.p
+m
cp lib/File/HomeDir/Darwin/Carbon.pm blib/lib/File/HomeDir/Darwin/Carb
+on.pm
Manifying blib/man3/File::HomeDir::Darwin::Cocoa.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/File::HomeDir::Darwin.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/File::HomeDir::Test.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/File::HomeDir.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/File::HomeDir::Unix.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/File::HomeDir::FreeDesktop.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/File::HomeDir::Darwin::Carbon.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/File::HomeDir::Windows.3pm
  ADAMK/File-HomeDir-0.91.tar.gz
  /usr/bin/make -- OK
Running make test
PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_h
+arness(0, 'inc', 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t
t/01_compile.t ........ ok     
t/02_main.t ........... 37/51 
#   Failed test 'Found our local data directory'
#   at t/02_main.t line 299.

#   Failed test 'Found our local data directory'
#   at t/02_main.t line 300.
# Looks like you failed 2 tests of 51.
t/02_main.t ........... Dubious, test returned 2 (wstat 512, 0x200)
Failed 2/51 subtests 
t/10_test.t ........... ok     
t/11_darwin.t ......... skipped: Not running on Darwin
t/12_darwin_carbon.t .. skipped: Not running on 32-bit Darwin
t/13_darwin_cocoa.t ... skipped: Not running on Darwin with Cocoa API 
+using Mac::SystemDirectory

Test Summary Report
-------------------
t/02_main.t         (Wstat: 512 Tests: 51 Failed: 2)
  Failed tests:  47-48
  Non-zero exit status: 2
Files=6, Tests=92,  1 wallclock secs ( 0.05 usr  0.01 sys +  0.30 cusr
+  0.03 csys =  0.39 CPU)
Result: FAIL
Failed 1/6 test programs. 2/92 subtests failed.
make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255
  ADAMK/File-HomeDir-0.91.tar.gz
  /usr/bin/make test -- NOT OK
//hint// to see the cpan-testers results for installing this module, t
+ry:
  reports ADAMK/File-HomeDir-0.91.tar.gz
Running make install
  make test had returned bad status, won't install without force
Failed during this command:
 ADAMK/File-HomeDir-0.91.tar.gz               : make_test NO

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Re: cpan install of File::HomeDir fails
by Khen1950fx (Canon) on Aug 04, 2010 at 19:53 UTC
    It's a bug in the module. There's a fix here by LTjake.
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      The fix by LTjake did the trick. For the record (since it is fairly trivial) you need to move .cpan from your home directory to .local/share/.cpan. File::HomeDir installed and so did Dist::Zilla. Thanks for the help.
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Re: cpan install of File::HomeDir fails
by toolic (Bishop) on Aug 04, 2010 at 19:30 UTC
    It looks like this is a known bug, which was reported on CPAN for File::HomeDir last month.

    You could try to hack the failing test (t/02_main.t), comment out the 2 fails, then re-run: 

    make test
make install

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    Keep in mind that I do not know if this is the right thing to do because I don't know if this is a bug in the test or a bug in the module.

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Re: cpan install of File::HomeDir fails
by molecules (Monk) on Aug 04, 2010 at 19:54 UTC
    Dist::Zilla is wonderful. However, I would not install it as root because of all of its dependencies. I recommend using perlbrew to set up your development environment.

    Then you can play around with the installation and then throw it all away if things go awry.
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