Perlbeginner1 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:



wanted to install module Parse::CPAN::Authors on linux. But had no luck at all!!

i run OpenSuse Linux 11.3. It has a convenient installation-guide called YAST. Well all OpenSuse guys usually advice me to prevent installation on the direct way - via CPAN - because there arenīt made any corrections between the loaded (and installed ) modules.

All the OpenSuse-Folks usually force me to use the Packet-Manager that is available in the Tool called YAST.

But anyway: i wanted to install the module with CPAN.

But - as far as i see: i have a problem. I look for the Perl module Parse::CPAN::Authors

i try to get it via YAST from here : but as far as i can see there is no such module here: the

URL=http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/perl/openSUSE_11.3/devel:languages:perl.repo.mirrorlist]see this link to the official site

i tried to install Parse-CPAN-Authors on OpenSuse Linux version 11.3 - without any luck i had a bunch of errors -

meanwhile i installed Test::Pod

i tried all - i tried to get it via CPAN and via packetmanager of the developersite: and see this site here http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/perl/openSUSE_11.3/

what should i do!?

untill soon. AND yes: many many thanks for all the help and the support here. great site - great community - and very very supportive folks here! thx alot!
beginner1 

 
cpan[5]> reports LBROCARD/Parse-CPAN-Authors-2.27.tar.gz | grep FAIL
 -FAIL 5.10.0 on NetBSD 4.0.1 (alpha-netbsd)
 -FAIL 5.10.0 on FreeBSD 7.0-release (amd64-freebsd)
 -FAIL 5.10.0 on FreeBSD 7.0-release (i386-freebsd-thread-multi-64int)
 -FAIL 5.10.0 on Linux 2.6.24-19-generic (i686-linux-thread-multi)
 -FAIL 5.8.9 on Linux 2.6.24-19-generic (i686-linux-thread-multi)
 -FAIL 5.10.0 on Linux 2.6.24-19-generic (i686-linux-thread-multi)
 -FAIL 5.10.0 on Linux 2.6.24-19-generic (i686-linux-thread-multi)
 -FAIL 5.10.0 on Linux 2.6.24-19-generic (i686-linux-thread-multi)
 -FAIL 5.10.0 on Linux 2.6.24-19-generic (i686-linux-thread-multi)
 -FAIL 5.10.0 on Linux 2.6.24-19-generic (i686-linux-thread-multi)
 -FAIL 5.10.0 on Linux 2.6.24-19-generic (i686-linux-thread-multi)
 -FAIL 5.10.0 on Linux 2.6.24-19-generic (i686-linux-thread-multi)
 -FAIL 5.10.0 on Linux 2.6.24-19-generic (i686-linux-thread-multi)
 -FAIL 5.10.0 on Linux 2.6.24-19-generic (i686-linux-thread-multi)
 -FAIL 5.10.0 on Linux 2.6.24-19-generic (i686-linux-thread-multi)
 -FAIL 5.10.0 on Linux 2.6.24-19-generic (i686-linux-thread-multi)
 -FAIL 5.10.0 on Linux 2.6.24-19-generic (i686-linux-thread-multi)
 -FAIL 5.10.0 on Linux 2.6.24-19-generic (i686-linux-thread-multi)
 -FAIL 5.10.0 on Linux 2.6.24-19-generic (i686-linux-thread-multi)
 -FAIL 5.10.0 on Linux 2.6.24-19-generic (i686-linux-thread-multi)
 -FAIL 5.10.0 on FreeBSD 6.2-release (i386-freebsd-thread-multi-64int)
 -FAIL 5.10.0 on Linux 2.6.26.3-29.fc9.i686 (i686-linux-thread-multi-6
+4int)
 -FAIL 5.10.0 on Linux 2.6.26.3-fuuka.profvince.com (x86_64-linux-thre
+ad-multi)
 -FAIL 5.10.0 on FreeBSD 7.0-release (i386-freebsd-64int)
 -FAIL 5.10.0 on Mac OS X 8.10.0 (darwin-thread-multi-64int-2level)

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Any idea how to get it work? beginner1

BTW - if i cannot get this installed - how can i parse a whole list

of http://search.cpan.org/author/ - and the site of all the module-authors - so that i can parse the site - and get the results without the above mentioned module°?

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Re: Perl module Parse::CPAN::Authors - installation fails permanent
by bingos (Vicar) on Oct 31, 2010 at 23:36 UTC

    The list of CPAN Testers reports you cite are fail for completely different reasons to what you are experiencing, assuming this is you

    If that is the error you are getting then there is something wrong with your PATH environment variable that Perl's taintmode doesn't like

    From perlsec:

    For "Insecure $ENV{PATH}" messages, you need to set $ENV{'PATH'} to a known value, and each directory in the path must be absolute and non-writable by others than its owner and group. You may be surprised to get this message even if the pathname to your executable is fully qualified. This is not generated because you didn't supply a full path to the program; instead, it's generated because you never set your PATH environment variable, or you didn't set it to something that was safe. Because Perl can't guarantee that the executable in question isn't itself going to turn around and execute some other program that is dependent on your PATH, it makes sure you set the PATH.
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Re: Perl module Parse::CPAN::Authors - installation fails permanent
by Khen1950fx (Canon) on Oct 31, 2010 at 23:44 UTC
    First, this is perlmonks.org---not OpenSUSE. Second, I think that you might have misunderstood the advice you were given. Use YAST for vendor-specific installs, but use CPAN for site-specific installs like Parse::CPAN::Authors. It's a very simple module, and you really shouldn't be having any problems at all.
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Re: Perl module Parse::CPAN::Authors - installation fails permanent
by Anonymous Monk on Oct 31, 2010 at 23:22 UTC
    what should i do!?

    Work your way through A Guide to Installing Modules until you can install Parse::CPAN::Authors successfully

    of http://search.cpan.org/author/ - and the site of all the module-authors - so that i can parse the site - and get the results without the above mentioned module°?

    No, that would be both slower and pointless busywork. What is it you're really trying to accomplish?

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Re: Perl module Parse::CPAN::Authors - installation fails permanent
by aquarium (Curate) on Nov 01, 2010 at 02:12 UTC
    Yast is for installing pre-packaged (open source) linux software for Suse...just like Rpm packages for RedHat linux packages. As far as I know, nobody packages cpan modules into specific linux packages. cpan modules have all the code for a perl module to be built and installed on a target machine, but you may have to take care of any pre-requisites for the module. check on the cpan page for the module to see if it has any dependencies.
    by the way your cpan build went ok, it looks like some minor issues with getting at the documentation (POD) during test stage. so you could force the install.
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