Error when running make Makefile

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Re: Error when running make Makefile by Anonymous Monk on Nov 15, 2010 at 21:56 UTC
My crystal ball says you need to install the `perl-devel` rpm package for your system. Most distros split runtime and development stuff into separate packages, and header files belong in the development category (i.e. things for building software). The respective `*-devel` packages are usually not installed by default.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Error when running make Makefile by locust (Sexton) on Nov 16, 2010 at 17:14 UTC
My manager went ahead and installed perl-devel.i686 using yum. This solved the issue. Thanks for the help!	[reply]
Re: Error when running make Makefile by marto (Cardinal) on Nov 15, 2010 at 19:52 UTC
Which operating system are you running?	[reply]
Re^2: Error when running make Makefile by locust (Sexton) on Nov 15, 2010 at 20:41 UTC
I'm running Fedora Linux, kernel 2.6.32.16-150.fc12.i686.	[reply]
Re^3: Error when running make Makefile by marto (Cardinal) on Nov 15, 2010 at 22:27 UTC
Ah, I asked because I've seen certain operating systems make a mistake and blitz things Perl needs. OS X did this a while ago. Try installing the perl-devel package for your OS, since most modules you try to install will look require this. Update: a google search of the interwebs for the error message you have shows several results, the first looks promising	[reply]
Re^4: Error when running make Makefile by locust (Sexton) on Nov 16, 2010 at 00:14 UTC
Re: Error when running make Makefile by AndyZaft (Hermit) on Nov 15, 2010 at 22:01 UTC
Seems like you are missing libs that are required to compile perl...I'm assuming that's what you are trying to do based on the path... and this website. Since I never compiled perl this before, is there a configure before the make? Usually that will point out the missing libs and other things that are needed for successful compilation.	[reply]
Re: Error when running make Makefile by Anonymous Monk on Nov 15, 2010 at 20:53 UTC
What are you trying to build?	[reply]
Re^2: Error when running make Makefile by locust (Sexton) on Nov 16, 2010 at 00:11 UTC
Longer story... I wanted to install the CPAN module. CPAN, requires ExtUtils::MakeMaker.pm. So, I'm trying to install MakeMaker.pm so I can then install CPAN..so then I can be truly lazy, and let CPAN deal with all this fun stuff. :-)	[reply]
Re^3: Error when running make Makefile by Anonymous Monk on Nov 16, 2010 at 00:35 UTC
So, I'm trying to install MakeMaker.pm Why? Something else must be wrong. ExtUtils::MakeMaker has been a core module for a long long time: `$ corelist ExtUtils::MakeMaker ExtUtils::MakeMaker was first released with perl 5` [download]	[reply] [d/l]