Difficulty installing Digest::SHA1 via CPAN on Solaris 10

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

I'm in the process of trying to install TWiki on a Solaris 10 server. I'm using the instructions here:

http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SolarisInstallCookbook

I've gotten as far as the "Perl preparations" step about 1/3 of the way down. Since we are not using CoolStack, I am attempting to install the listed modules.

The instructions I am using for installing those modules are here:

http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SolarisInstallCookbookPerlModules

Specifically, I am trying to use the automated method. I was successful in installing CGI::Session (as far as I can tell) but I am getting errors at the "make" step when installing Digest::SHA1.

Here is what the system is returning:

cpan[19]> install Digest::SHA1                                        
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Running install for module 'Digest::SHA1'
Running make for G/GA/GAAS/Digest-SHA1-2.13.tar.gz
  Has already been unwrapped into directory /export/home/link/.cpan/bu
+ild/Digest-SHA1-2.13-43bJ89
Could not make: Unknown error
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
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Helpful, huh?

I have gone back and made sure I have the most recent version of CPAN, and I have made certain that gcc is installed on the system. Since the first one succeeded, I'm fairly certain that the paths are set up properly for gcc.

I also tried this:

cpan[8]> fforce install Digest::SHA1                                  
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Running install for module 'Digest::SHA1'
Running make for G/GA/GAAS/Digest-SHA1-2.13.tar.gz
CPAN: checksum security checks disabled because Digest::SHA not instal
+led.

  CPAN.pm: Building G/GA/GAAS/Digest-SHA1-2.13.tar.gz

WARNING: LICENSE is not a known parameter.
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
'LICENSE' is not a known MakeMaker parameter name.
Writing Makefile for Digest::SHA1
cp SHA1.pm blib/lib/Digest/SHA1.pm
/usr/perl5/5.8.4/bin/perl /usr/perl5/5.8.4/lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp  -typem
+ap /usr/perl5/5.8.4/
lib/ExtUtils/typemap -typemap typemap  SHA1.xs > SHA1.xsc && mv SHA1.x
+sc SHA1.c
gcc -c   -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_TS_ERRNO -O2 -f
+no-strict-aliasing  
 -DVERSION=\"2.13\" -DXS_VERSION=\"2.13\" -fPIC "-I/usr/perl5/5.8.4/li
+b/sun4-solaris-64int
/CORE"   SHA1.c
/bin/sh: gcc: not found
gmake: *** [SHA1.o] Error 1
  GAAS/Digest-SHA1-2.13.tar.gz
  /usr/sfw/bin/gmake -- NOT OK
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Failed during this command:
 GAAS/Digest-SHA1-2.13.tar.gz                 : make NO
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Any suggestions on what to try next?

EDIT: Thank you for your replies, gentlemen. As it turns out, the problem was some confusion over the root login, and some permissions on the box. I wish I could be clearer about what precisely was wrong, but the person who helped me here wasn't terribly forthcoming with the information.

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Re: Difficulty installing Digest::SHA1 via CPAN on Solaris 10 by marto (Cardinal) on Mar 23, 2012 at 16:57 UTC
Perl which ships with solaris 10 is ancient. I can replicate your problem with this version. I always leave the system perl alone. I'd guess either there's something that the version of ExtUtils::MakeMaker the system perl is using doesn't understand the LICENSE paramater, or there's something wrong with perl 5.8.4, though ExtUtils::MakeMaker seems more likely to me. I tend to build a modern version of perl elsewhere (/opt/blah/perl or something sensible), leaving the system perl alone (Solaris uses this for various system bits and bobs). My advice would be to do this, rather relying on a perl from 8 years ago. There have been many improvements :)	[reply]
Re^2: Difficulty installing Digest::SHA1 via CPAN on Solaris 10 by Ralesk (Pilgrim) on Mar 23, 2012 at 23:06 UTC
And for this kind of thing, perlbrew is usually recommended.	[reply]
Re: Difficulty installing Digest::SHA1 via CPAN on Solaris 10 by davido (Cardinal) on Mar 23, 2012 at 17:56 UTC
The CPAN Testers Matrix shows Digest::SHA1 version 2.13 (the latest) passing tests all the way back to 5.8.4. However, if you look at the report for a 5.8.4 "PASS" you will see that the toolchain of the smoke tester includes ExtUtils::MakeMaker version 6.56, which is as recent as December 2009 (much newer than Perl 5.8.4). It would be a simple fix for the author to add a CONFIGURE_REQUIRES directive in Makefile.PL. When he builds the distribution META.yml and META.json will be written with that dependency, and when your cpan installer stumbles across it, the newer version of EU::MM will be installed before Makefile.PL is ever run, which should solve the problem. If you sent in a brief patch to Makefile.PL for Digest::SHA1, via Digest::SHA1's RT page, I bet the maintainer would add it to the next release, whenever that is. Meanwhile, try updating EU::MM and attempting a new installation. Dave	[reply]
Re: Difficulty installing Digest::SHA1 via CPAN on Solaris 10 by Anonymous Monk on Oct 21, 2014 at 09:21 UTC
Hi i know this problem is on solaris but i went to same problem on debian, so maybe my solution will help anybody: what i did was trying to install Digest::SHA1 cpan command line by : install Digest::SHA1 i got same error as author of this question -> missing cc so on debian i did : apt-get install gcc in CPAN command line problem still appear : cpan> install Digest::SHA1 Running install for module 'Digest::SHA1' GAAS/Digest-SHA1-2.13.tar.gz Has already been unwrapped into directory /root/.cpan/build/Digest-SHA1-2.13-rlp1Ni GAAS/Digest-SHA1-2.13.tar.gz Has already been prepared GAAS/Digest-SHA1-2.13.tar.gz Could not make: Unknown error BUT in bash : cpan Digest::SHA1 installation succeeded.	[reply]