Unable to install Tk module

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

Interesting, I tried to install Tk and that is what I got:

cpan[1]> install Tk
Going to read '/home/ubuntu/.cpan/Metadata'
  Database was generated on Thu, 12 Jul 2012 01:19:03 GMT
Running install for module 'Tk'
Running make for S/SR/SREZIC/Tk-804.030.tar.gz
Checksum for /home/ubuntu/.cpan/sources/authors/id/S/SR/SREZIC/Tk-804.
+030.tar.gz ok
Scanning cache /home/ubuntu/.cpan/build for sizes
......................................................................
+......DONE

  CPAN.pm: Going to build S/SR/SREZIC/Tk-804.030.tar.gz

Warning: No success on command[/usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=s
+ite]
'YAML' not installed, will not store persistent state
  SREZIC/Tk-804.030.tar.gz
  /usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=site -- NOT OK
Running make test
  Make had some problems, won't test
Running make install
  Make had some problems, won't install
Could not read metadata file. Falling back to other methods to determi
+ne prerequisites
Failed during this command:
 SREZIC/Tk-804.030.tar.gz                     : writemakefile NO '/usr
+/bin/perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=site' returned status -1

cpan[2]>
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I tried on different computer and got similar response.
It is Ubuntu 12.04. Any idea what is the problem?
Thanks like always
Robert

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Re: Unable to install Tk module by Anonymous Monk on Jul 12, 2012 at 16:46 UTC
The problem is, in all that stuff you posted, there is not a single relevant error message Do `cpanp -i Tk` and if that fails, `cpanp -z Tk` then `make realclean` then post the output of `perl Makefile.PL && make`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Unable to install Tk module by rkrasowski (Sexton) on Jul 12, 2012 at 17:59 UTC
well, I did apt-get install perl-tk and I got the module installed and working fine. Robert	[reply]
Re^2: Unable to install Tk module by rkrasowski (Sexton) on Jul 13, 2012 at 16:34 UTC
Well, the same problem with module Math::NumberCruncher I did cpanp -i Math::NumberCruncher and that is what I got: ubuntu@omap:~$ cpanp -i Math::NumberCruncher Installing Math::NumberCruncher (5.00) Use of chdir('') or chdir(undef) as chdir() is deprecated at /usr/lib/perl/5.14/Cwd.pm line 338. Running /usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/cpanp-run-perl /home/ubuntu/.cpanplus/5.14.2/build/Math-NumberCruncher-5.00/Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=site... ERROR Could not run '/usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL': -- cannot continue ERROR Dir '' does not exist Key 'dir' () is of invalid type for 'CPANPLUS::Internals::Utils::_chdir' provided by CPANPLUS::Dist::MM::prepare at /usr/share/perl/5.14/CPANPLUS/Dist/MM.pm line 435 ERROR Could not chdir back to start dir '' ERROR Unable to create a new distribution object for 'Math::NumberCruncher' -- cannot continue *** Install log written to: /home/ubuntu/.cpanplus/install-logs/Math-NumberCruncher-5.00-1342196241.log Error installing 'Math::NumberCruncher' Problem installing one or more modules Running cpanp -z gave me this kind of response: ubuntu@omap:~$ cpanp -z Math::NumberCruncher Use of chdir('') or chdir(undef) as chdir() is deprecated at /usr/lib/perl/5.14/Cwd.pm line 338. Error executing your subshell '/bin/bash': Cannot allocate memory ERROR Dir '' does not exist Key 'dir' () is of invalid type for 'CPANPLUS::Internals::Utils::_chdir' provided by CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::_shell at /usr/share/perl/5.14/CPANPLUS/Shell/Default.pm line 811 I tried sudo apt-get install perl-Math::NumberCruncher and: ubuntu@omap:~$ sudo apt-get install perl-Math::NumberCruncher Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package perl-Math::NumberCruncher Any idea what is the problem?? Thanks Robert	[reply]
Re^3: Unable to install Tk module by Anonymous Monk on Jul 13, 2012 at 18:22 UTC
Any idea what is the problem?? Thanks This >>> '/bin/bash': Cannot allocate memory your account appears to have memory limits, talk to your admin	[reply]
Re: Unable to install Tk module by ckj (Chaplain) on Jul 12, 2012 at 18:43 UTC
Well try to install YAML first then run your command i.e. install Tk. I am working on windows and I used to run this to install Tk: `(For 32 bit) ppm install http://www.bribes.org/perl/ppm/Tk.ppd (For 64 bit) ppm install http://www.bribes.org/perl/ppm64/Tk.ppd` [download] So instead of ppm install you should use apt-get install. In extreme case, if this doesn't work then I'll suggest to download the package from cpan and run following: `perl Makefile.PL make make test make install` [download] I think that much is enough but in case if you need more help please read Install file inside that package file	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Unable to install Tk module by password (Beadle) on Oct 28, 2012 at 23:25 UTC
For Windows there are 2 txt files in the sources: for Strawberry and for ActivePerl. The steps for ActivePerl would be: (I just installed the latest Tk this way instead of an older available via pod version) in Visual Studio 2010 (I'm using VS2010-Express) prompt: `perl Makefile.PL nmake nmake test nmake install_perl` [download]	[reply] [d/l]