Re: [help-GIFT] error during installation

[Wolfgang Müller]

>> Could you check if XML::XQL::Parser contains any data?
>>
>> If so, then you tried to install XML::XQL in a nonstandard location
>> your you do not have the executable "yapp" in a path where XML::XQL
>> expects it.

Could you do

which yapp

and tell me the result?

> checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
> Checking for module XML::DOM in your perl setup
>       XML::DOM is missing.
>         Perl gives us the following error message:
>         Can't locate XML/DOM.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
> /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i586-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i586-linux-thread-multi
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at (eval 1)
> line  1.
>     BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 1) line 1.;
> Checking for module XML::XQL in your perl setup
>       XML::XQL is missing.
>         Perl gives us the following error message:
>         Can't locate XML/XQL.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
> /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i586-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i586-linux-thread-multi
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at (eval 2)
> line  1.
>     BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 2) line 1.;
> Checking for module XML::XQL::DOM in your perl setup
>       XML::XQL::DOM is missing.
>         Perl gives us the following error message:
>         Can't locate XML/XQL/DOM.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
> /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i586-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i586-linux-thread-multi
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at (eval 3)
> line  1.
>     BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 3) line 1.;
> Checking for module Text::Iconv in your perl setup
>       Text::Iconv is missing.
>         Perl gives us the following error message:
>         Can't locate Text/Iconv.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
> /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i586-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i586-linux-thread-multi
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at (eval 4)
> line  1.
>     BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 4) line 1.;
> Checking for module HTTP::Request in your perl setup
>       HTTP::Request is missing.
>         Perl gives us the following error message:
>         Can't locate HTTP/Request.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
> /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i586-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i586-linux-thread-multi
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at (eval 5)
> line  1.
>     BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 5) line 1.;
> Checking for module XML::Parser in your perl setup
>       XML::Parser is missing.
>         Perl gives us the following error message:
>         Can't locate XML/Parser.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
> /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i586-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i586-linux-thread-multi
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at (eval 6)
> line  1.
>     BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 6) line 1.;
> There were one or more missing Perl modules. Please install them
>       or adjust your Perl library path befor trying again.
>
>      This error message was generated  at gift-check-perl-config.pl line
> 43.
> configure: error: There are some modules missing from your perl
> configuration.  Please see the output above.

This looks very much like you did not install the Perl prerequisites for
GIFT. This is

su

followed by

install-as-root.sh

in the prerequisites package I sent you.

Please send me (and/or the list) the output of that. Maybe this gives me
some ideas.

Cheers,
Wolfgang