Re: [help-GIFT] Use of CPAN to automatically download and install Perlmodules

[David Squire]

David Squire wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've just downloaded GIFT 0.1.9 - I haven't installed a new one for
> nearly a year. During configure, it says:
>
> WARNING: INSTALLING PREREQUISITES
>  DUE TO TECHNICAL REASONS WE WILL HAVE TO IGNORE THE --prefix PARAMETERS
> HERE
>  IF YOU NEED THEM FOR YOUR APPLICATION/INSTALLATION, CALL
>
>  echo "perl gift-install-prerequisites.pl /binary/directory
> /lib/directory"
>
>  BY HAND

NB. I just did this, with perl gift-install-prerequisites.pl $HOME/bin
$HOME/lib, and there were still problems. Some Perl modules would not "make
test" or "make install", e.g.


       CPAN.pm: Going to build T/TJ/TJMATHER/XML-XQL-0.67.tar.gz

     Checking if your kit is complete...
     Looks good
     Warning: prerequisite XML::DOM 1.29 not found at
     /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm line 349.
     Writing Makefile for XML::XQL::Parser
     Writing Makefile for XML::XQL
     ---- Dependencies detected during
     [T/TJ/TJMATHER/XML-XQL-0.67.tar.gz] -----
         LWP::UserAgent
         Date::Manip
         XML::Parser
         XML::DOM
     Running make test
       Make had some problems, maybe interrupted? Won't test
     Running make install
       Make had some problems, maybe interrupted? Won't install
         makepl_arg     LIB=/home/users/davids/bin

Now, I have XML::DOM 1.27 installed at system level, and CPAN has
downloaded ~/.cpan/build/XML-XQL-0.67/lib/XML/XQL/DOM.pm....

Cheers,

David

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Dr. David McG. Squire, Postgraduate Research Coordinator (Caulfield),
Computer Science and Software Engineering, Monash University, Australia
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