perl: Can't locate ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm

[Carme Torca]

Hi,

I want to install the module DBI-1.46 in perl.
I have download the file, but when I do

# perl Makefile.PL
Can't locate ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm in @INC (@INC contains: lib /project/iASv2/sr
c/pdc_perl/bin/HPUX/Opt/lib/5.6.1/PA-RISC2.0 /project/iASv2/src/pdc_perl/bin/HPU
X/Opt/lib/5.6.1 /project/iASv2/src/pdc_perl/bin/HPUX/Opt/lib/site_perl/5.6.1/PA-
RISC2.0 /project/iASv2/src/pdc_perl/bin/HPUX/Opt/lib/site_perl/5.6.1 /project/iA
Sv2/src/pdc_perl/bin/HPUX/Opt/lib/site_perl .) at Makefile.PL line 31.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Makefile.PL line 31.

its shows this error.
I have prove to put this files in the same directory that is this module, but there are a lot of files. Does anyone knows how I could modify @INC to put there all the paths with librarys??

Thanks a lot of,
Carmen.

[Fred Ruffet]

IMHO ExtUtils::MakeMaker is part of perl distribution. It sound strange you don't have it, but as long as it doesn't seem to be installed in a conventionnal PATH, you maybe not used depot file. It is normally located in lib/5.6.1 subdirectory of your perl installation dir. If it not there, you can download module from http://cpan.org/

Regards,

Fred

[Ralph Grothe · Accepted solution]

Check your Include Array.
It should look similar (version, architecture dependant) to this

# perl -le 'print join "\n",@INC'
/opt/perl5/lib/5.8.0/PA-RISC2.0-LP64
/opt/perl5/lib/5.8.0
/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.8.0/PA-RISC2.0-LP64
/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.8.0
/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl
.

The ExtUtils::MakeMaker module should be in the search path

e.g.

# ll /opt/perl5/lib/5.8.0/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
-r--r--r-- 1 root sys 73040 Jul 4 2003 /opt/perl5/lib/5.8.0/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm

[Ralph Grothe]

Forgot,
if really necessary you could unshift your own search path in the @INC array by using the "use lib" pragma, or on the command line like

# perl -Mlib=/home/me/my/modules -le 'print join "\n",@INC'
/home/me/my/modules
/opt/perl5/lib/5.8.0/PA-RISC2.0-LP64
/opt/perl5/lib/5.8.0
/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.8.0/PA-RISC2.0-LP64
/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.8.0
/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl
.

However, MakeMaker is part of the basic Perl distro and should already be included in the search path.

Please check also

# perl -MExtUtils::MakeMaker -le 'print $ExtUtils::MakeMaker::VERSION'
6.03

[H.Merijn Brand (procura]

If you are planning to make DBI in order to install DBD::Oracle, stop now, before you get frustrated, because the perl you are using does is not built to support DBD::Oracle. I'm sure. It's a 5.6.1 build that - unless you were an expert when you built it yourself - does not have the needed libs in the right place. And /if/ you were an expert, you would have solved this question yourself anyway.

So, assuming I'm correct, you either fetch a more recent perl binary prebuild from one of the available sources (HP Porting center on http://hpux.connect.org.uk/ or my site at http://mirrors.develooper.com/hpux/ ), or rebuild perl from source yourself, which is a good option if you are using HP C-ANSI-C, because all binary distro's for HP-UX are - as far as I know - built with GNU gcc, and your problem post does not state what compiler you use.

My build includes the most recent DBI at the moment of build.

And to answer your question, you can set the perl lib path in $PERL5LIB

Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

[Ralph Grothe]

Sorry, I wasn't paying enough attention to your output.
Your @INC looks strange, at least non-standard to me.
Have you installed your Perl under /project/iASv2, or has someone modified it (e.g. in a profile script or other)?
If you are using the precompiled HP-UX Perl build it should have been installed beneath /opt.
Please post the output of "perl -V",
to see if you're running a custom built Perl.

[Carme Torca]

Hi,

I have do this:

# perl -le 'print join "\n", @INC'
/project/iASv2/src/pdc_perl/bin/HPUX/Opt/lib/5.6.1/PA-RISC2.0
/project/iASv2/src/pdc_perl/bin/HPUX/Opt/lib/5.6.1
/project/iASv2/src/pdc_perl/bin/HPUX/Opt/lib/site_perl/5.6.1/PA-RISC2.0
/project/iASv2/src/pdc_perl/bin/HPUX/Opt/lib/site_perl/5.6.1
/project/iASv2/src/pdc_perl/bin/HPUX/Opt/lib/site_perl

but I don't have this directory.

#find / -name MakeMaker.pm
/opt/perl/lib/5.6.1/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
/opt/OV/contrib/perl/lib/5.6.1/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
/Serveis/oas10g/perl/lib/5.6.1/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm

I would like to install this module in /Serveis/oas10g/perl/lib/5.6.1, so:

#pwd
/Serveis/oas10g/perl/lib/5.6.1

#perl -Mlib=/Serveis/oas10g/perl/lib/5.6.1 -le 'print join "\n",@INC'
Can't locate Config.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /project/iASv2/src/pdc_perl/bin/HPUX/Opt/lib/5.6.1/PA-RISC2.0 /project/iASv2/src/pdc_perl/bin/HPUX/Opt/lib/5.6.1 /project/iASv2/src/pdc_perl/bin/HPUX/Opt/lib/site_perl/5.6.1/PA-RISC2.0 /project/iASv2/src/pdc_perl/bin/HPUX/Opt/lib/site_perl/5.6.1 /project/iASv2/src/pdc_perl/bin/HPUX/Opt/lib/site_perl .) at lib.pm line 4.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at lib.pm line 4.
Compilation failed in require.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.


but its returns this error. Any idea??

Thanks,
Carmen.

[Fred Ruffet]

Where do you get this perl from ? Have you compiled from source ?

Regards,

Fred

[Carme Torca]

I have download the file DBI-1.46.tar, and I have only gunzip and tar xvf in /tmp/perl, and I an doing there:

# perl Makefile.PL


Maybe this is not correct??

Thanks!,
Carmen.

[Carme Torca]

I have download it from: http://search.cpan.org/~timb/DBI-1.46/

[Fred Ruffet]

I'm not talking about DBI, but really perl itself.

Regards,

Fred

[Ralph Grothe]

From your find I gather that you have three different Perl interpreters and your environment got a bit mingled.

Besides, don't use the -M option to load another path that I told you before.
As procura suggested the usual way would be to set the PERL5LIB variable (if you really need to).
I simply forgot about that one.

First find out which of the three interpreters gets invoked.

e.g.
which perl
or
type perl

As said before, to see how this Perl was built (i.e. which compiler etc) post the output from
"perl -V"
Alternatively you could post us the dump from

perl -MConfig -e 'map{printf "%s => %s\n",$Config{$_},$_} sort keys %Config'

(no, just kidding, this would be overkill)

[Ralph Grothe]

Presumably it's just a symlink pointing to the wrong directory.
If so, where is it pointing to?

# ll $(which perl)
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 19 Jul 6 2003 /usr/bin/perl -> /opt/perl5/bin/perl

If your Perl isn't a very special custom built Perl that contains special modules,
go and download the build from procura, or if you're adventuous get the sources and build your own.

(Outch, by accident I swapped key and value, and the formatting yields clutter,
maybe this works better?

perl -MConfig -e 'map{printf "%-20s => %s\n",$_,$Config{$_}} sort keys %Config'

[Carme Torca]

Hi,

Finally I have do one link between
/project/iASv2/src/pdc_perl/bin/HPUX/Opt/lib
and /Serveis/oas10g/perl/lib/5.6.1

and then it has works ok.

Thanks everyone.
Carmen.