Perl install problem on 10.20

[Keely Jackson]

Hi all

I have downloaded Merijn's perl 5.8.0 for 10.20, unbzipped, untarred into /opt/perl and I get the following error message:

bin/perl -v
/usr/lib/dld.sl: Can't open shared library: /usr/lib/libpthread.sl
/usr/lib/dld.sl: No such file or directory
Abort(coredump)

I presumed (possibly foolishly) that as this a pre-compliled binary I did not need to install with swinstall, is that correct and/or have I missed something out somewhere. Any help gratefully received.

Thanks
Keely

[H.Merijn Brand (procura · Accepted solution]

Correct. Go to

http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Gnu/pth-1.4.1/

get the 10.20 port, install, and it'll probably work.

Enjoy, have FUN! H.Merijn

[Keely Jackson]

Hello again.

Installed pth and still get the same error. Are there any variables I need to set or similar?

Any other ideas? I have no problem installing an earlier version, (perl 5.6.1 would be adequate) if anybody knows where to find one.

Cheers
Keely

[Alex Glennie]

so does /usr/lib/libpthread.sl exist and does SHLIB_PATH point to /usr/lib ? just a thought ?

[Keely Jackson]

Hi Alex

Yes it does exist under /opt/pth/lib.

The SHLIB_PATH variable is not set. Should it point to /usr/lib or /opt/pth/lib or both?

Thanks
Keely

[Keely Jackson]

Hi

I have copied the file from /opt/pth/lib to /usr/lib and it now seems to work, well with my very limited perl scripts, hopefully it will still be ok when somebody uses it in anger.

Strangely creating a link didn't work.

What is pth by the way.

Thanks for the help.

Keely

[H.Merijn Brand (procura]

1. Don't copy, but symlink. That way if you install a newer version, it'll still work
2. pth is the open source Posix THreads implementation. You could also have used libcma, but this is better.

Enjoy, have FUN! H.Merijn