[Brisbane-pm] Finally Got Some Success in Installing Perl Modules on Mac OS X......Yaaaaay!

[Martin Jacobs]

Stephen,

I checked the developer tools....

Last login: Sat Oct  6 16:05:09 on console
Welcome to Darwin!
martins-powerbook:~ Martin$ gcc --version
powerpc-apple-darwin8-gcc-4.0.0 (GCC) 4.0.0 20041026 (Apple Computer,  
Inc. build 4061)
Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There  
is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR  
PURPOSE.

martins-powerbook:~ Martin$ make --version
GNU Make 3.80
Copyright (C) 2002  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
martins-powerbook:~ Martin$

I then did..

sudo perl -MCPAN -e shell
o conf make /usr/bin/make
o conf commit
exit

Just to make sure, I turned off the Mac and turned it on again.

Which must have done the trick because I then did
sudo perl -MCPAN -e shell
install DateTime
install DateTime::Locale
install DateTime::TimeZone

Which ended up with...

Writing /Library/Perl/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level/auto/DateTime/ 
TimeZone/.packlist
   /usr/bin/make install  -- OK

Thanks to all who have taken the time to talk me through this.  I  
hope you understand that my frustrations are not directed at you  
guys, but rather at a process which, as you know, should be simple,  
but turned out to be nothing but.

BTW the 10 months is 10 months of after-hours free time. And I'm not  
trying to re-invent functionalities, which is why I needed to get to  
grips with modules to start with.

Now, I can get back to the math....


On 07/10/2007, at 12:26 AM, Stephen Steneker wrote:

>> But I am getting the same error messages, which end up follows...
>>
>> Running make test
>> Can't test without successful make
>> Running make install
>> make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
>>
>>
>> This is a complete show-stopper, as far as my particular  
>> application is concerned, and I don't want to get to the point  
>> where I am regretting using Perl in the first place. I thought it  
>> would work as a cross platform open source coding language - have  
>> I made the wrong decision? If I have made the wrong decision, then  
>> I will have to consign about 10 months of work to the trash.
>>
>> Surely, there must be someone out there who has successfully  
>> installed Perl modules on a Mac (OS X 10.4.10)?
>
> Hi Martin,
>
> Did you confirm that you do, in fact, have the Developer Tools  
> installed from
> the OS X DVD?  Surely there is a more informative error than the  
> above...
> but from Terminal I would suggest doing:
>
>   gcc --version
>   make --version
>
> .. both should return a version number, if installed (and would be  
> installed
> in /usr/bin, which should be in your path).
>
> Installation of some modules from CPAN will indeed be impossible  
> without a
> C compiler ;-).
>
> If you definitely have the above utilities, you can also explicitly  
> tell CPAN
> the location of make since this seems related to your issue, so:
>  sudo perl -MCPAN -e shell
>  o conf make /usr/bin/make
>  o conf commit
>  exit
>
> Lastly I would run the install manually to see what the detailed  
> errors are :
>   sudo perl -MCPAN -e shell
>   look DateTime
>   perl Makefile.PL
>   make test
>
>> I really need to hear how it is done, from someone who has  
>> actually done it. The adage 'there's no reason why
>> it should not work' simply will not do.
>
> Unfortunately the installation should be about this simple:
>  - install OS X
>  - install Developer Tools
>  - install extra desired modules using CPAN shell
>
> If this seems too esoteric for your requirements, I would suggest  
> either
> revisiting the ActivePerl route (which also didn't seem to work out  
> for you)
> or possibly switching to a different cross-platform toolset which  
> is better
> suited for your purposes.  You might find something like PHP easier to
> install .. you would lose out on the richness of modules available  
> from
> CPAN, but haven't figured out how to install these yet in any  
> case ;-).
>
> There are plenty of folks using perl on OS X, but in general with
> developer tools there is some presumption that you will be able
> to work out how to drill down to the specific error that is preventing
> your successful install.  Getting perl set up should not be a  
> difficult
> challenge, but your other attempts with ActivePerl and mucking
> about with file permissions may also have introduced problems.
>
> Pretty hard to guess what else might have gone wrong at this point,
> but I think since you've spent almost three weeks trying to sort out
> your install it might be time to move on to something that will let
> you get on with your project :-D.
>
> You did mention 10 months spent developing your application ..
> without benefit of CPAN, you might find there is a fair bit of
> functionality you've reinvented.  CPAN is definitely one of the
> main reasons I would recommend using perl .. and essential
> for any significant applications.
>
> Cheers,
> Stephen
>

Regards,
Martin
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