[Chicago-talk] Can anyone help with problem installing perl Tk?

David Mertens dcmertens.perl at gmail.com
Fri Jun 21 21:03:49 PDT 2013


I agree with Sean. If this seems daunting, though, you can use perlbrew to
manage everything. Building Perl is remarkably easy, but perlbrew is even
easier.

You'll have to reinstall all your CPAN modules under the new Perl, but
that's a one-time setup that should go smoothly.

David
On Jun 21, 2013 11:55 AM, "Sean Blanton" <sblanton at choppertrading.com>
wrote:

>  My two cents: I would recommend never using a Perl that comes with an
> OS, which is for the OS to use, not for you. Better to install your own
> Perl where you can use CPAN and avoid such problems. If you have really
> light use of Perl, I guess you can get away with it, but anything
> interesting and you will likely need something that diverges from the OS
> Perl.
>
>
>
> Trying to build locally with CPAN and an OS version of Perl is also likely
> to bring frustration as the OS Perl may not have the same files as a
> standard Perl. Most importantly, never use CPAN to install modules into the
> OS Perl if you have access to do so – you will break programs that come
> with the OS distribution.
>
>
>
> So, build your own Perl – it’s easy, and be totally free and clean, baby!
> If you don’t have internet access, get a Perl tar ball, build a minicpan
> from a machine that does have internet access and use that.
>
>
>
> Sean
>
>
>
> *From:* Chicago-talk [mailto:chicago-talk-bounces+sblanton=
> choppertrading.com at pm.org] *On Behalf Of *imran javaid
> *Sent:* Friday, June 21, 2013 10:50 AM
> *To:* Chicago.pm chatter
> *Subject:* Re: [Chicago-talk] Can anyone help with problem installing
> perl Tk?
>
>
>
> You probably do not have a repository set up for your machine.
>
> Your other choice would be to download the RPM:
>
>
> http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3?stat=26&dist=79&size=2286288&name=perl-Tk-804.030-15.3.x86_64.rpm
>
> and install the RPM (using the rpm command).
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 10:45 AM, <richard at rushlogistics.com> wrote:
>
> When I do yum search perl-Tk
>
>
>
> I get: No Matches found
>
>
>
>
> El Jun 21, 2013, a las 10:17 AM, imran javaid <imranjj at gmail.com>
> escribió:
>
>  Have you tried installing it via yum? i.e.
>
> yum search perl-Tk
>
> it should show you several rpms available but you probably just want this
> one:
>
> sudo yum install perl-Tk.x86_64
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 10:07 AM, <richard at rushlogistics.com> wrote:
>
> Hal thanks for the prompt reply. As I mentioned in my post I have done
> that and found nothing that seems to apply to the problems that I am having.
>
>
>
> El Jun 21, 2013, a las 9:58 AM, Hal Wigoda <hal.wigoda at gmail.com>
> escribió:
>
>
> > Check out reports SREZIC/Tk-804.031.tar.gz
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > On Jun 21, 2013, at 9:49 AM, Richard Reina <richard at rushlogistics.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> I am trying to install perl Tk on a Centos-6.4 machine with the
> following command:
> >>
> >> # perl -MCPAN -e 'force install Tk';
> >>
> >> The output seems to look good in the beginning. I see the various
> windows opening and closing. But the story ends with:
> >>
> >> TODO passed:   52, 66, 80, 94
> >> Files=72, Tests=4338, 58 wallclock secs ( 1.06 usr  0.22 sys + 17.76
> cusr  1.60 csys = 20.64 CPU)
> >> Result: FAIL
> >> Failed 2/72 test programs. 14/4338 subtests failed.
> >> make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255
> >> SREZIC/Tk-804.031.tar.gz
> >> /usr/bin/make test -- NOT OK
> >> //hint// to see the cpan-testers results for installing this module,
> try:
> >> reports SREZIC/Tk-804.031.tar.gz
> >> Warning (usually harmless): 'YAML' not installed, will not store
> persistent state
> >> Running make install
> >> make test had returned bad status, won't install without force
> >>
> >>
> >> I have included more of the output below. I have also tried to install
> it from source but get errors at 'make'.  I have also looked in the INSTALL
> file but see no documentation that seems to relate to my problem. Any help
> would be greatly, greatly appreciated.
> >>
> >> Thanks so much!
> >>
> >> Richard
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> chmod 755 ../blib/arch/auto/Tk/Entry/Entry.so
> >> cp Entry.bs ../blib/arch/auto/Tk/Entry/Entry.bs
> >> chmod 644 ../blib/arch/auto/Tk/Entry/Entry.bs
> >> make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/.cpan/build/Tk-804.031-XvbIzL/Entry'
> >> make[1]: Entering directory
> `/root/.cpan/build/Tk-804.031-XvbIzL/DragDrop'
> >> cp DragDrop/Rect.pm ../blib/lib/Tk/DragDrop/Rect.pm
> >> cp DragDrop/LocalDrop.pm ../blib/lib/Tk/DragDrop/LocalDrop.pm
> >> cp DragDrop/SunSite.pm ../blib/lib/Tk/DragDrop/SunSite.pm
> >> cp DropSite.pod ../blib/lib/Tk/DropSite.pod
> >> cp DragDrop/XDNDSite.pm ../blib/lib/Tk/DragDrop/XDNDSite.pm
> >> cp DragDrop.pm ../blib/lib/Tk/DragDrop.pm
> >> cp DragDrop/SunConst.pm ../blib/lib/Tk/DragDrop/SunConst.pm
> >> cp DragDrop/Common.pm ../blib/lib/Tk/DragDrop/Common.pm
> >> cp DropSite.pm ../blib/lib/Tk/DropSite.pm
> >> cp DragDrop/Common.pod ../blib/lib/Tk/DragDrop/Common.pod
> >> cp DragDrop/SunConst.pod ../blib/lib/Tk/DragDrop/SunConst.pod
> >> cp DragDrop/SunDrop.pm ../blib/lib/Tk/DragDrop/SunDrop.pm
> >> cp Dra
>
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