Any more instructions for us Linux newbies based on the stuff below? Maybe
you can indicate what may be better choices.
I ran this on a RAQ2 that I'm about to not be using anymore, so I'm not
worried about messing things up. After installing something with CPAN it
asked if I wanted to install the latest version of CPAN. So I did a install
CPAN. At the end, it returned this:
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dubious
Test returned status 2 (wstat 512, 0x200)
DIED. FAILED test 1
Failed 1/1 tests, 0.00% okay
Failed Test Status Wstat Total Fail Failed List of failed
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t/loadme.t 2 512 1 1 100.00% 1
Failed 1/1 test scripts, 0.00% okay. 1/1 subtests failed, 0.00% okay.
make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 2
/usr/bin/make test -- NOT OK
Running make install
make test had returned bad status, won't install without force
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Something happened in the 'make test' phase. It apparently didn't build correctly. This could be because of a failed dependency (not another module, but an outside program that isn't there...for instance, you need to have mysql installed to install the mysql-perl module.)
The module can be found in /root/.cpan/build/<mod name> Try to build it by and and see what happens.
Below is the original response and what I gave it, sometimes just hitting enter, for the questions it asked.
You should really find and install unzip, lynx, and ncftp. They are invaluable on any system.
Where is your gzip program? [/bin/gzip] Where is your tar program? [/bin/tar] Warning: unzip not found in PATH Where is your unzip program? [] Where is your make program? [/usr/bin/make] Warning: lynx not found in PATH Where is your lynx program? [] Warning: ncftp not found in PATH Where is your ncftp program? [] Where is your ftp program? [/usr/bin/ftp] What is your favorite pager program? [/usr/bin/less] What is your favorite shell? [/bin/sh]
The rest looks fine. -Dave