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neomail and perl install

by nathanvit (Beadle)
on May 07, 2003 at 11:30 UTC ( [id://256164]=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

nathanvit has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello, i tried to install Neomail, a web based perl email client; when i start to install, it tells me it requires MD5 module; so i downloaded it from CPAN but when i type perl Makefile.pl it gives me an error:
Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good Error: Unable to locate installed Perl libraries or Perl source code. It is recommended that you install perl in a standard location before building extensions. Some precompiled versions of perl do not contain these header files, so you cannot build extensions. In such a case, please build and install your perl from a fresh perl distribution. It usually solves this kind of problem. (You get this message, because MakeMaker could not find "/usr/lib/perl +5/5.8.0/i86-linux-thread-multi/CORE/perl.h")
Well; i tried to search on PerlMonks for this argumet and i find 'Unable to locate installed Perl libraries' Error and tye answer but i can't understand: i have the /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i86-linux-thread-multi/CORE/ directory but perl.h doesn't exist: it contains only "libperl.so"; if i type perl -V i can't find $Config{privlib} nor $Config{archlib}.
What have i to install?
i hope i explain well my problem; sorry for my english...

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Re: neomail and perl install
by Improv (Pilgrim) on May 07, 2003 at 11:49 UTC
    Where'd you get your perl? Did it come with your OS? If so, what OS/distribution is it? If not, did you compile it yourself or get it as an external package?
      Ok sorry for few information. I get perl with my OS. It is Linux Mandrake 9.0
        Hey, I grabbed the rpm of perl-base from mandrake 9, and it indeed lacks perl.h. No worries -- it's part of the perl-devel package (which you presumably don't have installed). Go grab it here.
Re: neomail and perl install
by phydeauxarff (Priest) on May 07, 2003 at 12:34 UTC
    If you have CPAN installed you should try using that to install and manage modules as it makes life quite a bit easier.

    Try -
         perl -MCPAN -e 'install Some::Module'

      Except in this case, it wouldn't help. CPAN and MakeMaker both use Config;, and if Config.pm is corrupted, it's not gonna help one bit.


      MJD says you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!
      I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6x+5.8x. I take requests.
      ** The Third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.

        <doh>

        Gads! How could I have missed that?
        thanks for the correction
        </doh>

      I've tried to type perl -MCPAN -e 'install MD5' and it started installation. Then i retype it but it responds: Probably have i to be root?
        No, I think that Improv is correct...you need to install the perl development package for Mandrake.....which is where I get off, as I am strictly a Debian guy and  apt-get install perl just isn't going to help you much ;-)

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