Problem installing PDF::Template

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

I'm getting the following error when attempting to install PDF::Template. It's probably simple, but I have mimimal understanding of make files. Can someone offer help?

  CPAN.pm: Going to build R/RK/RKINYON/PDF-Template-0.22.tar.gz

Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for PDF::Template
Can't find string terminator "'" anywhere before EOF at -e line 1.
/bin/sh: line 1: s!UNI_YES: command not found
make: *** [pm_to_blib] Error 127
  /usr/bin/make  -- NOT OK
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
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Re: Problem installing PDF::Template by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Jan 07, 2008 at 23:03 UTC
sighs It's been a long time since I heard of someone running into this problem. In the Makefile.PL, you'll see a line setting $pm_filter. It looks something like: `my $pm_filter = $use_unicode ? q{perl -pi -e "s!UNI_YES ! !g;s!UNI_NO !\\#!g"} : q{perl -pi -e "s!UNI_NO ! !g;s!UNI_YES !\\#!g"};` [download] Change it to: `my $pm_filter = $use_unicode ? q{perl -pi -e 's!UNI_YES ! !g;s!UNI_NO !\\#!g'} : q{perl -pi -e 's!UNI_NO ! !g;s!UNI_YES !\\#!g'};` [download] and everything should work fine. The change was the double-quotes to single-quotes. My criteria for good software: Does it work? Can someone else come in, make a change, and be reasonably certain no bugs were introduced?	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Problem installing PDF::Template by mhearse (Chaplain) on Jan 07, 2008 at 23:27 UTC
I'm getting: `String found where operator expected at -e line 1, near "s!UNI_YES !#! +g''" syntax error at -e line 1, near "'perl -pi -e 's!UNI_NO ! !g" syntax error at -e line 1, near "s!UNI_YES !#!g''" Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors. make: *** [pm_to_blib] Error 255` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Problem installing PDF::Template by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Jan 08, 2008 at 02:32 UTC
Sorry. You'll need to fix the quotes a bit more. There are some single-quotes that need to be converted to double-quotes around the regex. My criteria for good software: Does it work? Can someone else come in, make a change, and be reasonably certain no bugs were introduced?	[reply]
Re: Problem installing PDF::Template by Khen1950fx (Canon) on Jan 08, 2008 at 06:27 UTC
I think that you have a Unicode problem. Read Rob Kinyon's response to this problem	[reply]


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