I got the same error, "/opt/ActivePerl-5.14/lib/CORE/libperl.so: file not recognized: File format not recognized".
make
cp lib/PAR/Packer.pm blib/lib/PAR/Packer.pm
cp lib/PAR/StrippedPARL/Base.pm blib/lib/PAR/StrippedPARL/Base.pm
cp lib/PAR/Filter/PodStrip.pm blib/lib/PAR/Filter/PodStrip.pm
cp lib/PAR/Filter/Obfuscate.pm blib/lib/PAR/Filter/Obfuscate.pm
cp lib/App/Packer/PAR.pm blib/lib/App/Packer/PAR.pm
cp lib/PAR/Filter.pm blib/lib/PAR/Filter.pm
cp lib/PAR/Filter/PatchContent.pm blib/lib/PAR/Filter/PatchContent.pm
cp lib/PAR/Filter/Bytecode.pm blib/lib/PAR/Filter/Bytecode.pm
cp lib/pp.pm blib/lib/pp.pm
cp lib/PAR/Filter/Bleach.pm blib/lib/PAR/Filter/Bleach.pm
make1: Entering directory `/tmp/PAR-Packer-1.012/myldr'
Makefile:726: warning: overriding commands for target `.c.o' Makefile:332: warning: ignoring old commands for target `.c.o' /opt/ActivePerl-5.14/bin/perl-static ./file2c.pl -s ../script/par.pl my_par_pl.c load_my_par_pl /opt/ActivePerl-5.14/bin/perl-static sha1.c.PL gcc -c -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE -DPERL_RELOCATABLE_INCPUSH -fno-merge-constants -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/opt/ActivePerl-5.14/lib/CORE -DPARL_EXE=\"parl\" -O2 main.c
In file included from mktmpdir.h:85,
from mktmpdir.c:1,
from main.c:52:
sha1.c: In function ‘sha_transform’:
sha1.c:146: warning: right shift count >= width of type gcc main.o -s -Wl,-E -Wl,-rpath,/opt/ActivePerl-5.14/lib/CORE -L/opt/ActivePerl-5.14/lib/CORE -lperl -lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc -o ./par
/opt/ActivePerl-5.14/lib/CORE/libperl.so: file not
recognized: File format not recognized
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make1: *** par Error 1
make1: Leaving directory `/tmp/PAR-Packer-1.012/myldr'
make: *** subdirs Error 2