installing modules in CPAN

jeadong1 · 01-15-2012, 04:54 PM

Hi, I am very new to linux and have been using windows my whole life, so when i recently was trying to use cpan to download some modules for perl, I would always get this

Code:

 make: *** No rule to make target `make'.  Stop.
  DLUX/Parallel-ForkManager-0.7.9.tar.gz
  make make make -- NOT OK
'YAML' not installed, will not store persistent state
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Failed during this command:
 DLUX/Parallel-ForkManager-0.7.9.tar.gz       : make NO

Any help on how i can fix this will be deeply appreciated.

jeadong1 · 01-15-2012, 04:58 PM

I forgot to mention that I am using ubuntu

sycamorex · 01-15-2012, 05:02 PM

I'm not a perl expert but it might be something to do with lack of 'make' on your system.
Try installing 'build-essential' on Ubuntu:

Code:

sudo apt-get install build-essential

and then see if you can install perl modules.

jeadong1 · 01-15-2012, 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sycamorex

I'm not a perl expert but it might be something to do with lack of 'make' on your system.
Try installing 'build-essential' on Ubuntu:

Code:

sudo apt-get install build-essential

and then see if you can install perl modules.

I just did that and it didnt do the trick. I got the exact same result when using CPAN again

sycamorex · 01-15-2012, 05:18 PM

I just looked at the cpan website, perhaps this will help:

Code:

curl -L http://cpanmin.us | perl - --sudo App::cpanminus

cpanminus is responsible for building and installing modules from CPAN.

knudfl · 01-15-2012, 05:47 PM

How about :
sudo apt-get install libparallel-forkmanager-perl

EDIT : This works OK too on Ubuntu 11.10 :
sudo cpan
cpan > install Parallel::ForkManager

.

jeadong1 · 01-15-2012, 08:29 PM

So when i used

Code:

 sudo apt-get install libparallel-forkmanager-perl

i was able to get the package installed, however even after using curl -L and installing cpanminu or using
cpan > install Parallel::ForkManager
I still get the exact same thing

Code:

hecking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for Parallel::ForkManager
make: *** No rule to make target `make'.  Stop.
  DLUX/Parallel-ForkManager-0.7.9.tar.gz
  make make make -- NOT OK
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Failed during this command:
 DLUX/Parallel-ForkManager-0.7.9.tar.gz       : make NO

Thanks however for the help thus far ^^

knudfl · 01-15-2012, 08:54 PM

Are you quite sure that the package 'make' is installed ?

The command 'which make' should reply : /usr/bin/make