Hi all,

I was trying to install biopieces ( a set of bioinformatics tools) and run into the following when testing/installing the first of required prerequisites:

there was a long stdout listing a lot of activity, but evenually it came to this:

This error comes on both x86_64 SciLinux55 and RHEL58 machines.

I have already installed a few program bundles on either box, most of which went through the standard sequence(configure, make, make install) with no problems, so how something can be wrong with make?

The problem speaks itself already:

The software you are trying to build reguires a higher version. From that you can inquire the solution.

Goodluck.

Sorry - a higher version of what? I am using Perl 5.8.8, which came with either system (SciLinux and RHEL). I tried installing all other prerequisites, down the list provided on web page. Here is result of manual installation of all prerequisite modules, using ‘sudo cpan’ then ‘install <module>’

* Module::Build /usr/bin/make test -- NOT OK
/usr/bin/make install -- OK after installing other modules below

* Bit::Vector up to date
* SVG up to date
* Term::ReadKey up to date
* Time::HiRes /usr/bin/make install -- OK
* DBI /usr/bin/make install -- OK

* XML::Parser failed at the end Failed 2/14 test programs. 2/96 subtests failed.
make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255
/usr/bin/make test -- NOT OK
Running make install
make test had returned bad status, won't install without force

* Carp::Clan up to date
* Class::Inspector /usr/bin/make install -- OK
* HTML::Parser up to date
* LWP up to date

* SOAP::Lite Result: FAIL
Failed 1/33 test programs. 2/854 subtests failed.
make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255
/usr/bin/make test -- NOT OK
Running make install
make test had returned bad status, won't install without force

* URI /usr/bin/make install -- OK
* Inline up to date
* Parse::RecDescent /usr/bin/make install -- OK
* version up to date
* DB_File /usr/bin/make install -- OK

* DBD::mysql Running make test
Make had some problems, maybe interrupted? Won't test
Running make install
Make had some problems, maybe interrupted? Won't install

So, I went one by one after Module::Build (which failed to install) and results are summarized above. Some modules were up to date already, some installed just fine with concluding output ‘/usr/bin/make install -- OK’, but XML::Parser and SOAP::Lite did not with last lines of stdout as shown. DBD::mysql did not install because some directories were missing, but last lines of stdout were again about ’make’. After finishing the list, I tried again to install Module::Build and this time it did install normally. However, XML::Parser, SOAP::Lite and DBD::mysql returned the same errors.

So, apparently a higher version was not needed, as most of the modules installed fine with no complains about 'make', yet a couple of stubborn modules still complain about it. May be a higher version is indeed needed - but of what?

#1, # 3
'-6.46' is later than '-6.30' : A higher version.


There is no "Modules::Build" ! That's a typo. The module name is Module::Build


Actually it is much easier to start fetching 'perl-Module-Build' etc. from Rpmforge.

If you want to install 'Module::Build' with cpan :
First thing to do is : cpan> install ExtUtils::MakeMaker


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"biopieces perl modules" that can be installed with yum :

# yum install \
perl-Module-Build perl-Bit-Vector perl-SVG perl-DBI perl-XML-Parser \
perl-Carp-Clan perl-Class-Inspector perl-HTML-Parser perl-SOAP-Lite \
perl-URI perl-Inline perl-Parse-RecDescent perl-version perl-DBD-MySQL


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