cpan> locate -u Unknown shell command 'locate -u'. Type ? for help.

sharad2005 · 08-03-2006, 07:46 AM

hi
i had installed slackware 10.2 with kernal 2.4.31
now i installed all the softwares given in the scratch install
but when i install mysql 4.0.27
it shows error in CPAN prompt while trying this command----------
locate -u
the error is---------------

cpan> install O/OY/OYAMA/Net-MySQL-0.08.tar.gz
Running make for O/OY/OYAMA/Net-MySQL-0.08.tar.gz
Is already unwrapped into directory /root/.cpan/build/Net-MySQL-0.08
Has already been processed within this session
Running make test
PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl5.8.7 "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t
t/0.load........ok
t/1.password....ok
All tests successful.
Files=2, Tests=6, 0 wallclock secs ( 0.16 cusr + 0.03 csys = 0.19 CPU)
/usr/bin/make test -- OK
Running make install
Already done
cpan> locate -u
Unknown shell command 'locate -u'. Type ? for help.

thanks in advance

spirit receiver · 08-04-2006, 12:40 AM

When you're in the CPAN shell, you can't use ordinary shell commands. Type Ctrl-d to exit. (Although locate doesn't have a -u switch here, I don't know what you're trying to do. At least the installation of that Perl module seems to be alright.)