How do I download and install a Perl module?

slang830 · 08-21-2006, 02:28 PM

I'm installing Webmin on an Ubuntu 6.06 server and I keep getting "access denied" msgs. I checked the miniserv.error log and it says that Authen::PAM is required and not installed.

My 2 Qs are:

How do I get that from CPAN using the command line?

How do I then install it?

Any help much appreciated - thanks in advance folks.

slang830 · 08-21-2006, 05:57 PM

Still trying to crack this.

I tried apt-get install libauthen-pam-erl but then I got the following errmsg:

'No candidate version found for libauthen-pam-perl'

Having no luck, I then tried cpan> install Authen:PAM which ended with the msg:

'C compiler cannot create executables'

any ideas anyone?

gilead · 08-21-2006, 06:44 PM

It could be that you need to use Authen::PAM instead of Authen:PAM. Or, you could try this:

Code:

wget http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/N/NI/NIKIP/Authen-PAM-0.16.tar.gz
tar -zxf Authen-PAM-0.16.tar.gz
cd Authen-PAM-0.16
perl Makefile.PL && make && make test
su -
# cd to the Authen-PAM-0.16 directory
make install

I've left out the dependency checks, etc...

slang830 · 08-22-2006, 01:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gilead

It could be that you need to use Authen::PAM instead of Authen:PAM. Or, you could try this:

Code:

wget http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/N/NI/NIKIP/Authen-PAM-0.16.tar.gz
tar -zxf Authen-PAM-0.16.tar.gz
cd Authen-PAM-0.16
perl Makefile.PL && make && make test
su -
# cd to the Authen-PAM-0.16 directory
make install

I've left out the dependency checks, etc...

Sorry that single colon was a typo in my post but not in the command. Thanks for your reply, I tried your advice but still getting errmsgs i.e. "cannot find the pam_appl.h file" - see below:

$ perl Makefile.PL && make && make test

Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for pam header files in... no
configure: error: cannot find the pam_appl.h file
Error in configuring the Authen::PAM module.

gilead · 08-22-2006, 02:40 PM

Do you have PAM installed? In the Pre-requisites section of the README it mentions that it's required...

mastrboy · 08-22-2006, 03:48 PM

tryed the following?

Code:

perl -MCPAN -e 'shell'
install Authen::PAM

or just

Code:

perl -MCPAN -e 'install Authen::PAM'

slang830 · 08-22-2006, 07:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mastrboy

tryed the following?

Code:

perl -MCPAN -e 'shell'
install Authen::PAM

or just

Code:

perl -MCPAN -e 'install Authen::PAM'

Yep I've tried both of these and this is the errmsg displayed at the very end of that installation:

Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for pam header files in... no
configure: error: cannot find the pam_appl.h file
Error in configuring the Authen::PAM module.

EDIT:

Solved it - big thx to Kernelpanicked

I also had to install libpam-dev

then

cd .cpan/build/Authen-PAM-0.16/

and

perl Makefile.PL && make && make test

RESULT!!

Thanks to all for assistance and advice given.

wester55 · 08-18-2008, 06:28 AM

Install Development files for PAM:
apt-get install libpam0g-dev
Then try again.