Perl : Error during installion of a module of CPAN

Question

I run on Mac OS X 10.5 and I want to write a program in Perl. However, I need to install the module RDF::Trine and DBD::CSV and I got an error when I install both.

If I write :

install RDF::Trine

The error is :

Files=51, Tests=5,  2 wallclock secs ( 0.21 usr  0.18 sys +  1.30 cusr  0.51 csys =  2.20 CPU)
Result: FAIL
Failed 49/51 test programs. 5/5 subtests failed.
make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 2
  /usr/bin/make test -- NOT OK
Running make install
  make test had returned bad status, won't install without force

And the error for the installation of DBD::CSV is :

Files=21, Tests=18,  1 wallclock secs ( 0.10 usr  0.08 sys +  0.85 cusr  0.26 csys =  1.29 CPU)
Result: FAIL
Failed 16/21 test programs. 2/18 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

Do you have a solution for me?

Solution

Can you post the output of:

cpan RDF::Trine

or even

cpan Bundle::CPAN

A LOT of perl developers develop on MacOS. I'd be surprised if it didn't work out of the box.

Updated, easier to read cpan output here than in a comment. It looks like your cpan is set to ignore dependencies:

---- Unsatisfied dependencies detected during ----
----     GWILLIAMS/RDF-Trine-0.125.tar.gz     ----
    Text::Table [requires]
    DBD::SQLite [requires]
    XML::LibXML::SAX [requires]
    Unicode::Escape [requires]
    Unicode::String [requires]
    Text::CSV [requires]
    Error [requires]
    Test::Exception [requires]
    Test::JSON [requires]
    XML::Namespace [requires]
    Data::UUID [requires]
    Math::Combinatorics [requires]
    Set::Scalar [requires]
    XML::CommonNS [requires]
    XML::LibXML [requires]
    JSON [requires]
    Log::Log4perl [requires]
  Ignoring dependencies on modules ARRAY(0x4d22268), ARRAY(0x5463770), ARRAY(0x4d1bbe4), ARRAY(0x4d22724), ARRAY(0x4d21fc8), ARRAY(0x4d226c4), ARRAY(0x4d21fa4), ARRAY(0x5463830), ARRAY(0x5463878), ARRAY(0x4d24cf0), ARRAY(0x4d22784), ARRAY(0x4d21f74), ARRAY(0x4d21f5c), ARRAY(0x4d21e3c), ARRAY(0x4d21ee4), ARRAY(0x4d21d4c), ARRAY(0x4d21e84), ARRAY(0x4d21c80), ARRAY(0x4d21efc), ARRAY(0x4d2219c), ARRAY(0x4d21fb0), ARRAY(0x4d2213c), ARRAY(0x4d21ddc), ARRAY(0x4d2264c), ARRAY(0x4d21ed8), ARRAY(0x5463818), ARRAY(0x4d21d94), ARRAY(0x4d22640), ARRAY(0x4d21de8), ARRAY(0x4d1bb00), ARRAY(0x4d21c98), ARRAY(0x4d2225c), ARRAY(0x4d21f68), ARRAY(0x4d22334)

prerequisites_policy is the configuration variable that controls this behavior.

Confirm the setting by running o conf prerequisites_policy and if it's set to anything other than ask, run:

o conf prerequisites_policy ask
o conf commit

(Those are lowercase letter "oh")

Then repeat your cpan commands.

Comments

[szbalint]

Could you post the full test output? It's a bit hard to tell what's wrong without that output.

[user376112]

I'd like to answer to you request. However, now when I enter something in the cpan shell, I've this error : Argument "yes" isn't numeric in numeric ge (>=) at /Library/Perl/5.8.8/Term/ReadLine/readline.pm line 2192. And the program crashs... Do you know the reason of this? It could be because I ran 2 process of CPAN and he asked me some strange questions...

[user376112]

Do you have any idea why my program cashs?

[user376112]

/usr/bin/tar: Read 4608 bytes from - RDF-Trine-0.125/bin/rdf_transcode.pl CPAN: File::Temp loaded ok (v0.22) ---- Unsatisfied dependencies detected during ---- ---- GWILLIAMS/RDF-Trine-0.125.tar.gz ---- ExtUtils::MakeMaker [build_requires] Ignoring dependencies on modules ARRAY(0x3148da4), ARRAY(0x3148cb4) never reached at /Library/Perl/Updates/5.8.8/CPAN/Distribution.pm line 667. This is only the end because stackoverflow don't allow me to post more...

[user376112]

If I apply the sudo cpan Bundle::CPAN, Ive an error : Non-zero exit status: 2 Parse errors: Bad plan. You planned 2 tests but ran 0. t/04_pwhich.t (Wstat: 512 Tests: 0 Failed: 0) Non-zero exit status: 2 Parse errors: Bad plan. You planned 4 tests but ran 0. Files=7, Tests=14, 0 wallclock secs ( 0.04 usr 0.03 sys + 0.14 cusr 0.04 csys = 0.25 CPU) Result: FAIL Failed 2/7 test programs. 0/14 subtests failed. make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255 ADAMK/File-Which-1.09.tar.gz /usr/bin/make test -- NOT OK //hint// to see the cpan-testers results for installing this module, try:

[daxim]

Downvote for teaching sudo cpan. This is not a good idea at all because the tests run with root privileges. Instead, they should be used only for installing into system locations. make_install_make_command and mbuild_install_build_command exist for this reason.

[Jason]

@daxim - Sorry about that. I've been doing it like that for years. does the cpan command default to using sudo if it's available automatically?

[Jason]

@user376112 -- you can post that output as a new answer, to your question, or edit your original question to include this output. It'd be easier to read in those cases than as a comment. However -- from the snip you did paste, it looks like you also need ExtUtils::MakeMaker. Try installing that via cpan, then retry your original list. cpan is supposed to be able to track this and do it for you, so something is not quite kosher here.

[daxim]

Undid downvote after edit. No, CPAN does not default to using sudo if available. If you want this improvement, you can write up a patch: github.com/andk/cpanpm

[user376112]

My output is too long for stackoverflow. I've uploaded my output file at this URL : rapidshare.com/files/412708777/outuptRDF.txt It's for the command : cpan RDF::Trine thanks for your help

[user376112]

Thanks again for your answer. The problem is the same as I told before. My cpan shell is crashed. If I try to execute a command inside, I've an error. For example, If I apply your command, I've this : cpan[1]> o conf prerequisites_policy askArgument "yes" isn't numeric in numeric ge (>=) at /Library/Perl/5.8.8/Term/ReadLine/readline.pm line 2192 Do you know the cause of this problem?

[Jason]

Try manually editing /System/Library/Perl/5.8.8/CPAN/Config.pm (this is the path to the file on my MacOS 10.5 PPC machine)

[Jason]

After you correct that problem, you may want to re-install Term::ReadLine ASAP to correct the readline problems.

[user376112]

The path is correct. However, I've no such file in thedirectory /System/Library/Perl/5.8.8/CPAN. Do I have to create this file? If yes, could you show me the content of your file? Thanks

[user376112]

could I see the content of your file?

[Jason]

@user376112 - sorry, I vanished for a few days, and I didn't have my mac booted up (it's a slow G4 1ghz :-/) I've dumped my config @ pastebin.com/TZFqiph1 , it's good for the next month.