On Thu, 2014-07-24 at 00:28 +1200, Kent Fredric wrote: > > On 22 July 2014 06:05, Chris <cpoll...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > I'm not a programmer so I apologize if I'm on the wrong list > but I'm > looking for some assistance in installing File::Scan::ClamAV. > I've tried > multiple ways, CPAN and from source, to install this and I > constantly > get the errors shown here http://pastebin.com/drEmcSc5 I need > to get > this installed so I can interface SpamAssassin with ClamAV. > Any help or > advice would be appreciated. This is being installed on a > Ubuntu 14.04 > LTS box. > > > Here, your problem i that the modules fail testing, and that > subsequently don't install due to failing testing. > > > The reason for it is probable either: > > > a) Your system ClamAV is no longer compatible with the ClamAV module > b) The ClamAV module is no longer compatible with some dependency > > c) The ClamAV module is no longer compatible with perl > > > Unfortunately, all of these mean the solution to your problem will be > specific to the module, not a general problem with Perl Module > installation. > > > 1. The ClamAV module hasn't seen maintenance since 2009. > > 2. However, the good news is there are some passes on recent perls > ( http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=File-Scan-ClamAV+1.91 ), > indicating its more likely to be a ClamAV/Dependency issue. > > 3. There are however, 7 open bugs > https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=File-Scan-ClamAV > > 4. This bug suggests indeed, that the ClamAV API has been changed, and > the module has not been updated to adjust > https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=54205 > > 5. .... which suggests you may want to try installing an older version > of ClamAV such as ClamAV-0.93 and see if that helps > > > > > -- > Kent > > > KENTNL - https://metacpan.org/author/KENTNL
Thanks Kent, someone on the ClamAV mailing list sent me a list of changes to be made in the 't' folder to the tests and to the 'mkconf.pl' file there. After that it installed flawlessly. Thank you for your reply Chris -- Chris 31.11°N 97.89°W (Elev. 1092 ft) 07:43:02 up 2 days, 13:57, 1 user, load average: 0.11, 0.25, 0.24 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, kernel 3.13.0-32-generic -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
