> This might be better off on a Mandrake list, but I was hoping for an > answer here (esp. since I'm already subscribed here :-) > > I tried to install Getopt:Simple via CPAN on my new Mandrake 9.2 box. > I get this > > Error: Unable to locate installed Perl libraries or Perl source > code. > > It is recommended that you install perl in a standard location > before > building extensions. Some precompiled versions of perl do not > contain > these header files, so you cannot build extensions. In such a > case, > please build and install your perl from a fresh perl > distribution. It > usually solves this kind of problem. > > (You get this message, because MakeMaker could not find > "/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.1/i386-linux-thread-multi/CORE/perl.h") > As the note indicates - there is no perl.h in the indicated directory > (but the directory is there) > Do I really have to reinstall perl? It works and is in /usr/bin > which seems normal to me.... > Brian >
If mandrake is still similar to RedHat and uses RPMs or some kind of binary distribution then there might be a separate perl-dev package or some such that comes with the distro that will contain the header files that you will need. Sometimes these are only installed if you select developer packages, etc. I assume to have gotten this far you have make, gcc, etc. installed. Having said that I haven't heard of this before with respect to the base Perl install, and it would seem rather silly of Mandrake, but you never know... You may have better luck asking in a Mandrake forum about what packages you need to install to get the provided perl.h... Good luck, http://danconia.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
