On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 07:04:56PM -0600, Steven Lembark wrote: > > > Hello, > > I am trying to use Apache::DBI module. I got it installed on the SUSE > > Linux 11SP4 on my dev box. > > > > It has a dependency of mod_perl2. But when I try to install > > mod_perl2, I get > > > > Please repair your Module::CoreList at lib/Apache2/Build.pm line 51. > > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at lib/Apache2/Build.pm line 66. > > Compilation failed in require at Makefile.PL line 39. > > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Makefile.PL line 39. > > > > Going by the code in Build.pm, I think the version between Corelist > > and Embed is not matching. But the same is installed on our test > > servers and I am not sure what is different. Probably it has > > Apache::DBI for Apache 1.x installed? How do I check? and any help to > > resolve the above error? > > You will probably find that maintaining your own copy of Perl is > less work than depending on the pre-compiled [mess] in most > distro's is less work. Building Perl takes little enough time: just > install it into /opt/perl/<version> via: > > ./Configure --prefix=/opt/perl -de;
This is really true and this is really a problem. It would be nice to get some alternate packages made for the larger distros > > (you can see examples of building it in some of my talks on > slideshare.net if you like). After that: > > cd /opt/perl; > rm *; > ln -fs <version>/* .; > > [ -d /opt/bin ] || mkdir /opt/bin; > cd /opt/bin; > ln -fs ../perl/bin/* .; > > and add "/opt/bin" to your path. After that "cpan FooBar" will > install any modules you require, probably with less hassle than > working around O/S issues with library versions. > > You could spend a week or so banging your head out deciphering > whatever bone-headed assumptions the distro builders made or > just get it right the first time yourself. > > The process may look daunting the first time around but after > a while you'll notice it takes only a few of your favorite > beverages a month to maintain and induces far less annoyance... > > Enjoy > > -- > Steven Lembark 3646 Flora Place > Workhorse Computing St. Louis, MO 63110 > lemb...@wrkhors.com +1 888 359 3508 -- So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998 http://www.mrbrklyn.com DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002 http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive http://www.coinhangout.com - coins! http://www.brooklyn-living.com Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and extermination camps, but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013
