Re: Problems installing ExtUtils

Hi Johan,

On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 11:04:55 +0000
Carstensen Johan <[email protected]> wrote:

> I run into the following problem when trying to install ExtUtils:
>=20
> 11:59:09 perforce@xxxyyy:~/perl/modules/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.90$ perl
> Makefile.PL Using included version of JSON::PP::Compat5006 (1.09) because=
 it
> is not already installed. Using included version of Parse::CPAN::Meta
> (1.4405) because it is not already installed. Using included version of
> File::Copy::Recursive (0.38) because it is not already installed. Using
> included version of CPAN::Meta::YAML (0.008) because it is not already
> installed. Using included version of ExtUtils::Install (1.54) because it =
is
> not already installed. Using included version of JSON::PP (2.27203) becau=
se
> it is not already installed. Using included version of ExtUtils::Manifest
> (1.60) because it is not already installed. Using included version of
> CPAN::Meta (2.120351) because it is not already installed. Generating a
> Unix-style Makefile Writing Makefile for ExtUtils::MakeMaker Writing
> MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json Can't locate Test/Harness.pm in @INC (@INC
> contains: bundled/ExtUtils-Command bundled/JSON-PP-Compat5006
> bundled/Parse-CPAN-Meta bundled/File-Copy-Recursive bundled/CPAN-Meta-YAML
> bundled/ExtUtils-Install bundled/version bundled/JSON-PP
> bundled/ExtUtils-Manifest bundled/CPAN-Meta bundled/Scalar-List-Utils
> bundled/File-Temp
> lib . /usr/local/lib64/perl5 /usr/local/share/perl5 /usr/lib64/perl5/vend=
or_perl /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib64/perl5 /usr/share/perl5)
> at Makefile.PL line 147.
>=20
> When Trying to install Test-Harness I get:
>=20
> 12:01:02 perforce@xxxyyy:~/perl/modules/Test-Harness-3.30$ perl Makefile.=
PL
> Can't locate ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm in @INC (@INC
> contains: /usr/local/lib64/perl5 /usr/local/share/perl5 /usr/lib64/perl5/=
vendor_perl /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib64/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 =
.)
> at Makefile.PL line 8. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Makefile.PL l=
ine
> 8.
>=20
> Too me it looks like a circular behavior you have to have one of the 2 to
> install the other.

Yes, you are right, but both Test::Harness and ExtUtils::MakeMaker are core
modules, and I think they both require relatively minimal versions of one
another. Why isn't Test::Harness installed?

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

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