Am trying to install using -MCPAN -e and it finishes with cannot find
/usr/.../EXTERN.h and aborts the make install. i an a newbie and cannot find
any references to this or what makes it. any suggestions. THANKS

news.dallas.sbcglobal.net wrote:

> Am trying to install using -MCPAN -e and it finishes with cannot find
> /usr/.../EXTERN.h and aborts the make install. i an a newbie and cannot
> find
> any references to this or what makes it. any suggestions. THANKS

It seems as if there are no Perl sources installed on your system, only the
executeable. Install the sources of Perl and run the command again.

Rgds,
Ekki

"Ekki Plicht (DF4OR)" <df4or [at] web.de> wrote in message
news:fdu64u$2n7$03$2 [at] news.t-online.com...
> news.dallas.sbcglobal.net wrote:
>
>> Am trying to install using -MCPAN -e and it finishes with cannot find
>> /usr/.../EXTERN.h and aborts the make install. i an a newbie and cannot
>> find
>> any references to this or what makes it. any suggestions. THANKS
>
> It seems as if there are no Perl sources installed on your system, only
> the
> executeable. Install the sources of Perl and run the command again.
>
> Rgds,
> Ekki
>

the package is suppose to be device::serialport. i am using mandriva 2007
and have installed almost all of the perl packages available with the same
results. do i need to start all over and reload?

On 10/02/2007 12:46 PM, news.dallas.sbcglobal.net wrote:
> Am trying to install using -MCPAN -e and it finishes with cannot find
> /usr/.../EXTERN.h and aborts the make install. i an a newbie and cannot
> find any references to this or what makes it. any suggestions. THANKS

You should run "perl -MCPAN -e shell" from within a script session. That
will give you a detailed record of what happened which you can post.

news.dallas.sbcglobal.net wrote:

>
> "Ekki Plicht (DF4OR)" <df4or [at] web.de> wrote in message
> news:fdu64u$2n7$03$2 [at] news.t-online.com...
>> news.dallas.sbcglobal.net wrote:
>>
>>> Am trying to install using -MCPAN -e and it finishes with cannot find
>>> /usr/.../EXTERN.h and aborts the make install. i an a newbie and cannot
>>> find
>>> any references to this or what makes it. any suggestions. THANKS
>>
>> It seems as if there are no Perl sources installed on your system, only
>> the
>> executeable. Install the sources of Perl and run the command again.
>>
>> Rgds,
>> Ekki
>>
>
> the package is suppose to be device::serialport. i am using mandriva 2007
> and have installed almost all of the perl packages available with the same
> results.

EXTERN.h is part of the Perl interpreter sources. If make does not find it,
it is either in a very unusual location or not installed at all.

> do i need to start all over and reload?

No, this would be the approach with another OS. You just need to install the
Perl sources.

Rgds,
Ekki

"Ekki Plicht (DF4OR)" <df4or [at] web.de> wrote in message
news:fdu64u$2n7$03$2 [at] news.t-online.com...
> news.dallas.sbcglobal.net wrote:
>
>> Am trying to install using -MCPAN -e and it finishes with cannot find
>> /usr/.../EXTERN.h and aborts the make install. i an a newbie and cannot
>> find
>> any references to this or what makes it. any suggestions. THANKS
>
> It seems as if there are no Perl sources installed on your system, only
> the
> executeable. Install the sources of Perl and run the command again.
>
> Rgds,
> Ekki
>

originally loaded from dvd. reloaded from cd's and all is well. evidentely
there is a problem in the dvd setup. thanks for all the help.