Re^2: Math::BigInt: couldn't load specified math lib(s), fallback to Math::BigInt::Calc at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/Crypt/DH.pm line 6

[tpreisinger]

I’m just a developer on my system and I have to have the system administrator install Perl Modules for me. After spending the good part of the day trying to get it to work he has given up. The SFTP does function but it reports the error

“Math::BigInt: couldn't load specified math lib(s), fallback to Math: :BigInt::Calc at /usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.8.8/Crypt/DH.pm line 6.

He attempted to install the required modules but was not successful:

cpan> install Math::BigInt

CPAN: Storable loaded ok

Going to read /.cpan/Metadata

Database was generated on Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:11:21 GMT

Math::BigInt is up to date.

cpan> install Math::Pari

Math::Pari is up to date.

He tried installing Math::GMP but got:

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WARNING! No GMP libraries were detected!

Please see the INSTALL file.

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The SFTP takes 50 seconds for it to deal with the fallback. This is unacceptable so I will have use a different method to implement SFTP or use the NET::FTP module. Googling this error I see it is very popular too bad the install can’t be made less complicated.

[Corion]

It seems that GMP is a library external to Perl. Most likely, your system administrator would need to install that prerequisite as well. Usually, vendors provide precompiled packages of such libraries with the package manager of the OS.

[choroba]

The GMP warning sounds like your system is missing header files for libgmp (aka the development package for libgmp).

[salva]

use Net::SFTP::Foreign.

[Anonymous Monk]

I'm using cygwin and had the same problem. Yes it's an external library. I manage to get around this error after installing the Math library package called GMP. So for pure native Linux/Unix environment, it will need this RPM/DEB/Tarball installed.

Description about gmp package: GMP is a free library for arbitrary precision arithmetic

[Anonymous Monk]

Need to install perl-Math-BigInt-GMP from the Fedora repository.

[Anonymous Monk]

Did you find a solution to the error? I am facing the same issue - where SFTP functions, but I get the warning at the beginning of the script. Thanks!

[Anonymous Monk]

Did you find a solution to the error?

Error says some library not installed, so the solution is to installing missing library