Failure while installing "XML-LibXML-1.87"

mojo-jojo has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am trying to install XML-LibXML-1.87 but it is failing due to the following error, request assistance


/usr/bin/perl /usr/lib/perl5/5.10.0/ExtUtils/xsubpp  -typemap /usr/lib
+/perl5/5.10.0/ExtUtils/typemap -typemap typemap  LibXML.xs > LibXML.x
+sc && mv LibXML.xsc LibXML.c
Code is not inside a function (maybe last function was ended by a blan
+k line  followed by a statement on column one?) in LibXML.xs, line 84
+53
make: *** [LibXML.c] Error 1
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Re: Failure while installing "XML-LibXML-1.87" by moritz (Cardinal) on Jan 05, 2012 at 12:00 UTC
Is that the first error from the build or configure process? Did the Makefile.PL emit any warnings? And is there a good reason not to use a newer XML::LibXML? According to the CPAN testers matrix, linux, perl 5.10 and XML::LibXML 1.87 should mix; so there could be something wrong on your end, but the amount of information you've given us doesn't allow me to draw more interesting conclusions. Perl 6 - second systems done right	[reply]
Re^2: Failure while installing "XML-LibXML-1.87" by mojo-jojo (Novice) on Jan 06, 2012 at 09:41 UTC
Even 1.89 was failing so I thought of trying to use an older version.	[reply]
Re: Failure while installing "XML-LibXML-1.87" by tobyink (Canon) on Jan 05, 2012 at 13:26 UTC
Any particular reason you're using 1.87? The latest is 1.89. While this issue isn't mentioned in the change log, and I can't see any changes in the vicinity of LibXML.xs:8453 between those two versions, it's always worth switching to the latest version - solves many a wasted debugging hour.	[reply]
Re^2: Failure while installing "XML-LibXML-1.87" by mojo-jojo (Novice) on Jan 06, 2012 at 09:32 UTC
I get the same error while installing the latest version as well. I am assuming there is something wrong with my Perl installation but cant find the cause.	[reply]
Re: Failure while installing "XML-LibXML-1.87" by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jan 05, 2012 at 19:42 UTC
XML-LibXML-1.87 compiles fine with Perl 5.10.0. (27 of 27 cpan testers reports pass.) There's some conflict with your specific setup, and we know nothing about your setup.	[reply]
Re^2: Failure while installing "XML-LibXML-1.87" by mojo-jojo (Novice) on Jan 06, 2012 at 09:30 UTC
`This is perl, v5.10.0 built for x86_64-linux-thread-multi Copyright 1987-2007, Larry Wall Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License + or the GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source ki +t. Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found +on this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl". If you have access to + the Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Pa +ge.` [download] `[root@eds-f11 XML-LibXML-1.87]# perl Makefile.PL enable native perl UTF8 running xml2-config...ok (2.7.6) looking for -lxml2... yes WARNING: META_MERGE is not a known parameter. Warning: prerequisite ExtUtils::MakeMaker 6.56 not found. We have 6.42 +. Warning: prerequisite Test::More 0 not found. Warning: prerequisite XML::NamespaceSupport 1.07 not found. Warning: prerequisite XML::SAX 0.11 not found. 'META_MERGE' is not a known MakeMaker parameter name. Writing Makefile for XML::LibXML` [download] The output of perl -v and perl Makefile.PL is given above. The error code is zero while running the above command. The O.S on which I am trying to install is "Fedora release 11 (Leonidas)". Let me know if you guys need more info.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Failure while installing "XML-LibXML-1.87" by moritz (Cardinal) on Jan 06, 2012 at 09:57 UTC
I'd start with satisfying the dependencies; in particular the ExtUtils::MakeMaker version might make a difference. Perl 6 - second systems done right	[reply]
Re^3: Failure while installing "XML-LibXML-1.87" by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jan 10, 2012 at 01:38 UTC
I suspect you can get a ready-made version from your distro: `apt-get install libxml-libxml-perl` [download] One usually simply installs modules using something like `cpan XML::LibXML` [download] This will install the required dependencies too.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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