install Module::Build with cpan make -- NOT OK

[jaime11]

Hello, I am using perl 5, version 16, subversion 3 (v5.16.3) built for x86_64-linux-thread-multi from a server where I have no admin rights. Perl is being run from: /bin/perl Environment variables: $PERL5LIB, $LD_LIBRARY_PATH, pointing to various directories where I have write and reading permissions $PERL_MM_OPT pointed to another perl installation in a directory where I have write and reading permissions INSTALL_BASE=/dir/apps/libs/perl/ I get an error when I try to run a test installing an application:

Can't locate HTML/TreeBuilder.pm in @INC (@INC contains: various local
+ directories where I have write and reading permissions + /usr/local/
+share/perl5 /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl
+ /usr/lib64/perl5 /usr/share/perl5

Try to install HTML::TreeBuilder

cpan HTML::TreeBuilder
...
Checksum for /shared/sudlab1/General/apps/perl-5_18_1/cpan/sources/aut
+hors/id/C/CJ/CJM/HTML-Tree-5.03.tar.gz ok
---- Unsatisfied dependencies detected during ----
----         CJM/HTML-Tree-5.03.tar.gz        ----
    Module::Build [build_requires]
Running make test

Try to install Module::Build with cpan:

make: *** [all] Error 2
  LEONT/Module-Build-0.4220.tar.gz
  /usr/bin/make -- NOT OK
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible

Loading different gcc doesn't seem to solve it. Thanks in advance.

[Corion]

I think the "root" cause is that your version of Perl has an old (or no) Module::Build installed and cpan fails to install a newer version.

Module::Build is used by many other modules to build and install them.

I think your best approach would be to set up your own private library directory and install all those needed modules there. Likely a good approach to that is to manually install local::lib, potentially following the bootstrapping technique.

Once you have installed local::lib (and set up the environment variables as they document it there), you can then install HTML::TreeBuilder, which will pull in HTML::Tree which will pull in Module::Build.

[roboticus]

jaime11:

Your post is pretty difficult to read. I'd suggest putting code tags (<c> your installation output </c>) around it to make it easier to read.

It also seems like you've left out a good bit of detail that would make it possible to help you:

• $PERL5LIB, $LD_LIBRARY_PATH, pointing to various directories where I have write and reading permissions
  OK, what directories are shown?
• $PERL_MM_OPT pointed to another perl installation in a directory where I have write and reading permissions
  Do you possibly have your environment mangled? Is it possible that your directories are inconsistent, confusing the installer?
• What is the complete output of cpan HTML::TreeBuilder? It looks like you've cut out all the parts where cpan tells us what the problem(s) are.
  For example, you mention that you try another gcc, but I don't see anything in your post showing that there were any gcc errors or that gcc was used at all.

...roboticus

When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.

[wjw]

Hi

Could you maybe put some of that in "<code>" tags and use a few paragragh tags to make that more readable please?

I have had some issues with installing some modules myself recently, but find this post a bit hard to digest because of the formatting. A little help from you in that regard would be appreciated.

[Anonymous Monk]

Since you have specific reference that TreeBuilder.pm cannot be found, now go look for it in some directory that will be named HTML. It should be in one of the places you named in your environment variables. But also, bear in mind that "using Perl on shared hosting" will produce a lot of Google-hits with meticulous explanations of how to do it correctly. Grab a good one and check what you have done very-carefully against it.