I'm running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5, and don't know how to go through the package manager to get this done. Also, is it possible that I didn't place the expat library in the right place?
thanks On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 2:38 PM, shawn wilson <ag4ve...@gmail.com> wrote: > What distribution are you running? It might be easier to go through the > package manager and let it deal with dependencies. Under ubuntu, its > libxml-parser-perl. > On Nov 1, 2010 1:47 PM, "galeb abu-ali" <abuali...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I do not have ParserDetails.ini in the SAX folder. I just tried > installing > > XML::Parser using CPAN and got a lot of error messages that end with: > > > > make[1]: *** [Expat.o] Error 1 > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/.cpan/build/XML-Parser- > > 2.40-oAWQkX/Expat' > > make: *** [subdirs] Error 2 > > CHORNY/XML-Parser-2.40.tar.gz > > make -- NOT OK > > Running make test > > Can't test without successful make > > Running make install > > Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible > > > > Before installing perl, I also installed the expat library expat-2.0.1. > > > > galeb > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Jim Gibson <jimsgib...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> On 11/1/10 Mon Nov 1, 2010 10:01 AM, "galeb abu-ali" < > >> abuali...@gmail.com> > >> scribbled: > >> > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > I installed BioPerl on RHEL 5.5 (successfully I hope) and am trying to > >> > execute a xml parser script that uses XML::Simple. I keep getting the > >> > following error message: > >> > > >> > could not find ParserDetails.ini in /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_ > >> > perl/5.12.2/XML/SAX > >> > > >> > When I try to reinstall XML::Simple using CPAN, it tells me that the > >> module > >> > is up to date. Not sure what to do at this point. Does anyone have an > >> idea > >> > what I'm doing wrong or haven't done? My script is below. > >> > >> On my system, ParserDetails.ini is located in the directory: > >> > >> /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/XML/SAX > >> > >> so it would seem to be part of the XML::SAX module. > >> > >> Also, the documentation for XML::Simple contains this: > >> > >> The XML::Simple module provides a simple API layer on top of an > >> underlying XML parsing module (either XML::Parser or one of the SAX2 > >> parser modules). > >> > >> So XML::Simple depends upon an XML parser installed independently on > your > >> system. Have you installed any XML parsers? > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org > >> http://learn.perl.org/ > >> > >> > >> >