Installing the dev tools fixed the first problem, thanks. At first it didn't make sense that Apple would have Perl installed without the necessary files for installing modules, but then I realized that installing the modules would often require the compiler. I am slowly becoming enlightened.
However, the second problem is still with me. Has anyone successfully configured the CPAN shell to run via a ftp proxy on Mac OS X? I've been able to do it on a Linux machine on the same network, but not the Mac. -Tom x57255 On Monday, July 29, 2002, at 02:00 PM, Ian Ragsdale wrote: > Have you installed the development tools? I'm pretty sure that most of > the > stuff you need to compile perl modules, including the header files, is > only > installed with the dev tools. > > Ian > > On 7/29/02 3:51 PM, "tsackett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I'm having no luck installing modules. I've run into two problems. >> >> 1. When I try to use "perl Makefile.PL" to configure a CPAN module, I >> get the error: "Error: Unable to locate installed Perl libraries or >> Perl >> source code." Apparently, it cannot find >> /System/Library/Perl/darwin/CORE/perl.h. I have confirmed that the file >> does not exist. Is there something basically wrong with Apple's >> standard >> installation of Perl for Mac OS X? >> >> 2. Has anyone successfully configured the CPAN shell to use an FTP >> proxy? I'm on a network that uses the kind of ftp proxy where you first >> connect to the proxy server, then login as >> "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". The CPAN documentation makes it sound >> as if this is a very standard form of proxy. However, After I enter the >> proxy information, it tries to use ftp to download MIRRORS.BY. As far >> as >> I can tell, it doesn't try to use the proxy, and fails to get the file. >> I thought that there might be a problem because I haven't installed the >> libnet module yet, but I can't install libnet because of problem 1, >> above. >> >> thanks for any help, >> Tom Sackett >> Seattle, Washington >> >> >
