* David Dyer-Bennet (dd-b at dd-b.net) wrote: > > With a straight-forward OpenSolaris 2008.11 install, CPAN doesn't work. > The default install appears to include Perl, and even CPAN, but when I run > CPAN and try to install anything, I get make errors and all sorts of > stuff, and it never does seem to install anything. But quick googling > around doesn't seem to show this as a known problem with known solutions. > Any ideas?
The default install doesn't install a compiler or header files. Perhaps that is what is causing your make errors. pfexec pkg install gcc-dev (or ss-dev for the sun studio compilers) might be useful here at a guess. Cheers, -- Glenn
