Ok - I worked it out. I had to install zlib-devel .... if only the rest were that easy.
Matt At Tuesday, 16-07-02 11:21 (+1000), Matt Hyne wrote: >Ok, now I have no idea what I am doing, but I am trying to install some >CPAN perl modules (for another project) and I hit a snag, so I am hoping >there is a perl expert out there that can put me back on the rails. > >I used the command line: > > perl -MCPAN -e shell > >to try and install the following library - > > Compress::Zlib > >but I get the following error: > >cpan> install Compress::Zlib >Running install for module Compress::Zlib >Running make for P/PM/PMQS/Compress-Zlib-1.16.tar.gz > Is already unwrapped into directory /root/.cpan/build/Compress-Zlib-1.16 > > CPAN.pm: Going to build P/PM/PMQS/Compress-Zlib-1.16.tar.gz > >Parsing config.in... >Looks Good. >Up/Downgrade complete. >Checking if your kit is complete... >Looks good >Writing Makefile for Compress::Zlib >cp Zlib.pm blib/lib/Compress/Zlib.pm >AutoSplitting blib/lib/Compress/Zlib.pm (blib/lib/auto/Compress/Zlib) >/usr/bin/perl -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/i386-linux -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1 >/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/ExtUtils/xsubpp -typemap >/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/ExtUtils/typemap -typemap typemap Zlib.xs > Zlib.xsc >&& mv Zlib.xsc Zlib.c >gcc -c -I/usr/local/include -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include -O2 >-march=i386 -mcpu=i686 -DVERSION=\"1.16\" -DXS_VERSION=\"1.16\" -fPIC >-I/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/i386-linux/CORE Zlib.c >Zlib.xs:25:19: zlib.h: No such file or directory >make: *** [Zlib.o] Error 1 > /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 > >It tells me it is missing zlib.h, which I would expect to be part of the >archive. > >Has anyone else had any experience with this and can offer some advice. I >am not a perl expert and this is the first time I have used the CPAN stuff >- so go easy on me. > > >Matt > > >-- >SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ >More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
