Re: Problems installing Perl modules with CPAN on Wheezy

[Andrew Wood <andrew@perpetualmotion.co.uk>]

Sorry just worked this out, the system I was on hadnt had make or g++ 
install. Whoops

On 27/06/2014 15:59, Andrew Wood wrote:
> Im not experienced with Perl so I dont know much about CPAN but on 
> Jessie I have been able to install DBI and the DBD::mysqlPP modules using
> cpan DBI
> cpan DBD::mysqlPP
>
> however on Wheezy I just get the following...
>
> <snipped>
> Checking if your kit is complete...
> Looks good
>
>     I see you're using perl 5.014002 on 
> i486-linux-gnu-thread-multi-64int, okay.
>     Remember to actually *read* the README file!
>     Use  'make' to build the software (dmake or nmake on Windows).
>     Then 'make test' to execute self tests.
>     Then 'make install' to install the DBI and then delete this working
>     directory before unpacking and building any DBD::* drivers.
>
> Writing Makefile for DBI
> Writing MYMETA.yml
>   TIMB/DBI-1.631.tar.gz
>   make -- NOT OK
> 'YAML' not installed, will not store persistent state
> Running make test
>   Can't test without successful make
> Running make install
>   Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
>
> Can anyone please enlighten me as to why this works on Jessie but not 
> Wheezy?
>
> Thanks
> Andrew