Can not Install XML::Parser

[Barry Skidmore]

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I am unable to install XML::Parser. The build fails after not being
able to locate xpat. This does exist, and I have followed the
instructions on setting EXPATLIBPATH, EXPATINCPATH, and LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
Below is a transcript of what I have done, but there is obviously
something else necessary.

Thanks,
Barry

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cpan> install XML::Parser
..
..
Running install for module XML::Parser
Running make for M/MS/MSERGEANT/XML-Parser-2.34.tar.gz

Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lexpat

Expat must be installed prior to building XML::Parser and I can't find
it in the standard library directories. You can download expat from:

[url]http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/[/url]

If expat is installed, but in a non-standard directory, then use the
following options to Makefile.PL:

EXPATLIBPATH=... To set the directory in which to find libexpat

EXPATINCPATH=... To set the directory in which to find expat.h

For example:

perl Makefile.PL EXPATLIBPATH=/home/me/lib EXPATINCPATH=/home/me/include

Note that if you build against a shareable library in a non-standard location
you may (on some platforms) also have to set your LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment
variable at run time for perl to find the library.

Running make test
Make had some problems, maybe interrupted? Won't test
Running make install
Make had some problems, maybe interrupted? Won't install

cpan> exit
No history written (no histfile specified).
Lockfile removed.

# locate expat
/usr/local/include/expat.h
/usr/local/lib/libexpat.a
/usr/local/lib/libexpat.la
/usr/local/lib/libexpat.so
/usr/local/lib/libexpat.so.0
/usr/local/lib/libexpat.so.0.4.0

# cd /home/skidmore/.cpan/build/XML-Parser-2.34
# perl Makefile.PL EXPATLIBPATH=/usr/local/lib EXPATINCPATH=/usr/local/include
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for XML::Parser::Expat
Writing Makefile for XML::Parser
# export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib:/usr/sfw:/usr/local/lib
# echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
/usr/lib:/usr/sfw:/usr/local/lib
# perl -MCPAN -e 'shell'

cpan> install XML::Parser

Running install for module XML::Parser
Running make for M/MS/MSERGEANT/XML-Parser-2.34.tar.gz

CPAN.pm: Going to build M/MS/MSERGEANT/XML-Parser-2.34.tar.gz

Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lexpat

Expat must be installed prior to building XML::Parser and I can't find
it in the standard library directories. You can download expat from:

[url]http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/[/url]

If expat is installed, but in a non-standard directory, then use the
following options to Makefile.PL:

EXPATLIBPATH=... To set the directory in which to find libexpat

EXPATINCPATH=... To set the directory in which to find expat.h

For example:

perl Makefile.PL EXPATLIBPATH=/home/me/lib EXPATINCPATH=/home/me/include

Note that if you build against a shareable library in a non-standard location
you may (on some platforms) also have to set your LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment
variable at run time for perl to find the library.

Running make test
Make had some problems, maybe interrupted? Won't test
Running make install
Make had some problems, maybe interrupted? Won't install

cpan>

[Sherm Pendley]

Barry Skidmore wrote:

> Below is a transcript of what I have done, but there is obviously
> something else necessary.

> # cd /home/skidmore/.cpan/build/XML-Parser-2.34
> # perl Makefile.PL EXPATLIBPATH=/usr/local/lib EXPATINCPATH=/usr/local/include
> Checking if your kit is complete...
> Looks good

So far, so good... but then:

> # perl -MCPAN -e 'shell'
>
> cpan> install XML::Parser
>
> Running install for module XML::Parser
> Running make for M/MS/MSERGEANT/XML-Parser-2.34.tar.gz
>
> CPAN.pm: Going to build M/MS/MSERGEANT/XML-Parser-2.34.tar.gz

The build directory was modified before the current CPAN session, so the
CPAN shell is unzipping a new, clean build directory for you, and then
running 'perl Makefile.PL' without the necessary options.

If you need to pass options to Makefile.PL, and still want to use the
CPAN shell, use the CPAN shell's "look" command:

cpan> look XML::Parser

This will cause the CPAN shell to download and unzip the XML::Parser
tarball, and open up a subshell (bash, csh, whatever...) in the build
directory. So you can run 'perl Makefile.PL blah blah', and then exit
from the subshell back up to the CPAN shell.

When you run 'Makefile.PL' from a subshell, the CPAN shell can tell when
you run 'install XML::Parser' that the module was already unzipped and
configured in the current session, so it doesn't try to do that again.
It skips that step and goes on to the 'make', 'make test', and 'make
install' steps.

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[Barry Skidmore]

Sherm,

Thanks for the reply. I have followed your suggestions (I think), but am
receiving the same error message. Do you have any other thoughts?

I noticed an additional error about pwd not being able to determine the
current directory. You will see in the output below that the 'pwd'
command is in the current PATH.

Barry

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# perl -MCPAN -e 'shell'
pwd: cannot determine current directory!

cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.76)
ReadLine support enabled

Can't ioctl TIOCGETP:
Consider installing Term::ReadKey from CPAN site nearby
at [url]http://www.perl.com/CPAN[/url]
Or use
perl -MCPAN -e shell
to reach CPAN. Falling back to 'stty'.
If you do not want to see this warning, set PERL_READLINE_NOWARN
in your environment.
cpan> look XML::Parser
Going to read /home/skidmore/.cpan/sources/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz
Going to read /home/skidmore/.cpan/sources/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz
Database was generated on Thu, 30 Sep 2004 10:06:57 GMT
HTTP::Date not available
Going to read /home/skidmore/.cpan/sources/modules/03modlist.data.gz
Running look for module XML::Parser

Trying to open a subshell in the build directory...
pwd: cannot determine current directory!

CPAN: MD5 security checks disabled because Digest::MD5 not installed.
Please consider installing the Digest::MD5 module.

Scanning cache /home/skidmore/.cpan/build for sizes
pwd: cannot determine current directory!
x XML-Parser-2.34, 0 bytes, 0 tape blocks
x XML-Parser-2.34/Changes, 24958 bytes, 49 tape blocks
.. (lines removed)
..
x XML-Parser-2.34/t/styles.t, 1251 bytes, 3 tape blocks
Removing previously used /home/skidmore/.cpan/build/XML-Parser-2.34
Working directory is /home/skidmore/.cpan/build/XML-Parser-2.34
# whereis pwd
pwd: /usr/bin/pwd /usr/include/pwd.h
# echo $PATH
/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/dt/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/bin:/usr/ucb:/usr/local/bin:/usr/ccs/bin
# perl Makefile.PL EXPATLIBPATH=/usr/local/lib EXPATINCPATH=/usr/local/include
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for XML::Parser::Expat
Writing Makefile for XML::Parser
# export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib
# exit
exit

cpan> install XML::Parser
Running install for module XML::Parser
Running make for M/MS/MSERGEANT/XML-Parser-2.34.tar.gz
Is already unwrapped into directory /home/skidmore/.cpan/build/XML-Parser-2.34

CPAN.pm: Going to build M/MS/MSERGEANT/XML-Parser-2.34.tar.gz

Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lexpat

Expat must be installed prior to building XML::Parser and I can't find
it in the standard library directories. You can download expat from:

[url]http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/[/url]

If expat is installed, but in a non-standard directory, then use the
following options to Makefile.PL:

EXPATLIBPATH=... To set the directory in which to find libexpat

EXPATINCPATH=... To set the directory in which to find expat.h

For example:

perl Makefile.PL EXPATLIBPATH=/home/me/lib EXPATINCPATH=/home/me/include

Note that if you build against a shareable library in a non-standard location
you may (on some platforms) also have to set your LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment
variable at run time for perl to find the library.

Running make test
Make had some problems, maybe interrupted? Won't test
Running make install
Make had some problems, maybe interrupted? Won't install



On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 22:11:21 -0400, Sherm Pendley wrote:

> If you need to pass options to Makefile.PL, and still want to use the
> CPAN shell, use the CPAN shell's "look" command:

[Sherm Pendley]

Barry Skidmore wrote:

> Thanks for the reply. I have followed your suggestions (I think), but am
> receiving the same error message. Do you have any other thoughts?
>
> I noticed an additional error about pwd not being able to determine the
> current directory. You will see in the output below that the 'pwd'
> command is in the current PATH.

> pwd: cannot determine current directory!

If 'pwd' could not be found, the error would read "command not found".
The error here indicates that 'pwd' was found and executed, but could
not do its job.

That usually indicates a permissions issue. From the '#' prompt, you
appear to be running the CPAN shell as root - is that true? If you're
not, you should be.

Another possibility is that the permissions on the .cpan directory have
gotten mangled somehow, or an important directory is missing - try
recursively deleting .cpan. The CPAN shell will then build a new one
with everything it needs and permissions set correctly.

sherm--

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[Barry Skidmore]

On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 16:17:11 -0400, Sherm Pendley wrote:

> That usually indicates a permissions issue. From the '#' prompt, you
> appear to be running the CPAN shell as root - is that true? If you're
> not, you should be.

Sherm,

Sorry to take so long to get back to you, but I have been distracted by
another project

I am running the CPAN shell as su.

> Another possibility is that the permissions on the .cpan directory have
> gotten mangled somehow, or an important directory is missing - try
> recursively deleting .cpan. The CPAN shell will then build a new one
> with everything it needs and permissions set correctly.

I just tried that, and I no longer get the 'pwd: cannot determine current
directory!' error, but the other errors are still occurring. If you have
other thoughts on this, please let me know.

After deleting .cpan:

---
cpan> look XML::Parser
LWP not available
CPAN: Net::FTP loaded ok
..
..
..
Running look for module XML::Parser

Trying to open a subshell in the build directory...
LWP not available
Fetching with Net::FTP:
[url]ftp://archive.progeny.com/CPAN/authors/id/M/MS/MSERGEANT/XML-Parser-2.34.tar.gz[/url]
..
..
..
Scanning cache /home/skidmore/.cpan/build for sizes
x XML-Parser-2.34, 0 bytes, 0 tape blocks
x XML-Parser-2.34/Changes, 24958 bytes, 49 tape blocks
x XML-Parser-2.34/Expat, 0 bytes, 0 tape blocks
..
..
..
Working directory is /home/skidmore/.cpan/build/XML-Parser-2.34
# perl Makefile.PL EXPATLIBPATH=/usr/local/lib EXPATINCPATH=/usr/local/include
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for XML::Parser::Expat
Writing Makefile for XML::Parser
# export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib
# exit
exit

cpan> install XML::Parser
Running install for module XML::Parser
Running make for M/MS/MSERGEANT/XML-Parser-2.34.tar.gz
Is already unwrapped into directory /home/skidmore/.cpan/build/XML-Parser-2.34

CPAN.pm: Going to build M/MS/MSERGEANT/XML-Parser-2.34.tar.gz

Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lexpat

Expat must be installed prior to building XML::Parser and I can't find
it in the standard library directories. You can download expat from:

[url]http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/[/url]

If expat is installed, but in a non-standard directory, then use the
following options to Makefile.PL:

EXPATLIBPATH=... To set the directory in which to find libexpat

EXPATINCPATH=... To set the directory in which to find expat.h

For example:

perl Makefile.PL EXPATLIBPATH=/home/me/lib EXPATINCPATH=/home/me/include

Note that if you build against a shareable library in a non-standard location
you may (on some platforms) also have to set your LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment
variable at run time for perl to find the library.

Running make test
Make had some problems, maybe interrupted? Won't test
Running make install
Make had some problems, maybe interrupted? Won't install

cpan>

[Sherm Pendley]

Barry Skidmore wrote:

> I just tried that, and I no longer get the 'pwd: cannot determine current
> directory!' error

Good to hear.

> but the other errors are still occurring. If you have
> other thoughts on this, please let me know.

Looking at your older post, I noticed that the libexpat listed there is
*very* old - 0.4.0. The current version on sourceforge is 1.95.

You might try installing a newer expat.

sherm--

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[Barry Skidmore]

On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 01:14:00 -0400, Sherm Pendley wrote:

> Barry Skidmore wrote:
> Looking at your older post, I noticed that the libexpat listed there is
> *very* old - 0.4.0. The current version on sourceforge is 1.95.
>
> You might try installing a newer expat.

Actually I did that shortly after posting yesterday. The expat install
went fine, but the same path errors are occurring with the XML::Parser
install.

I think there must be something very obvious I am doing incorrectly that
is causing this.

Barry

[ze.mark@freemail.hu]

My problem is: installed XML parser