Trouble with Redhat 9

[Marco Obaid]

That did it.

Thank you
Marco

Quoting Andy Wright <andy.wright at BARDSEY.DEMON.CO.UK>:

> I had the same problems, and I think I solved it by changing the lang
> setting. (It seems Redhat 9 has problems with UTF-8).
>
> Try....
>
> LANG=en_US
> export $LANG
>
> Andy.
>
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> Subject: Trouble with Redhat 9
>
>
> Hello all,
>
> Has anyone run into trouble installing Perl Modules on Redhat 9?
>
> I have a freshly installed machine with Redhat 9. I am not able to install
> any
> modules from CPAN using:
>
> perl -MCPAN -e shell
> o conf prerequisites_policy ask
> install module::name
>
> The common error is this:
>
> Warning: I could not locate your pod2man program. Please make sure,
>          your pod2man program is in your PATH before you execute 'make'
>
> I checked and pod2man is in the PATH. Is this an issue with Redhat 9?
>
> Thank you for any hints
> Marco
>
> This is an example when I tried to install Net::SSLeay:
> *******************************************************
> cpan> install Net::SSLeay
> Running install for module Net::SSLeay
> Running make for S/SA/SAMPO/Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22.tar.gz
> Checksum for
> /root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/S/SA/SAMPO/Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22.tar.gz ok
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/ptrcasttst.c
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/MANIFEST
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/RECIPE.Win32
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/Changes
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/Net-SSLeay-Handle-0.50/
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/Net-SSLeay-Handle-0.50/Makefile.PL
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/Net-SSLeay-Handle-0.50/MANIFEST
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/Net-SSLeay-Handle-0.50/test.pl
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/Net-SSLeay-Handle-0.50/Handle.pm
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/Net-SSLeay-Handle-0.50/Changes
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/examples/
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/examples/get_page.pl
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/examples/bio.pl
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/examples/makecert.pl
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/examples/cb-testi.pl
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/examples/ephemeral.pl
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/examples/cli-cert.pl
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/examples/bulk.pl
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/examples/get_page_cert.pl
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/examples/req.conf
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/examples/sslecho.pl
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/examples/https-proxy-snif.pl
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/examples/ssl_diff.pl
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/examples/sslcat.pl
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/examples/get_authenticated_page.pl
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/examples/passwd-cb.pl
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/examples/ssl-inetd-serv.pl
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/examples/minicli.pl
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/examples/stdio_bulk.pl
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/examples/callback.pl
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/examples/server_key.pem
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/SSLeay.pm
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/.rnd
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/README
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/SSLeay.xs
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/test.pl
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/Makefile.PL
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/QuickRef
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/README.Win32
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/ptrtstrun.pl
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/Credits
> Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22/typemap
> Removing previously used /root/.cpan/build/Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22
>
>   CPAN.pm: Going to build S/SA/SAMPO/Net_SSLeay.pm-1.22.tar.gz
>
> Checking for OpenSSL-0.9.6g or newer...
> You have OpenSSL-0.9.7a installed in /usr
> That's is newer than what this module was tested with (0.9.6g). You should
> consider checking if there is a newer release of this module
> available. Everything will probably work OK, though.
> *** Could not figure out which C compiler was used to compile
> /usr/bin/openssl.
> It is essentiall that OpenSSL, perl, and Net::SSLeay are compiled with the
> same
> compiler and flags. Mixing and matching compilers is not supported. at
> Makefile.PL line 132.
> Checking if your kit is complete...
> Looks good
> Checking if your kit is complete...
> Looks good
>
> Warning: I could not locate your pod2man program. Please make sure,
>          your pod2man program is in your PATH before you execute 'make'
>
> Writing Makefile for Net::SSLeay::Handle
>
> Warning: I could not locate your pod2man program. Please make sure,
>          your pod2man program is in your PATH before you execute 'make'
>
> Writing Makefile for Net::SSLeay
> Makefile:88: *** missing separator.  Stop.
>   /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
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