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Strange cygwin cpan errors |
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Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 18:25:31 +1000A recent weird encounter with cygwin perl had me puzzled. It occurred when I attempted to install XML::Simple in cygwin. Everything went ok, until the final test stage. And then the installation mysteriously failed |
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The following errors were reported at the cpan prompt:
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Prepending /cygdrive/h/.cpan/build/XML-Simple-2.18-zcfTOo/blib/arch
/cygdrive/h/.cpan/build/XML-Simple-2.18-zcfTOo/blib/lib to PERL5LIB for
'install' Not a HASH reference at C:/Perl/lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm line 557. make: *** [pure_site_install] Error 2 GRANTM/XML-Simple-2.18.tar.gz make install -- NOT OK Failed during this command: GRANTM/XML-Simple-2.18.tar.gz : install NO |
Curiously enough all of the configuration files were cygwin. Where had cpan obtained the reference to the ActivePerl module? I thought perhaps the system path?
Whatever ... Once it got into the cpan module it was rather difficult to remove.
I then tried to kludge it ... And succeeded, possibly more by good luck than good management.
First I edited the Makefile in the build folder. This had been stored in /cygdrive/h/.cpan/build/XML-Simple-2.18-zcfTOo/Makefile
I replaced all instances of /cygdrive/c/Perl/perl.exe with /usr/bin/perl and saved a copy of the edited Makefile.
I then used this command in cpan
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clean GRANTM/XML-Simple-2.18.tar.gz make GRANTM/XML-Simple-2.18.tar.gz |
I then copied the modified Makefile (which I had saved) over the top of the existing Makefile, and then entered the following:
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install GRANTM/XML-Simple-2.18.tar.gz |
More weirdness ensured when I tried to use cygwin perl XML parser. This message appeared.
"could not find ParserDetails.ini"
I tried installing the XML::SAX package again (as suggested online) and saw a similar error message in the test phase of the install. I solved this by "cleaning, "getting" and "making" the XML::SAX module. And then touching ParserDetails.ini in the build folder (cpan told me the folder name in the previous error message from the cpan test). After I ran the install from cpan I copied ParserDetails.ini into the perl library
And everything worked ... (huh?)
Note: To avoid similar problems it might be a good idea to edit the path in your .bash_profile and REMOVE the reference to C:/Perl. In the latest version of cygwin this can be accomplished with the following:
| export PATH=`echo $PATH | sed -e 's/:\/cygdrive\/c\/Perl\/bin\///'` |
Update: 2015-12-11 After struggling with many Windows/Perl versions, I have decided the easiest way to install CPAN modules on any system that has a Windows back-end (i.e. native or cygwin) is to get the CPAN package and install it in the "site" Library.