Cannot Install Perl/Tk

[matt_thumper]

Hi,

I just downloaded Tk-804.028 and try to install it (according to the README.linux) but I get:

> perl Makefile.PL
/opt/ActivePerl-5.10/bin/perl-static is installed in /opt/ActivePerl-5.10/lib okay
PPM for perl5.010001
Test Compiling config/perlrx.c
Test Compiling config/pmop.c
Test Compiling config/pregcomp2.c
Test Compiling config/signedchar.c
Test Compile/Run config/unsigned.c
Test Compiling config/Ksprintf.c
Test Compiling -DSPRINTF_RETURN_CHAR config/Ksprintf.c
Test Compiling config/tod.c
Test Compiling -DTIMEOFDAY_TZ config/tod.c
Test Compiling -DTIMEOFDAY_NO_TZ config/tod.c
Test Compiling -DTIMEOFDAY_DOTS config/tod.c
Problem gettimeofday()
Using -L/usr/lib to find /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0
Cannot find X include files via /usr/include
Cannot find X include files anywhere at ./myConfig line 369.
Compilation failed in require at Makefile.PL line 37.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Makefile.PL line 39.


Does anyone know how to resolve this?

TIA,
Matt

[devils casper]

Why don't you install it using default package manager?
Which Linux distro/version are you using?

[matt_thumper]

When I try to install the package I get very similar reults:

<snip>
Tk-804.028/pTk/mTk/tclGeneric/tclPanic.c
Tk-804.028/pTk/mTk/tclGeneric/tclIndexObj.c
Tk-804.028/pTk/mTk/tclGeneric/regerror.c
Tk-804.028/pTk/mTk/tclGeneric/tclFCmd.c
Tk-804.028/pTk/mTk/tclGeneric/tclThreadAlloc.c
Tk-804.028/pTk/mTk/tclGeneric/tclCompCmds.c
Tk-804.028/pTk/mTk/tclGeneric/tclAlloc.c

CPAN.pm: Going to build S/SR/SREZIC/Tk-804.028.tar.gz

/opt/ActivePerl-5.10/bin/perl-static is installed in /opt/ActivePerl-5.10/lib okay
PPM for perl5.010001
Test Compiling config/perlrx.c
Test Compiling config/pmop.c
Test Compiling config/pregcomp2.c
Test Compiling config/signedchar.c
Test Compile/Run config/unsigned.c
Test Compiling config/Ksprintf.c
Test Compiling -DSPRINTF_RETURN_CHAR config/Ksprintf.c
Test Compiling config/tod.c
Test Compiling -DTIMEOFDAY_TZ config/tod.c
Test Compiling -DTIMEOFDAY_NO_TZ config/tod.c
Test Compiling -DTIMEOFDAY_DOTS config/tod.c
Problem gettimeofday()
Using -L/usr/lib to find /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0
Cannot find X include files via /usr/include
Cannot find X include files anywhere at ./myConfig line 369.
Compilation failed in require at Makefile.PL line 37.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Makefile.PL line 39.
Warning: No success on command[/opt/ActivePerl-5.10/bin/perl-static Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=site]
SREZIC/Tk-804.028.tar.gz
/opt/ActivePerl-5.10/bin/perl-static Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=site -- NOT OK
Running make test
Make had some problems, won't test
Running make install
Make had some problems, won't install
Failed during this command:
SREZIC/Tk-804.028.tar.gz : writemakefile NO '/opt/ActivePerl-5.10/bin/perl-static Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=site' returned status 512

And:
I'm on Red Hat 5.1.19.6

Thanks Again,
Matt

[drl]

Hi.

Some observations, comparisons, and questions.

I use CentOS 5.4, the free version of RHEL:

OS, ker|rel, machine: Linux, 2.6.18-164.15.1.el5, i686
Distribution        : CentOS release 5.4 (Final)

when I look at the repository content for perl and tk, I get:

$ yum list perl 'tk*'
Loaded plugins: priorities
Installed Packages
perl.i386                         4:5.8.8-27.el5                       installed
tk.i386                           8.4.13-5.el5_1.1                     installed
Available Packages
tk-devel.i386                     8.4.13-5.el5_1.1                     base     
tkinter.i386

My perl is in:

$ which perl
/usr/bin/perl

One dependency for tk.386 is the X library:

$ yum deplist tk.i386
...
  dependency: libX11.so.6
   provider: libX11.i386 1.0.3-11.el5

So the package for that may not be installed on your system.

Are you using something like RHEL 5.1?

Why is your perl ActivePerl rather than the repository perl?

You seem to be using cpan, not the system package manager. That is what devils casper was talking about.

I'm not sure that the package manager yum is available as far back as RHEL 5.1, but that is what the current version uses.

I can say that when I did not use the package manager for the particular distribution, I generally ran into trouble ... cheers, drl

[matt_thumper]

DRL,

Thanks.

Somewhere I jotted down in my notes: Red Hat 5.1.19.6

I just bought and installed it in January.
What command can I run (or where can I look) to find out the version?
I looked all over the GUI/Desktop but could only find Gnome stuff.

I did install ActiveState's Perl the other day because, years ago, when I used to use Perl/Tk (at my work) I used ActiveStates and Perl/Tk was available from their CD. My default Perl that was installed when I installed Red Hat is/was fine. (It turns out that ActiveStates has gone to Perl/Tkx and I'd rather stick with Perl/Tk for now).

I don't really care what version of Perl or what version of Perl/Tk as long as they are compatible (execute together). I don't really care what vehicle installs it: RPM, yum, sh. As long as Perl/Tk works and I can still run regular (non-GUI) Perl, I'll be very happy.

Having said that, if you or someone, can point me to those two installs that you *know* work together and will work on my Red Hat, I'll replace all that I currently have by installing those two (again, whether it's rpm, yum or sh, I really don't care).

Thanks Again,
Matt

[drl]

Hi, Matt.

From my system:

cat /etc/redhat-release

produces:

CentOS release 5.4 (Final)

Use:

which yum
man yum

to see if you have a sufficiently modern system to have the yum package manager.

The RedHat releases are quite conservative, so I would think that perl and Tk that are available will work together.

However, I could not locate the module Tk.pm on my CentOS. It may be in some repository that I have not enabled -- I generally have only a basic install of distributions (except for my primary workstation and the virtual-machine-server host) ... cheers, drl