[ic] Help on on a solaris 8 box

John Beima interchange-users@lists.akopia.com
Thu Jun 14 22:56:01 2001


Could this be a Perl 5.6.0 problem? I had huge problems doing several CPAN
modules on RedHat 7.1... So I just useds the RPMS from the 7.1 DMA CD-ROM...

John Beima


Quoting Victor Nolton <ven@pragakhan.com>:

> install perl 5.6.1 and all your troubles will go away. I had 
> numberous problems with solaris 8 trying to do cpan. Couldn't even 
> get md5 to compile till I upgraded.
> 
> 
> Ven
> 
> 
> 
> >Thank.. Iam self admin the box. I have build a solaris 8 box and am
> trying
> >to figure it out. As for installing interchange, I have had no problem
> >installing it on FreeBSD server, but on a Solaris 8 box I have had many
> >problems. I guess that BSD self install all of the necessary files and
> >programs that is need to install interchanges.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: interchange-users-admin@developer.akopia.com
> >[mailto:interchange-users-admin@developer.akopia.com]On Behalf Of Chris
> >Rapier
> >Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 12:56 PM
> >To: interchange-users@developer.akopia.com
> >Subject: Re: [ic] Help on on a solaris 8 box
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Larry Caragay wrote:
> >>
> >>  make-3.78.1-sol8-intel-local.gz
> >>  Is this the right make??
> >>
> >>  Also how do I add it to my directory path??? Is that in the program
> >>  interchange or is that in a eg. /usr/bin???
> >>
> >>  Thanks in advance..
> >
> >'make' is a program used to compile c programs (amoung other things) in
> >an automated fashion. If you do not have make you likely do not have a
> c
> >compiler. If you do not have a c compiler you can't compile the link
> >programs that sit in your cgi-bin directory. While binary distributions
> >probably exist my feeling is that you'll want to make sure you have a c
> >compiler - otherwise many of those modules are going to be useless as
> >they have c components to them.
> >
> >If this is your personally administered Solaris 8 box you'll need to
> >learn how to do some sysadmin work. This forum probably isn't the right
> >place to learn it though. If you are using a box administered by
> someone
> >else you will want to contact them and make sure you can compile c
> >programs and locally install perl modules from your account. If you can
> >then you'll need to make sure they help you set your environment
> >correctly.
> >
> >If you are simply interested in having a store and don't plan on doing
> >minivend consulting then you might want to find an ISP that already
> >supports minivend/interchange.
> >
> >Chris
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