Comments on: Leopard Perl 5.8.8 installation throws errors when compiling (makefile)

By: Gaurav

Gaurav — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 10:37:14 +0000

Hey guys, I had the same problem you reported. Installing Xcode 3.0 (as suggested on CodeFork.com) fixed it for me; apparently, those header files aren't installed by default, but will be installed along with the development tools.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:59:49 +0000

Thanks for the original posting to fix the make target!!

Sadly, though, my problems haven’t ended with that fix. Ever since I upgraded to leopard my perl modules haven’t worked correctly. I tried to re-install them but am getting all kinds of errors like the following:

paimun:/Library/Perl/DBI-1.605 $ make
cc -c -arch i386 -arch ppc -g -pipe -fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -no-cpp-precomp -fno-strict-aliasing -Wdeclaration-after-statement -I/usr/local/include -O3 -DVERSION=\”1.605\” -DXS_VERSION=\”1.605\” “-I/System/Library/Perl/5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level/CORE” -W -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wbad-function-cast -Wno-comment -Wno-sign-compare -Wno-cast-qual -Wmissing-noreturn -Wno-unused-parameter Perl.c
cc: installation problem, cannot exec ‘i686-apple-darwin8-gcc-4.0.0′: No such file or directory
lipo: can’t figure out the architecture type of: /var/folders/bw/bwmePWMh2RiFsU+8ZQBnVU+++Tk/-Tmp-//cc7NiGMr.out
make: *** [Perl.o] Error 255

I am hesitant to completely re-install perl as suggested by Tim for fear that my problems will only get worse. Any advice? If i do a clean install of perl will I have to re-load all my perl modules – this would be a week or so of work.

Much appreciated!!!
-Ruth

By: newbie

newbie — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:53:43 +0000

please tell me how to install perl in windows

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 30 May 2008 09:06:22 +0000

Sorry, should be:
sudo ln -s /usr/local/ActivePerl-5.10/bin/perl /usr/bin/perl

To create a symbolic link to your new perl installation.
Cheers,
Tim

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 29 May 2008 20:50:01 +0000

Give me an email chifliii: tim.koops at gmail.com

Will be quicker that way

Cheers
Tim

By: chifliii

chifliii — Thu, 29 May 2008 13:01:02 +0000

Forgot to mention that fist step after install gave me this
Macintosh:~ chifliiiii$ ln -s perl /usr/local/ActivePerl-5.10/bin/perl
ln: /usr/local/ActivePerl-5.10/bin/perl: File exists

i thought it was normal not sure now

By: chifliii

chifliii — Thu, 29 May 2008 12:57:41 +0000

Thanks for quick reply. Basicacly that command dont give any output
Macintosh:~ chifliiiii$ which perl
Macintosh:~ chifliiiii$

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 28 May 2008 01:02:42 +0000

chiflii from your terminal, please post back the results of:
which perl

Then:
ls -al

eg.$ which perl /opt/local/bin/perl $ ls -al /opt/local/bin/perl

Cheers
Tim

By: chifliii

chifliii — Tue, 27 May 2008 13:27:30 +0000

Hi , my perl stopped working so i decided to install the version you mentioned but i get a
sudo perl -> /usr/local/ActivePerl-5.10/bin/perl
-bash: /usr/local/ActivePerl-5.10/bin/perl: Permission denied
I dont know what to do now.

in the terminal perl seems to not be link to the new perl

By: nacho

nacho — Tue, 20 May 2008 22:27:21 +0000

Thanks a lot! that information was enough for me ’cause I donÃ‚Â´t wanÃ‚Â´t to use Perl right now, just needed it installed on my Mac to be able to run PerlPrimer, a useful tool for my thesis, although IÃ‚Â´ll also take a look at those tutorials in order to learn a little bit about Perl.