[rt-users] Would appreciate some rt-3-0-6 Installation assistance

["Vorländer, Martin"]

> At 08:36 AM 10/29/2003, you wrote:
> >Don Donaldson wrote:
> >Call
> >
> >% perl -MCPAN -e shell
> >
> >and configure it properly. Then go back to make fixdeps.
> 
> (Thanks for the reply, Don D)
> 
> OK.  Ran this, answered questions (used defaults, mostly) but 
> still get the same error output;
> 
> Could this be a perl makefile generation problem?
> ....
> cpan> quit
> Terminal does not support GetHistory.
> Lockfile removed.
> [root at james rt-3-0-6]# make fixdeps
> /usr/bin/perl ./sbin/rt-test-dependencies --install --with-mysql
> perl:
>          5.8.0...found
> MASON dependencies:
>          Params::Validate 0.02...MISSING
> Number found where operator expected at 
> /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/CPAN/FirstTime.pm line 464, near "<= 60 && -s _ > 0"
>          (Missing operator before  0?)
> syntax error at
> /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/CPAN/FirstTime.pm line 464, near "<= 60 && -s _ > 0"
> Global symbol "$mby" requires explicit package name at 
> /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/CPAN/FirstTime.pm line 476.
[...]

Hmmm... You do have a /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/CPAN/Config.pm, right?

Which version is your CPAN module? Perhaps you should try and install
the latest version (1.76):

# perl -MCPAN -e shell
cpan> install Bundle::CPAN
cpan> reload cpan

But CPAN.pm itself would have pointed you to that...

cu,
  Martin
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