[olug] Challenge With Perl Module Tk

Jay Swackhamer Jay at RebootTheUser.com
Fri Aug 1 21:10:44 UTC 2003


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> I need to see the source code and how "bastille" is invoking perl. Is
> "bastille" a binary or source? If a binary do you have the source? In
> either event, can you give me the source where it's calling perl?
>
> Thanks,
>
> j
>
>
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> CM Miller wrote:
>> > >> Playing with Bastille Linux,
>> > >> http://www.bastille-linux.org/, and it needs two Perl
>> > >> Modules, Tk and Curses.  FYI, I've never played with
>> > >> Perl Modules before either.
>> > >>
>> > >> I've installed both from source and when typing
>> > >> 'bastille,' I get the following error:
>> > >>
>> > >> [error]
>> > >> [root at phoenix man3]# bastille
>> > >>
>> > >> WARNING: /usr/bin/perl cannot find Perl module Tk.
>>
>> > Thanks for the info on how to install Perl Modules via
>> > console, that is a great tidbit of info that I never
>> > knew.
>> >
>> > BUT, still having a challenge with Curses, it is not
>> > install right, because when running Bastille, it still
>> > gives me the same error.
>> >
>> > What steps do I have to take to troubleshoot this?
>>
>> >Ummm... Can you copy and paste a few lines of source
>> >code from where that error occurs?
>>
>> >You might want to try adding an
>>
>> >   -I "/path/to/where/Tk/Lives"
>>
>> >to the call to /usr/bin/perl in the source code. If
>> >you send the current
>> >source, I could send back a suggestion...
>>
>> >j
>>
>> Sorry for not getting back to this sooner.
>>
>> Anyway, I created a softlink, ln -s, for the Tk
>> directory under /usr/bin/perl, but still a no go to
>> get Bastille to run.
>>
>> I don't understand what you mean by -I /path/to/Tk?
>>
>> I even re-installed Tk from Webmin, and I'm not
>> getting any specific errors to output when doing the
>> install.
>>
>> Anyway to capture these errors, or should there be
>> something that I need to be looking for?
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> -Chris
>>
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