CPAN Issues

[sshoot]

I am really new to perl and I am trying to install modules from the command line using Cpan.

I cannot seem to get cpan to install the modules correctly,
cpan will spit out this error, and abort the installation process.

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Running make install
mkdir /usr/local/man/man3: Permission denied at /System/Library/Perl/5.8.6/ExtUtils/Install.pm line 112
make: *** [pure_site_install] Error 255
/usr/bin/make install -- NOT OK
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I tried running cpan in sudo mode but it still wouldn't work. I am at a loss and am not sure what to do about it.
any help is appreciated

 

[Kirsle]

Are you running this as root? It looks as though it doesn't have permission to write to /usr/local/man



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[sshoot]

I need to be root ?
I am trying to install the files from an administrator account. Am I supposed to be running cpan from root in the first place ?

 

[travs69]

um.. administrator account?? Are you on windows running active state perl? Use the built in PPM provided by active state.

 

[travs69]

Opps.. I didn't see that you were talking about sudo and such above.. I might have jumped the gun on that whole Windows thing?

 

[Kirsle]

One idea might be...

The perl function mkdir("/usr/local/man/man3"); would fail unless the directory /usr/local/man existed first. On my Linux system that directory doesn't exist, so that might what's wrong with yours too... trying to create a folder "man3" inside a folder "man", which doesn't exist?

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