Finance::Quote Install Problem on Mac OSX Mountain Lion

[John Ralls]

On Nov 5, 2012, at 12:19 PM, Deane Yamane <deane.yamane at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks, John. Can you debug this? BTW The Price Editor->Get Quotes still doesn't work. 
> 
> 
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> cpan[4]> install Date::Manip
> Running install for module 'Date::Manip'
> Running make for S/SB/SBECK/Date-Manip-6.36.tar.gz
> Checksum for /Users/deane/.cpan/sources/authors/id/S/SB/SBECK/Date-Manip-6.36.tar.gz ok
> Package seems to come without Makefile.PL.
>   (The test -f "/Users/deane/.cpan/build/SBECK-yqqNcW/Makefile.PL" returned false.)
>   Writing one on our own (setting NAME to DateManip)
> 
>   CPAN.pm: Going to build S/SB/SBECK/Date-Manip-6.36.tar.gz
> 
> Checking if your kit is complete...
> Looks good
> Warning: prerequisite Test::Inter 0 not found.
> Bareword found where operator expected at ./Makefile.PL line 1, near "30 mtime"
> 	(Missing operator before mtime?)
> Number found where operator expected at ./Makefile.PL line 2, near "30"
> 	(Missing semicolon on previous line?)
> Bareword found where operator expected at ./Makefile.PL line 2, near "30 atime"
> 	(Missing operator before atime?)
> Number found where operator expected at ./Makefile.PL line 3, near "30"
> 	(Missing semicolon on previous line?)
> Bareword found where operator expected at ./Makefile.PL line 3, near "30 ctime"
> 	(Missing operator before ctime?)
> ERROR from evaluation of /Users/deane/.cpan/build/SBECK-yqqNcW/Date-Manip-6.36/Makefile.PL: ERROR from evaluation of /Users/deane/.cpan/build/SBECK-yqqNcW/Date-Manip-6.36/PaxHeaders.11917/Makefile.PL: syntax error at ./Makefile.PL line 1, near "30 mtime"
> Warning: No success on command[/usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL]
>   SBECK/Date-Manip-6.36.tar.gz
>   /usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL -- NOT OK
> Running make test
>   Make had some problems, won't test
> Running make install
>   Make had some problems, won't install
> Failed during this command:
>  SBECK/Date-Manip-6.36.tar.gz                 : writemakefile NO '/usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL' returned status 65280
> 
> cpan[5]> rm /Users/deane/.cpan/build/SBECK-yqqNcW
> Unknown shell command 'rm'. Type ? for help.
> 
> cpan[6]> 

Yeah, you have to do the rm step from the shell, not from inside cpan, and you have to do it *before* running sudo .cpan to install Date::Manip.

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Regards,
John Ralls