I cannot seem to install Configure::General via cpan (from Cygwin). The issue seems to be that the makefile cannot be found but it definitely exists. The module has been installed in a non-@INC directory. I have tried following this: [How do I 'use' a Perl module in a directory not in @INC? which made no difference to the output. I also tried this: [I installed a module successfully with CPAN, but perl can't find it. Why? I get an error saying 'use' command not found (so I'm guess my implemtation of that fix is problematic)
The output from perl -V:
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 22 subversion 4) configuration:
Platform:
osname=cygwin, osvers=2.8.1(0.31253), archname=cygwin-thread-multi
uname='cygwin_nt-6.3 cygwin 2.8.1(0.31253) 2017-07-03 14:11 x86_64 cygwin '
config_args='-des -Dprefix=/usr -Dmksymlinks -Darchname=x86_64-cygwin-threads -Dlibperl=cygperl5_22.dll -Dcc=gcc -Dld=g++ -Accflags=-ggdb -O2 -pipe -Wimplicit-function-declaration -fdebug-prefix-map=/mnt/share/maint/perl.x86_64/build=/usr/src/debug/perl-5.22.4-1 -fdebug-prefix-map=/mnt/share/maint/perl.x86_64/src/perl-5.22.4=/usr/src/debug/perl-5.22.4-1 -fwrapv'
hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define
use64bitint=define, use64bitall=define, uselongdouble=undef
usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
Compiler:
cc='gcc', ccflags ='-DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -D_GNU_SOURCE -U__STRICT_ANSI__ -ggdb -O2 -pipe -Wimplicit-function-declaration -fdebug-prefix-map=/mnt/share/maint/perl.x86_64/build=/usr/src/debug/perl-5.22.4-1 -fdebug-prefix-map=/mnt/share/maint/perl.x86_64/src/perl-5.22.4=/usr/src/debug/perl-5.22.4-1 -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -fstack-protector-strong -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2',
optimize='-O3',
cppflags='-DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -D_GNU_SOURCE -U__STRICT_ANSI__ -ggdb -O2 -pipe -Wimplicit-function-declaration -fdebug-prefix-map=/mnt/share/maint/perl.x86_64/build=/usr/src/debug/perl-5.22.4-1 -fdebug-prefix-map=/mnt/share/maint/perl.x86_64/src/perl-5.22.4=/usr/src/debug/perl-5.22.4-1 -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -fstack-protector-strong'
ccversion='', gccversion='5.4.0', gccosandvers=''
intsize=4, longsize=8, ptrsize=8, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678, doublekind=3
d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16, longdblkind=3
ivtype='long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
alignbytes=8, prototype=define
Linker and Libraries:
ld='g++', ldflags =' -Wl,--enable-auto-import -Wl,--export-all-symbols -Wl,--enable-auto-image-base -fstack-protector-strong'
libpth=/usr/lib
libs=-lpthread -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lcrypt -lgdbm_compat
perllibs=-lpthread -ldl -lcrypt
libc=/usr/lib/libcygwin.a, so=dll, useshrplib=true, libperl=cygperl5_22.dll
gnulibc_version=''
Dynamic Linking:
dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=dll, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags=' --shared -Wl,--enable-auto-import -Wl,--export-all-symbols -Wl,--enable-auto-image-base -fstack-protector-strong'
Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
Compile-time options: HAS_TIMES MULTIPLICITY PERLIO_LAYERS
PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV
PERL_HASH_FUNC_ONE_AT_A_TIME_HARD
PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT PERL_NEW_COPY_ON_WRITE
PERL_PRESERVE_IVUV PERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV
USE_64_BIT_ALL USE_64_BIT_INT USE_ITHREADS
USE_LARGE_FILES USE_LOCALE USE_LOCALE_COLLATE
USE_LOCALE_CTYPE USE_LOCALE_NUMERIC USE_LOCALE_TIME
USE_PERLIO USE_PERL_ATOF USE_REENTRANT_API
Built under cygwin
Compiled at Jul 15 2017 20:11:53
@INC:
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.22/x86_64-cygwin-threads
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.22
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.22/x86_64-cygwin-threads
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.22
/usr/lib/perl5/5.22/x86_64-cygwin-threads
/usr/lib/perl5/5.22
.
[1]: http://'use'%20a%20perl%20module
[2]: http://cpan%20can't%20find%20module
The output from the failed install:
CPAN: Storable loaded ok (v2.53_02)
Reading '/home/BobTewilliger/.cpan/Metadata'
Database was generated on Tue, 12 Sep 2017 03:17:02 GMT
Running install for module 'Config::General'
CPAN: Digest::SHA loaded ok (v5.96)
CPAN: Compress::Zlib loaded ok (v2.068001)
Checksum for /home/BobTewilliger/.cpan/sources/authors/id/T/TL/TLINDEN/Config-General-2.63.tar.gz ok
CPAN: File::Temp loaded ok (v0.2304)
CPAN: YAML loaded ok (v1.23)
CPAN: CPAN::Meta::Requirements loaded ok (v2.140)
CPAN: Parse::CPAN::Meta loaded ok (v2.150010)
CPAN: CPAN::Meta loaded ok (v2.150010)
CPAN: Module::CoreList loaded ok (v5.20170715_22)
Configuring T/TL/TLINDEN/Config-General-2.63.tar.gz with Makefile.PL
TLINDEN/Config-General-2.63.tar.gz
/usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL -- OK
Running make for T/TL/TLINDEN/Config-General-2.63.tar.gz
TLINDEN/Config-General-2.63.tar.gz
/cygdrive/c/Rtools/bin/make.EXE -- NOT OK
When I try to run 'makeimage' an error is returned saying config.pm cannot be found. The file exosts. Just not in @INC.
I'm exceptionally new to PERL, and I know similar questions have been asked all over the web but I can't get this running. The original problem was with YAML, which I managed to resolve butt he same solution does not apply here for some reason :/
EDIT: I'm running Strawberry PERL on Windows 7 machine
