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zentara
Date:
May 8, 2008 04:37
Subject:
Re: install module problem
On Wed, 7 May 2008 08:26:14 -0500, jwilson@fhu.edu ("John Wilson")
wrote:

>Hi, I'm trying to install a perl module (Net::SSLeay) on a Sun unix box
>running Solaris 9.  In doing the make, I get a message from the shell in
>the output: 
>
>"sh: gcc: cannot execute".  To me this sounds like it's saying it
>doesn't know what/where gcc is.  
>
> 
>
>My gcc is in /usr/local/bin, but /usr/local/bin is not in PATH. So I
>edited the path to include it, but I still get the same message.  But I
>am thinking I may not be doing the path edit correctly because when I
>end the session, the path returns to the way it was before.  
>
> 
>
>Anyone know if my problem is with the PATH, or the compiler?  I had also
>gotten a message saying to make sure to use the  same compiler as with
>OpenSSL and perl - don't know if that's part of the problem.

Googling reveals some tips for Solaris, like:

http://search.cpan.org/search?query=perlgcc&mode=all


zentara

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