[Koha] Re: Perl Module Lament

[Beda Szukics]

Hi Rick 

I have the same problems as Bo trying to install Koha on Debian 4.0 
following the instructions by Joshua on 
http://www.kohadocs.org/Installing_Koha_on_Debian_sarge.html 

Rick Welykochy schrieb: 

> The Koha community is anticipating the day that the Koha installation
> package has all the Perl packages bundled in with the Koha source code.
> We live in hope! 
> 
> 
>> Checking perl modules ... Variable "$record" is not imported
>> at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/MARC/File/XML.pm line 356, <STDIN> line
> 
> When the above happens while installer.pl is running, my guess
> is the the installer sees an error and blandly (blindly!) assumes
> then that the module (MARC:File::XML) is not installed. 
> 
> I see this sort of behaviour from time to time. Since there is no
> definitive set of Perl modules for Koha, as versions of things change
> on CPAN, things start breaking in unexpected places. 
> 
> A "definitive set" of modules is a specified set of modules with
> specific version numbers, all known to work together as one
> compatible whole. This is not a trivial task, as things can
> and do change rapidly on CPAN. AFAIK, their is no complete
> "integration testing" done on CPAN with various sets of modules. 
> 
>> Also the Net::LDAP installtion fails: Searching krb5-config command...
>> not found! at Makefile.PL line 94.  
>> 
>> HAAAAILP....please...I'm stuck. 
>> 
> 
> Next step is to see why your version of this module is broken.
> Try this: 
> 
> perl -MMARC::File::XML -e 'print "hello\n"' 
> 
> and let us see the output.

verwaltung:~/koha-2.2.9# perl -MMARC::File::XML -e 'print "hello\n"'
Variable "$record" is not imported at 
/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/MARC/File/XML.pm line 356.
       (Did you mean &record instead?)
Variable "$record" is not imported at 
/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/MARC/File/XML.pm line 358.
       (Did you mean &record instead?)
"my" variable $data masks earlier declaration in same scope at 
/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/MARC/File/XML.pm line 369.
Variable "$record" is not imported at 
/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/MARC/File/XML.pm line 380.
       (Did you mean &record instead?)
Variable "$record" is not imported at 
/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/MARC/File/XML.pm line 383.
       (Did you mean &record instead?)
syntax error at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/MARC/File/XML.pm line 327, near 
") ~"
Global symbol "$without_header" requires explicit package name at 
/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/MARC/File/XML.pm line 343.
Global symbol "$enc" requires explicit package name at 
/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/MARC/File/XML.pm line 344.
Global symbol "$record" requires explicit package name at 
/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/MARC/File/XML.pm line 356.
Global symbol "$record" requires explicit package name at 
/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/MARC/File/XML.pm line 358.
Global symbol "$_transcode" requires explicit package name at 
/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/MARC/File/XML.pm line 363.
Global symbol "$_transcode" requires explicit package name at 
/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/MARC/File/XML.pm line 371.
Global symbol "$_transcode" requires explicit package name at 
/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/MARC/File/XML.pm line 378.
Global symbol "$original_charset" requires explicit package name at 
/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/MARC/File/XML.pm line 379.
Global symbol "$record" requires explicit package name at 
/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/MARC/File/XML.pm line 380.
Global symbol "$original_charset" requires explicit package name at 
/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/MARC/File/XML.pm line 380.
Global symbol "$ldr" requires explicit package name at 
/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/MARC/File/XML.pm line 382.
Global symbol "$original_encoding" requires explicit package name at 
/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/MARC/File/XML.pm line 382.
Global symbol "$record" requires explicit package name at 
/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/MARC/File/XML.pm line 383.
Global symbol "$ldr" requires explicit package name at 
/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/MARC/File/XML.pm line 383.
syntax error at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/MARC/File/XML.pm line 387, near 
"}"
/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/MARC/File/XML.pm has too many errors.
Compilation failed in require.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted. 

> I think the solution might lie in which version of the module you are 
> using.
> You can find that out as follows: 
> 
> grep VERSION `perldoc -l MARC::File::XML`

I get:
use vars qw( $VERSION %_load_args );
$VERSION = '0.87'; 

> 
> On my working install I see it is version 0.85. 
> 
> use vars qw( $VERSION %_load_args );
> $VERSION = '0.85'; 
> 
> 
> You can always visit the CPAN web site and forcibly install that version.

How? 


Thanks                    Beda