Hi,

I am trying to install the ARS Perl module on a Linux server. I downloaded the ARSperl-1.84 package from CPAN.org.

I modified the Makefile.PL file to point to the API's. I ran the Makefile.PL and it went ok. Then I did 'make' and then 'make install'. I get this error when I run 'make install' :

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cc -c -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/api/include -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-strict-aliasing -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O3 --pipe -DVERSION=\"1.84\" -DXS_VERSION=\"1.84\" -fPIC "-I/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i586-linux-thread-multi/CORE" -g -DARS32 -DARS452 -malign-double -DPERL_PATCHLEVEL_IS=8 -DPERL_SUBVERSION_IS=0 -DPERL_BASEREV_IS=50 ARS.c
cc -c -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/api/include -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-strict-aliasing -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O3 --pipe -DVERSION=\"1.84\" -DXS_VERSION=\"1.84\" -fPIC "-I/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i586-linux-thread-multi/CORE" -g -DARS32 -DARS452 -malign-double -DPERL_PATCHLEVEL_IS=8 -DPERL_SUBVERSION_IS=0 -DPERL_BASEREV_IS=50 support.c
cc -c -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/api/include -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-strict-aliasing -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O3 --pipe -DVERSION=\"1.84\" -DXS_VERSION=\"1.84\" -fPIC "-I/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i586-linux-thread-multi/CORE" -g -DARS32 -DARS452 -malign-double -DPERL_PATCHLEVEL_IS=8 -DPERL_SUBVERSION_IS=0 -DPERL_BASEREV_IS=50 supportrev.c
Running Mkbootstrap for ARS ()
chmod 644 ARS.bs
rm -f blib/arch/auto/ARS/ARS.so
LD_RUN_PATH="/lib" cc -shared ARS.o support.o supportrev.o /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/api/lib/libar.a -o blib/arch/auto/ARS/ARS.so -L/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/api/lib -lpthread
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-suse-linux/3.2.2/../../../../i486-suse-linux/bin/ld:/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/api/lib/libar.a: file format not recognized; treating as linker script
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-suse-linux/3.2.2/../../../../i486-suse-linux/bin/ld:/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/api/lib/libar.a:1: parse error
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [blib/arch/auto/ARS/ARS.so] Error 1
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Here is the technical info:

Linux SuSE v8.0 SP3
Apache 1.3.26
Perl 5.8.0

To test the installation, I try to execute a little script called test.pl :

#!/usr/local/perl5/bin/perl
use ARS;
print"Hello";


When I tried to run this, I get this error :

Can't locate loadable object for module ARS in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i586-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i586-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at ./test.pl line 4
Compilation failed in require at ./test.pl line 4.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./test.pl line 4.


Any help would be very appreciated !

Regards,
SGodin

Well, if it didnt do the make install correctly, then it wouldnt work during runtime either.

First off, I haven't had a lot of luck with the latest release, which is why I am staying with 1.83 and 1.82 for now....I couldnt get it to compile either. Are you attempting to upgrade? Or is this a fresh install?

Hi,

Thank you very much for replying to my post.

No, it's a fresh install. We migrated from a Unix server to a Linux server and we are trying to make the ARS module work on our new server.

Would you suggest that I try a older version since the newest version seems to be unstable. If yes, where can I find version 1.83 or 1.82 ?

Thanks,
SGodin

you can get 1.82 from cpan as well....if you look under the "other releases" dropdown, it should have it there.

They also keep archives of previous releases on Sourceforge:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=116013

That last post was me, FYI.

Hi,

Sorry for the delay. I installed version 1.82 and it fixed my problem!

Thank you very much!

Best regards,
SGodin76

I can't speak for linux, but on Windows, the libar.a file has been renamed or merged into a different file or something. I had to change the reference to libar.a in Makefile.PL to arapi63.lib (remember I'm on windows) to get the compile to work. This was ARS 6.3/Windows/ARSPerl 1.85.

I just downloaded the linux files, and libar.a is present in the api/lib directory. There is also a libar.so. Perhaps try changing the Makefile.PL to reference the .so version instead of the .a version. (dynamic vs static linking)