Installing a module written in C on a UNIX without root access

[hamidrezah]

Dear Perl experts:

I am trying to install Algorithm::Combinatorics locally on a UNIX
system without root access. The module or at least portions of it are
written in C. I have the following cc available:

Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --
infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --
disable-checking --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-
libunwind-exceptions --enable-java-awt=gtk --host=x86_64-redhat-linux
Thread model: posix
gcc version 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-9)

So "perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/home/mydir" works. "make" works well too.
But during "make test" I get the following errors:

PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 .../perl/5.8.8/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-
e" "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t
t/00_load............................
# Failed test 'use Algorithm::Combinatorics;'
t/00_load............................NOK 1# in t/00_load.t at line
6.
# Tried to use 'Algorithm::Combinatorics'.
# Error: Can't load '.../Algorithm-Combinatorics-0.25/blib/arch/
auto/Algorithm/Combinatorics/Combinatorics.so' for module
Algorithm::Combinatorics: .../Algorithm-Combinatorics 0.25/blib/arch/
auto/Algorithm/Combinatorics/Combinatorics.so: cannot open shared
object file: No such file or directory at .../perl/5.8.8/lib/5.8.8/
i686-linux-thread-multi/DynaLoader.pm line 230.
# at (eval 3) line 2
# Compilation failed in require at (eval 3) line 2.
# BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at t/00_load.t line 6.
# Looks like you failed 1 test of 1.

Then I chose the static linking "perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/home/mydir
LINKTYPE=static". It worked well and "make" finished normally. Then
again "make test" fails giving the following errors:

perlmain.c: In function `xs_init':
perlmain.c:122: warning: passing arg 4 of `Perl_newXS' discards
qualifiers from pointer target type
perlmain.c:127: warning: passing arg 4 of `Perl_newXS' discards
qualifiers from pointer target type

/usr/bin/ld: warning: i386 architecture of input file `.../perl/5.8.8/
lib/5.8.8/i686-linux-thread-multi/CORE/libperl.a(perl.o)' is
incompatible with i386:x86-64 output
/usr/bin/ld: warning: i386 architecture of input file `.../perl/5.8.8/
lib/5.8.8/i686-linux-thread-multi/CORE/libperl.a(gv.o)' is
incompatible with i386:x86-64 output

..../perl/5.8.8/lib/5.8.8/i686-linux-thread-multi/CORE/libperl.a
(perlio.o)(.text+0x4a6c): In function `PerlIOMmap_map':
: undefined reference to `__divdi3'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [perl] Error 1


Can anyone please help what could be possibly wrong??

Thanks in advance.

Hrh.

 

[Michael Vilain]

Dear Perl experts:

I am trying to install Algorithm::Combinatorics locally on a UNIX
system without root access. The module or at least portions of it are
written in C. I have the following cc available:

Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --
infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --
disable-checking --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-
libunwind-exceptions --enable-java-awt=gtk --host=x86_64-redhat-linux
Thread model: posix
gcc version 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-9)

So "perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/home/mydir" works. "make" works well too.
But during "make test" I get the following errors:

PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 .../perl/5.8.8/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-
e" "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t
t/00_load............................
# Failed test 'use Algorithm::Combinatorics;'
t/00_load............................NOK 1# in t/00_load.t at line
6.
# Tried to use 'Algorithm::Combinatorics'.
# Error: Can't load '.../Algorithm-Combinatorics-0.25/blib/arch/
auto/Algorithm/Combinatorics/Combinatorics.so' for module
Algorithm::Combinatorics: .../Algorithm-Combinatorics 0.25/blib/arch/
auto/Algorithm/Combinatorics/Combinatorics.so: cannot open shared
object file: No such file or directory at .../perl/5.8.8/lib/5.8.8/
i686-linux-thread-multi/DynaLoader.pm line 230.
# at (eval 3) line 2
# Compilation failed in require at (eval 3) line 2.
# BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at t/00_load.t line 6.
# Looks like you failed 1 test of 1.

Then I chose the static linking "perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/home/mydir
LINKTYPE=static". It worked well and "make" finished normally. Then
again "make test" fails giving the following errors:

perlmain.c: In function `xs_init':
perlmain.c:122: warning: passing arg 4 of `Perl_newXS' discards
qualifiers from pointer target type
perlmain.c:127: warning: passing arg 4 of `Perl_newXS' discards
qualifiers from pointer target type

/usr/bin/ld: warning: i386 architecture of input file `.../perl/5.8.8/
lib/5.8.8/i686-linux-thread-multi/CORE/libperl.a(perl.o)' is
incompatible with i386:x86-64 output
/usr/bin/ld: warning: i386 architecture of input file `.../perl/5.8.8/
lib/5.8.8/i686-linux-thread-multi/CORE/libperl.a(gv.o)' is
incompatible with i386:x86-64 output

.../perl/5.8.8/lib/5.8.8/i686-linux-thread-multi/CORE/libperl.a
(perlio.o)(.text+0x4a6c): In function `PerlIOMmap_map':
: undefined reference to `__divdi3'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [perl] Error 1


Can anyone please help what could be possibly wrong??

Thanks in advance.

Hrh.

Without root access, you can't install this module into the existing
perl running on the system. At best, you could put the files it uses
into a private perl library that you'd have to "use" at the top of your
code. You should be able to build the module without problems but
apparently the test suite for this module doesn't work on RH when run
without root. You may want to contact the developer about that.

 

[xhoster]

Dear Perl experts:

I am trying to install Algorithm::Combinatorics locally on a UNIX
system without root access. The module or at least portions of it are
written in C. I have the following cc available:
....

PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 .../perl/5.8.8/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-
e" "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t

The three dots in the .../perl/5.8.8/bin/perl looks suspicious to me.
Is that directly from the output, or did you elide something?

t/00_load............................
# Failed test 'use Algorithm::Combinatorics;'
t/00_load............................NOK 1# in t/00_load.t at line
6.
# Tried to use 'Algorithm::Combinatorics'.
# Error: Can't load '.../Algorithm-Combinatorics-0.25/blib/arch/
auto/Algorithm/Combinatorics/Combinatorics.so' for module

Again, three dots in the path to the .so file. Do you know where those
are coming from?

Xho

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[hamidrezah]

Dear Perl experts:

I am trying to install Algorithm::Combinatorics locally on a UNIX
system without root access. The module or at least portions of it are
written in C. I have the following cc available:

Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man--
infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --
disable-checking --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-
libunwind-exceptions --enable-java-awt=gtk --host=x86_64-redhat-linux
Thread model: posix
gcc version 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-9)

So "perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/home/mydir" works. "make" works well too..
But during "make test" I get the following errors:

PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 .../perl/5.8.8/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-
e" "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t
t/00_load............................
#   Failed test 'use Algorithm::Combinatorics;'
t/00_load............................NOK 1#   in t/00_load.t at line
6.
#     Tried to use 'Algorithm::Combinatorics'.
#     Error:  Can't load '.../Algorithm-Combinatorics-0.25/blib/arch/
auto/Algorithm/Combinatorics/Combinatorics.so' for module
Algorithm::Combinatorics: .../Algorithm-Combinatorics 0.25/blib/arch/
auto/Algorithm/Combinatorics/Combinatorics.so: cannot open shared
object file: No such file or directory at .../perl/5.8.8/lib/5.8.8/
i686-linux-thread-multi/DynaLoader.pm line 230.
#  at (eval 3) line 2
# Compilation failed in require at (eval 3) line 2.
# BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at t/00_load.t line 6.
# Looks like you failed 1 test of 1.

Then I chose the static linking "perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/home/mydir
LINKTYPE=static". It worked well and "make" finished normally. Then
again "make test" fails giving the following errors:

perlmain.c: In function `xs_init':
perlmain.c:122: warning: passing arg 4 of `Perl_newXS' discards
qualifiers from pointer target type
perlmain.c:127: warning: passing arg 4 of `Perl_newXS' discards
qualifiers from pointer target type

/usr/bin/ld: warning: i386 architecture of input file `.../perl/5.8.8/
lib/5.8.8/i686-linux-thread-multi/CORE/libperl.a(perl.o)' is
incompatible with i386:x86-64 output
/usr/bin/ld: warning: i386 architecture of input file `.../perl/5.8.8/
lib/5.8.8/i686-linux-thread-multi/CORE/libperl.a(gv.o)' is
incompatible with i386:x86-64 output

.../perl/5.8.8/lib/5.8.8/i686-linux-thread-multi/CORE/libperl.a
(perlio.o)(.text+0x4a6c): In function `PerlIOMmap_map':
: undefined reference to `__divdi3'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [perl] Error 1

Can anyone please help what could be possibly wrong??

Thanks in advance.

Hrh.

Without root access, you can't install this module into the existing
perl running on the system.  At best, you could put the files it uses
into a private perl library that you'd have to "use" at the top of your
code.  You should be able to build the module without problems but
apparently the test suite for this module doesn't work on RH when run
without root.  You may want to contact the developer about that.

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I have tried to "use" the module on top of my code. Just as the "test"
tries to use it. But it cannot load the dynamically loadable module
just made.

I also tried to install it in my local directory as you can read from
my original post. It should be possible to install a module without
root access using PREFIX option passed to the Makefile.PL

Anyways, thanks for your hint.

 

[hamidrezah]

The three dots in the .../perl/5.8.8/bin/perl looks suspicious to me.
Is that directly from the output, or did you elide something?


Again, three dots in the path to the .so file.  Do you know where those
are coming from?

Xho

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The dots are added by me, the path were too long.

 

[xhoster]

The dots are added by me, the path were too long.

Can you manually find a file named Combinatorics.so? If so, where is it
compared to where Perl wants it to be?

Xho

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