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yoburtu

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Registered: 2006-06-07

Posts: 121

Problems with checkgmail

There is a problem in the last arch update. Don't work checkgmail:

$

 checkgmail
Warning: Gtk2 not found ...
Warning: Gtk2::TrayIcon not found ...
Warning: LWP::UserAgent not found ...
Warning: Crypt::SSLeay not found ...

CheckGmail requires the above packages to run
Please download and install from CPAN (http://search.cpan.org) and try again ...

I have perl packages installed:

]$ pacman -Q | grep perl
cairo-perl 1.041-1
glib-perl 1.160-1
gtk2-perl 1.160-1
perl 5.8.8-8
perl-compress-raw-zlib 2.006-1
perl-compress-zlib 2.006-1
perl-crypt-simple 0.06-2
perl-crypt-ssleay 0.54-2
perl-error 0.17009-1
perl-gtk2-trayicon 0.06-1
perl-html-parser 3.56-2
perl-html-tagset 3.10-2
perl-io-compress-base 2.006-1
perl-io-compress-zlib 2.006-1
perl-io-socket-ssl 1.08-1
perl-libwww 5.808-1
perl-net-ssleay 1.30-1
perl-uri 1.35-2
perl-xml-simple 2.18-1
perlxml 2.34-4

What's the problem?. Regards.

shining

Pacman Developer

Registered: 2006-05-10

Posts: 2,043

Re: Problems with checkgmail

There is a thread on arch ML about perl problems, but I don't think anyone really found the cause of the problem yet.
Seems like some people have to downgrade perl or rebuild it with ABS for it to work :
http://www.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch … 15947.html

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vincde

Member

Registered: 2007-05-22

Posts: 18

Re: Problems with checkgmail

same problem here.

It comes when I've upgraded my system.
Within this upgrade comes a new version of perl.

vincde

Member

Registered: 2007-05-22

Posts: 18

Re: Problems with checkgmail

There is a thread on arch ML about perl problems, but I don't think anyone really found the cause of the problem yet.
Seems like some people have to downgrade perl or rebuild it with ABS for it to work :
http://www.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch … 15947.html

Does not work here
in /var/abs/base/perl I execute "makepkg"
The result is this:

make: *** No rule to make target `<command-line>', needed by `miniperlmain.o'.  Stop.
==> ERROR: Build Failed.  Aborting...

giovanni

Developer

From: Livorno, Italy

Registered: 2005-04-07

Posts: 68

Re: Problems with checkgmail

Does not work here
in /var/abs/base/perl I execute "makepkg"

You have to execute "makepkg" into /var/abs/core/base/perl

Last edited by voidnull (2007-10-26 10:37:48)

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vincde

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Registered: 2007-05-22

Posts: 18

Re: Problems with checkgmail

You have to execute "makepkg" into /var/abs/core/base/perl

# cd /var/abs/core/base/perl
-bash: cd: /var/abs/core/base/perl: No such file or directory

waldek_a

Member

From: Munich, Germany

Registered: 2005-04-19

Posts: 85

Re: Problems with checkgmail

did you update ABS? I mean just issue abs as root in /var/abs

I have both and used the one from ./core/base/ because it was newer.

BTW it is a better idea to create a subdirectory in /var/abs, give yourself rights to it and compile all packages from there not as root. If you do it as root and something goes wrong instead of getting "access denied" you modify teh live system. I think it is described in ABS guide in the WiKi

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ABS … 2Flocal.2F

vincde

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Registered: 2007-05-22

Posts: 18

Re: Problems with checkgmail

SOLVED!!!!!

The problem come from the perl package!!!!

It has create in /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl a hard directory 5.8.8!!!!
Which is empty, for sure!!!

Remove it and create a soft link:
"ln -s current 5.8.8" in /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl

No need to recompile, ....

Last edited by vincde (2007-11-01 09:34:24)

yoburtu

Member

Registered: 2006-06-07

Posts: 121

Re: Problems with checkgmail

Great!, now work fine.

I think that perl package maintainer will fix this problem soon.

Best regards.

dale77

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From: Down under

Registered: 2007-02-10

Posts: 102

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Re: Problems with checkgmail

So has the perl guy fixed it?

I just got bitten by this bug.