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Basil
Basil

Reputation: 1077

Weird error when trying to install a module using cpan on a RedHat

When I am trying to install any module on a RedHat 7.3 using cpan, I am getting this weird message - "make: execvp: true: Permission denied":

sudo cpan
cpan[1]> install Log::Log4perl
...
(tests run ok)
...
Running make install
make: execvp: true: Permission denied
make: *** [blibdirs] Error 127
  MSCHILLI/Log-Log4perl-1.49.tar.gz
  sudo /bin/make install  -- NOT OK
Failed during this command:
 MSCHILLI/Log-Log4perl-1.49.tar.gz            : install NO

Then, if I navigate to the cpans build_dir (from MyConfig.pm), find the folder with this module, and run make test; sudo make install there - everything runs fine.

What is wrong with cpan there? How this could be fixed?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 332

Answers (2)

mob
mob

Reputation: 118605

make: execvp: foo: Permission denied happens when foo is some program that does not have execute permission. Find the true program in your $PATH (typically /bin/true or /usr/bin/true, but maybe there's another one if you have an idiosyncratic $PATH) and make sure you have execute permission for it.

Upvotes: 3

Dave Cross
Dave Cross

Reputation: 69244

If you're installing the module into the system library, you can probably save yourself considerable pain by installing the pre-build RPM package.

$ sudo yum install perl-Log-Log4perl

Upvotes: 4

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