[NTLUG:Discuss] Perl Modules

[Paul Drew]

Howdy Guys,
I am going to have to appeal to you guys for some help. I have been trying 
to figure out how to gather disk space usage using Perl. It appears that I 
am in the need of a module Filesys::Df, and that requires Filesys::Statvfs.

I cannot get this damn thing installed. I am too new to Perl to know what to 
do, and I have not been able to get this installed. I will paste in the 
errors below, and see if anyone can shed some light on this. I have been 
getting this with other Modules I have tried to install in the past, so 
there has got to be some sort of basic thing I am missing.

#perl -MCPAN -e 'install Filesys::Df' (This is what I ran to start it)

Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for Filesys::Statvfs
cp Df.pm blib/lib/Filesys/Df.pm
cp Statvfs.pm blib/lib/Filesys/Statvfs.pm
        /usr/freeware/bin/perl -I/usr/freeware/lib/perl5/5.6.1/irix-n32 
-I/usr/freeware/lib/perl5/5.6.1 
/usr/freeware/lib/perl5/5.6.1/ExtUtils/xsubpp  -typemap 
/usr/freeware/lib/perl5/5.6.1/ExtUtils/typemap -typemap typemap Statvfs.xs > 
Statvfs.xsc && mv Statvfs.xsc Statvfs.c
Please specify prototyping behavior for Statvfs.xs (see perlxs manual)
        cc -n32 -mips3 -IPA -c  -D_BSD_TYPES -D_BSD_TIME -woff 
1009,1110,1174,1184,1552 -OPT:Olimit=0:space=ON -I/usr/freeware/include 
-I/usr/include -O3    -DVERSION=\"0.68\"  -DXS_VERSION=\"0.68\"  
-I/usr/freeware/lib/perl5/5.6.1/irix-n32/CORE  Statvfs.c
sh: cc:  not found
*** Error code 127 (bu21)
  /sbin/make  -- NOT OK
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  make had returned bad status, install seems impossible

I tried installing Filesys::DiskSpace which seemed to go ok with no errors, 
however I can't use it. I get the following errors.

Can't locate Filesys/DiskSpace.pm in @INC (@INC contains: 
/usr/share/lib/perl5/irix-n32/5.00405 /usr/share/lib/perl5 
/usr/share/lib/perl5/site_perl/irix-n32 /usr/share/lib/perl5/site_perl 
/usr/share/lib/perl5/sgi_perl .) at ./arg_tests line 2.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./arg_tests line 2.

When I type whats below I get NO errors, and yet I still get the above 
errors.
#perl -e 'use Filesys::DiskSpace'

I have also tried to just put in place the .pm's under directorys included 
in @INC. And yet I still can't use any of the modules. I am just stuck, any 
suggestions you guys might be able to offer would be great. Thank in 
Advance. Have a great day, and take care.

Paul Drew

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