RE: MiniMate Install Aborts

[Dave/WebMaster <ddave@ddave.com>]

On Mon, 5 Jul 1999, Sid MacLeod wrote:

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> :Can someone give me a clue to what is causing the MiniMate 
> :install error 
> :below? We are running:
> :
> :FreeBSD
> :Perl 5.005_02
> :MiniVend v. 3.12
> :syntax error in file Makefile.PL at line 24, next 2 tokens "use strict"
> :syntax error in file Makefile.PL at line 33, next 2 tokens "Term:"
> :syntax error in file Makefile.PL at line 34, next 2 tokens "Term:"
> :syntax error in file Makefile.PL at line 35, next 2 tokens "Term:"
> :syntax error in file Makefile.PL at line 42, next 2 tokens "my $term"
> :syntax error in file Makefile.PL at line 44, next 2 tokens "new Term"
> :syntax error in file Makefile.PL at line 45, next 2 tokens "= sub "
> :syntax error in file Makefile.PL at line 49, next 2 tokens "->"
> :syntax error in file Makefile.PL at line 51, next token "}"
> :Execution of Makefile.PL aborted due to compilation errors.
> 
> ~&~>It appears that Makefile.PL is not calling perl5. Try
> 
> perl5 Makefile.PL
> 
> on the command line, or your/path/to/correct/perl.

Thanks for getting back with me on this. I have been trying to install it
with the 'install' file: 

perl5 install /pathtomvend

I even modified the perl path in the 'install' and 'Makefile.PL' files:

from:
#! /usr/bin/perl -w

to:
#! /usr/local/bin/perl -w


But... after reading your message, I decided to install it one step at a 
time and met with success:

perl5 Makefile.PL
perl5 make
perl5 make install

Think there is something buggy in the 'install' script?

Regards,

Dave/WebMaster

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