Re: [mv] installing through telnet on a unix platform

[Stefan Hornburg <racke@linuxia.net>]

scott andreas <scott@webmarketers.net> writes:

> ******    message to minivend-users from scott andreas <scott@webmarketers.net>     ******
> 
> hello all,
> I have been trying many times to install minivend on our virtual host
> running on sun O/S. I admit my unix is not up to snuff, but what I do
> know is that this install with all the documentation should not be that
> difficult. Here is the problem, I've gunzipped the file, worked out
> fine, then I untarred the file in to a directory that I have created. I
> know that worked ok since all the files are in that directory. I chmod
> that directory to 755 and then I've ran the ./configure. My perl program
> is located in usr/local/bin/ directory. When I execut the ./configure it
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
> proceed and outputs
>  MiniVend Version 3.0x Configuration
> 
>  Copyright 1996-1998 Michael J. Heins, <mikeh@minivend.com>
> 
>  MiniVend is largely based on Vend 0.2
>  Copyright 1995 Andrew M. Wilcox <awilcox@maine.com>
> 
>  Portions from Vend 0.3
>  Copyright 1995, 1996 Andrew M. Wilcox <awilcox@maine.com>
> 
>  Distributed under the GNU General Public License, see
>  the file Copying for license information.
> 
> Found Perl 5.00502 as /usr/bin/perl
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Checking if your kit is complete...
> Looks good
> 
>  MiniVend V3.14-3
> 
>  Copyright 1996-1999 by Michael J. Heins <mikeh@minivend.com>
> 
>  MiniVend is free under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
> 
> and stops there. It doesn't proceed into creating  the first catalog
> 'simple'.
> I've tryed install in manually by running /usr/local/bin/perl
> Makefile.PL and that only leaves to a >prompt then I proceed with the
> make, the make test and the make install and each input just takes me to
> the next prompt...nothing happens at all. What did I miss, it install
> nicely on my windows machine. Any help that you could offer would be
> greatly appreciated

There are two Perl versions on your machine. This may cause your problem.

Ciao
        Racke

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