Re: [webmin-l] Problem installing perl modules

[doug r. <do...@ar...>]

Got it, thank you Jamie.

Doug

On 01/27/2007 8:39 PM, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> This is actually a bug in Webmin - the Perl Modules installation code
> assumes that you will use /tmp/.webmin as your temp files directory, regardless
> of the configuration on the Advanced Options page!
> 
> I will fix this in the next release.. or to work around it now, you can
> edit the file cpan/install.cgi under the Webmin root directory (tyically
> /usr/libexec/webmin) and change the line containing /tmp/.webmin to /var/.webmin .
> 
>  - Jamie
> 
> On 27/Jan/2007 13:27 doug robbins wrote ..
>> First attempt today at installing a perl module from Webmin. It failed,
>> though the reason 
>> seemed clear enough: my /tmp directory is mounted noexec and the build
>> script failed. So I 
>> set a different tmp directory (/var/.webmin) in Webmin Configuration ->
>> Advanced Options. 
>> Also, I set the same tmp dir for "Perl Modules" in "Per-module temporary
>> directories".
>> 	
>> Then I retried the perl module installation (I'm trying to install File::Tail
>> for which 
>> Time::HiRes is a prerequisite). I got this output in Webmin:
>>
>> ------------------
>>
>> Making, testing and installing Time::HiRes ..
>>
>> Untarring module file
>>
>> Executing gunzip -c /var/.webmin/Time-HiRes-1.9704.tar.gz | tar xvf - ..
>>
>> Time-HiRes-1.9704/
>> Time-HiRes-1.9704/hints/
>> Time-HiRes-1.9704/hints/sco.pl
>> Time-HiRes-1.9704/hints/svr4.pl
>> Time-HiRes-1.9704/hints/aix.pl
>> Time-HiRes-1.9704/hints/dec_osf.pl
>> Time-HiRes-1.9704/hints/solaris.pl
>> Time-HiRes-1.9704/hints/dynixptx.pl
>> Time-HiRes-1.9704/hints/irix.pl
>> Time-HiRes-1.9704/Changes
>> Time-HiRes-1.9704/MANIFEST
>> Time-HiRes-1.9704/typemap
>> Time-HiRes-1.9704/TODO
>> Time-HiRes-1.9704/HiRes.pm
>> Time-HiRes-1.9704/fallback/
>> Time-HiRes-1.9704/fallback/const-c.inc
>> Time-HiRes-1.9704/fallback/const-xs.inc
>> Time-HiRes-1.9704/HiRes.xs
>> Time-HiRes-1.9704/ppport.h
>> Time-HiRes-1.9704/META.yml
>> Time-HiRes-1.9704/t/
>> Time-HiRes-1.9704/t/HiRes.t
>> Time-HiRes-1.9704/README
>> Time-HiRes-1.9704/Makefile.PL
>>
>> Compiling module
>>
>> Executing /usr/bin/perl Build.PL  && ./Build ..
>>
>> sh: line 0: cd: /var/.webmin/Time-HiRes-1.9704: No such file or directory
>> Can't open perl script "Build.PL": No such file or directory.
>> Use -S to search $PATH for it.
>>
>> --------------------------
>>
>> Back in the shell I see:
>>
>> [root] ls -al /var/.webmin
>> total 106
>> drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  1024 Jan 27 15:20 .
>> drwxr-xr-x  23 root root  1024 Jan 27 15:03 ..
>> -rw-r--r--   1 root root 22800 Jan 27 15:20 File-Tail-0.99.3.tar.gz
>> -rw-r--r--   1 root root 80330 Jan 27 15:20 Time-HiRes-1.9704.tar.gz
>> [root] ls -al /tmp/.webmin
>> total 7
>> drwxr-xr-x  3 root  root  1024 Jan 27 15:13 .
>> drwxrwxrwt  5 root  root  1024 Jan 27 15:21 ..
>> drwxr-xr-x  5 15033 users 1024 Jan  1 11:34 Time-HiRes-1.9704
>>
>> The Time-HiRes-1.9704.tar.gz tarball is being extracted to /tmp/.webmin
>> instead of 
>> /var/.webmin, causing the Build.PL error & failure.
>>
>> Any ideas how to resolve?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Doug