GSP
Quick Navigator

Search Site

Unix VPS
A - Starter
B - Basic
C - Preferred
D - Commercial
MPS - Dedicated
Previous VPSs
* Sign Up! *

Support
Contact Us
Online Help
Handbooks
Domain Status
Man Pages

FAQ
Virtual Servers
Pricing
Billing
Technical

Network
Facilities
Connectivity
Topology Map

Miscellaneous
Server Agreement
Year 2038
Credits
 

USA Flag

 

 

Man Pages
PERLIVP(1) Perl Programmers Reference Guide PERLIVP(1)

perlivp - Perl Installation Verification Procedure

perlivp [-p] [-v] [-h]

The perlivp program is set up at Perl source code build time to test the Perl version it was built under. It can be used after running:

    make install

(or your platform's equivalent procedure) to verify that perl and its libraries have been installed correctly. A correct installation is verified by output that looks like:

    ok 1
    ok 2

etc.

-h help
Prints out a brief help message.
-p print preface
Gives a description of each test prior to performing it.
-v verbose
Gives more detailed information about each test, after it has been performed. Note that any failed tests ought to print out some extra information whether or not -v is thrown.

  • print "# Perl binary '$perlpath' does not appear executable.\n";

    Likely to occur for a perl binary that was not properly installed. Correct by conducting a proper installation.

  • print "# Perl version '$]' installed, expected $ivp_VERSION.\n";

    Likely to occur for a perl that was not properly installed. Correct by conducting a proper installation.

  • print "# Perl \@INC directory '$_' does not appear to exist.\n";

    Likely to occur for a perl library tree that was not properly installed. Correct by conducting a proper installation.

  • print "# Needed module '$_' does not appear to be properly installed.\n";

    One of the two modules that is used by perlivp was not present in the installation. This is a serious error since it adversely affects perlivp's ability to function. You may be able to correct this by performing a proper perl installation.

  • print "# Required module '$_' does not appear to be properly installed.\n";

    An attempt to "eval "require $module"" failed, even though the list of extensions indicated that it should succeed. Correct by conducting a proper installation.

  • print "# Unnecessary module 'bLuRfle' appears to be installed.\n";

    This test not coming out ok could indicate that you have in fact installed a bLuRfle.pm module or that the "eval " require \"$module_name.pm\"; "" test may give misleading results with your installation of perl. If yours is the latter case then please let the author know.

  • print "# file",+($#missing == 0) ? '' : 's'," missing from installation:\n";

    One or more files turned up missing according to a run of "ExtUtils::Installed -> validate()" over your installation. Correct by conducting a proper installation.

For further information on how to conduct a proper installation consult the INSTALL file that comes with the perl source and the README file for your platform.

Peter Prymmer
2022-04-08 perl v5.34.1

Search for    or go to Top of page |  Section 1 |  Main Index

Powered by GSP Visit the GSP FreeBSD Man Page Interface.
Output converted with ManDoc.