Error attempting "configure" in 1.0.5: no "bc

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BarryK
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#21 Post by BarryK »

I just typed:

# perl -v

and got this:

This is perl, v5.8.6 built for i486-linux

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Oh, I quite believe you...

#22 Post by marquitico »

BarryK wrote:usr_devx.sfs has Perl 5.8.6, the same as in Vector 5.0STD.
I've compiled heaps and heaps of packages, never had any problem with perl.
I had a bit of a poke about by searching for files with perl in the name as a substring, and convinced myself that, yes, Virginia, Puppy does have Perl. Of course, I wasn't clever enough just to ask it at the command line what version it was, like you did...

I can only imagine that perhaps the configure script is either off, or else is searching for its little needs in too restrictive a fashion. As you might expect from the very first error message I received ("Come back when your vendor has grown a clue."), the INSTALL and README are unhelpful to a newbie. Too much to ask for him to say, "You need BLAH, please have it located HERE, or failing that put in a symbolic link."

Note to Lobster: I fully understand, but unfortunately me mum uses XP, so guess who gets to be Customer Assistance? Feigning ignorance doesn't work awfully well on one's mother. Feigning competence, however, is another matter.

Mark
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