> I had some problems running out of memory  (from the above post):

> BTW, I tried to install Perl DBI (which does not have many dependencies) with cpanp and after 13 minutes it died with the signal 'Killed' - hmm. I've not investigated further yet - but I had plenty of disk space left on a 4gb card.
> *UPDATE:* It appears I had some problems with my sd card - switched to another one and the machine seems faster but cpanp still bombs out as before - trying cpanminus.
> *UPDATE2:* ilmari suggested cpanp might be a big memory user so I installed cpanm and managed to install DBI - although the test suite took over 60 minutes to run.

> Doesn't cpanm have a verbose mode.

> Martin

> /usr/bin/perl -p -e "s/~DRIVER~/Perl/g" ./Driver.xst > Perl.xsi
> /usr/bin/perl /usr/share/perl/5.14/ExtUtils/xsubpp  -typemap /usr/share/perl/5.14/ExtUtils/typemap -typemap typemap  Perl.xs > Perl.xsc && mv Perl.xsc Per$
> gcc-4.7 -c   -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DDEBIAN -fstack-protector -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS$
> /bin/sh: 1: gcc-4.7: not found
> make: *** [Perl.o] Error 127
> -> FAIL Installing DBI failed. See /root/.cpanm/build.log for details.

>> On 28/10/2012 13:18, Steven Haun wrote:
>>> I have tried cpan and cpanm installs and get very non description errors (other than failed).  Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.
>> I installed DBI on a raspberry Pi ages ago. See bottom of http://www.martin-evans.me.uk/node/142 and http://www.martin-evans.me.uk/node/144

>> I had some problems running out of memory  (from the above post):

>> BTW, I tried to install Perl DBI (which does not have many dependencies) with cpanp and after 13 minutes it died with the signal 'Killed' - hmm. I've not investigated further yet - but I had plenty of disk space left on a 4gb card.
>> *UPDATE:* It appears I had some problems with my sd card - switched to another one and the machine seems faster but cpanp still bombs out as before - trying cpanminus.
>> *UPDATE2:* ilmari suggested cpanp might be a big memory user so I installed cpanm and managed to install DBI - although the test suite took over 60 minutes to run.

>> Doesn't cpanm have a verbose mode.

>> Martin

>> /usr/bin/perl -p -e "s/~DRIVER~/Perl/g" ./Driver.xst > Perl.xsi
>> /usr/bin/perl /usr/share/perl/5.14/ExtUtils/xsubpp  -typemap /usr/share/perl/5.14/ExtUtils/typemap -typemap typemap  Perl.xs > Perl.xsc && mv Perl.xsc Per$
>> gcc-4.7 -c   -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DDEBIAN -fstack-protector -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS$
>> /bin/sh: 1: gcc-4.7: not found
>> make: *** [Perl.o] Error 127
>> -> FAIL Installing DBI failed. See /root/.cpanm/build.log for details.
> gcc is a C compiler - you need it to compile the C code in DBI.

> You need to install the gcc package. As your using debian it is probably something like

> sudo apt-get install gcc

> Martin

>> On Oct 28, 2012, at 8:27 AM, "Martin J. Evans" <martin.ev...@easysoft.com> wrote:

>>> On 28/10/2012 13:18, Steven Haun wrote:
>>>> I have tried cpan and cpanm installs and get very non description errors (other than failed).  Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.
>>> I installed DBI on a raspberry Pi ages ago. See bottom of http://www.martin-evans.me.uk/node/142 and http://www.martin-evans.me.uk/node/144

>>> I had some problems running out of memory  (from the above post):

>>> BTW, I tried to install Perl DBI (which does not have many dependencies) with cpanp and after 13 minutes it died with the signal 'Killed' - hmm. I've not investigated further yet - but I had plenty of disk space left on a 4gb card.
>>> *UPDATE:* It appears I had some problems with my sd card - switched to another one and the machine seems faster but cpanp still bombs out as before - trying cpanminus.
>>> *UPDATE2:* ilmari suggested cpanp might be a big memory user so I installed cpanm and managed to install DBI - although the test suite took over 60 minutes to run.

>>> Doesn't cpanm have a verbose mode.

>>> Martin

> root@raspberrypi:/home/pi# sudo apt-get install gcc
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> gcc is already the newest version.
> gcc set to manually installed.
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> root@raspberrypi:/home/pi

> On Oct 28, 2012, at 8:36 AM, "Martin J. Evans" <martin.ev...@easysoft.com> wrote:

>> On 28/10/2012 13:34, Steven Haun wrote:
>>> I am using 'sudo cpanm -i DBI' .  I found the details in the log (forgot to open it as sudo, so it looked blank). After the cp commands I found this (but don't know what 'gcc-4.7' is):

>>> /usr/bin/perl -p -e "s/~DRIVER~/Perl/g" ./Driver.xst > Perl.xsi
>>> /usr/bin/perl /usr/share/perl/5.14/ExtUtils/xsubpp  -typemap /usr/share/perl/5.14/ExtUtils/typemap -typemap typemap  Perl.xs > Perl.xsc && mv Perl.xsc Per$
>>> gcc-4.7 -c   -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DDEBIAN -fstack-protector -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS$
>>> /bin/sh: 1: gcc-4.7: not found
>>> make: *** [Perl.o] Error 127
>>> -> FAIL Installing DBI failed. See /root/.cpanm/build.log for details.
>> gcc is a C compiler - you need it to compile the C code in DBI.

>> You need to install the gcc package. As your using debian it is probably something like

>> sudo apt-get install gcc

>> Martin

>>> On Oct 28, 2012, at 8:27 AM, "Martin J. Evans" <martin.ev...@easysoft.com> wrote:

>>>> On 28/10/2012 13:18, Steven Haun wrote:
>>>>> I have tried cpan and cpanm installs and get very non description errors (other than failed).  Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.
>>>> I installed DBI on a raspberry Pi ages ago. See bottom of http://www.martin-evans.me.uk/node/142 and http://www.martin-evans.me.uk/node/144

>>>> I had some problems running out of memory  (from the above post):

>>>> BTW, I tried to install Perl DBI (which does not have many dependencies) with cpanp and after 13 minutes it died with the signal 'Killed' - hmm. I've not investigated further yet - but I had plenty of disk space left on a 4gb card.
>>>> *UPDATE:* It appears I had some problems with my sd card - switched to another one and the machine seems faster but cpanp still bombs out as before - trying cpanminus.
>>>> *UPDATE2:* ilmari suggested cpanp might be a big memory user so I installed cpanm and managed to install DBI - although the test suite took over 60 minutes to run.

>>>> Doesn't cpanm have a verbose mode.

>>>> Martin

>    Platform:
>      osname=linux, osvers=3.2.0-2-mx5, archname=arm-linux-gnueabihf-thread-multi-64int
>      uname='linux build04.raspbian.lan 3.2.0-2-mx5 #1 sun apr 15 19:59:08 utc 2012 armv7l gnulinux '
>      config_args='-Dusethreads -Duselargefiles -Dcc=gcc-4.7 -Dccflags=-DDEBIAN -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Dldflags= -Wl,-z,relro -Dlddlflags=-shared -Wl,-z,relro -Dcccdlflags=-fPIC -Darchname=arm-linux-gnueabihf -Dprefix=/usr -Dprivlib=/usr/share/perl/5.14 -Darchlib=/usr/lib/perl/5.14 -Dvendorprefix=/usr -Dvendorlib=/usr/share/perl5 -Dvendorarch=/usr/lib/perl5 -Dsiteprefix=/usr/local -Dsitelib=/usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2 -Dsitearch=/usr/local/lib/perl/5.14.2 -Dman1dir=/usr/share/man/man1 -Dman3dir=/usr/share/man/man3 -Dsiteman1dir=/usr/local/man/man1 -Dsiteman3dir=/usr/local/man/man3 -Duse64bitint -Dman1ext=1 -Dman3ext=3perl -Dpager=/usr/bin/sensible-pager -Uafs -Ud_csh -Ud_ualarm -Uusesfio -Uusenm -Ui_libutil -DDEBUGGING=-g -Doptimize=-O2 -Duseshrplib -Dlibperl=libperl.so.5.14.2 -des'
>      hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
>      useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define
>      useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=undef
>      use64bitint=define, use64bitall=undef, uselongdouble=undef
>      usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
>    Compiler:
>      cc='gcc-4.7', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DDEBIAN -fstack-protector

>>> root@raspberrypi:/home/pi# sudo apt-get install gcc
>>> Reading package lists... Done
>>> Building dependency tree
>>> Reading state information... Done
>>> gcc is already the newest version.
>>> gcc set to manually installed.
>>> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
>>> root@raspberrypi:/home/pi
>> What does perl -V output?

>> Martin
>>> On Oct 28, 2012, at 8:36 AM, "Martin J. Evans" <martin.ev...@easysoft.com> wrote:

>>>> On 28/10/2012 13:34, Steven Haun wrote:
>>>>> I am using 'sudo cpanm -i DBI' .  I found the details in the log (forgot to open it as sudo, so it looked blank). After the cp commands I found this (but don't know what 'gcc-4.7' is):

>>>>> /usr/bin/perl -p -e "s/~DRIVER~/Perl/g" ./Driver.xst > Perl.xsi
>>>>> /usr/bin/perl /usr/share/perl/5.14/ExtUtils/xsubpp  -typemap /usr/share/perl/5.14/ExtUtils/typemap -typemap typemap  Perl.xs > Perl.xsc && mv Perl.xsc Per$
>>>>> gcc-4.7 -c   -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DDEBIAN -fstack-protector -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS$
>>>>> /bin/sh: 1: gcc-4.7: not found
>>>>> make: *** [Perl.o] Error 127
>>>>> -> FAIL Installing DBI failed. See /root/.cpanm/build.log for details.
>>>> gcc is a C compiler - you need it to compile the C code in DBI.

>>>> You need to install the gcc package. As your using debian it is probably something like

>>>> sudo apt-get install gcc

>>>> Martin

>>>>> On Oct 28, 2012, at 8:27 AM, "Martin J. Evans" <martin.ev...@easysoft.com> wrote:

>>>>>> On 28/10/2012 13:18, Steven Haun wrote:
>>>>>>> I have tried cpan and cpanm installs and get very non description errors (other than failed).  Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.
>>>>>> I installed DBI on a raspberry Pi ages ago. See bottom of http://www.martin-evans.me.uk/node/142 and http://www.martin-evans.me.uk/node/144

>>>>>> I had some problems running out of memory  (from the above post):

>>>>>> BTW, I tried to install Perl DBI (which does not have many dependencies) with cpanp and after 13 minutes it died with the signal 'Killed' - hmm. I've not investigated further yet - but I had plenty of disk space left on a 4gb card.
>>>>>> *UPDATE:* It appears I had some problems with my sd card - switched to another one and the machine seems faster but cpanp still bombs out as before - trying cpanminus.
>>>>>> *UPDATE2:* ilmari suggested cpanp might be a big memory user so I installed cpanm and managed to install DBI - although the test suite took over 60 minutes to run.

>>>>>> Doesn't cpanm have a verbose mode.

>>>>>> Martin

>   Platform:
>     osname=linux, osvers=3.2.0-2-mx5, archname=arm-linux-gnueabihf-thread-multi-64int
>     uname='linux build04.raspbian.lan 3.2.0-2-mx5 #1 sun apr 15 19:59:08 utc 2012 armv7l gnulinux '
>     config_args='-Dusethreads -Duselargefiles -Dcc=gcc-4.7 -Dccflags=-DDEBIAN -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Dldflags= -Wl,-z,relro -Dlddlflags=-shared -Wl,-z,relro -Dcccdlflags=-fPIC -Darchname=arm-linux-gnueabihf -Dprefix=/usr -Dprivlib=/usr/share/perl/5.14 -Darchlib=/usr/lib/perl/5.14 -Dvendorprefix=/usr -Dvendorlib=/usr/share/perl5 -Dvendorarch=/usr/lib/perl5 -Dsiteprefix=/usr/local -Dsitelib=/usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2 -Dsitearch=/usr/local/lib/perl/5.14.2 -Dman1dir=/usr/share/man/man1 -Dman3dir=/usr/share/man/man3 -Dsiteman1dir=/usr/local/man/man1 -Dsiteman3dir=/usr/local/man/man3 -Duse64bitint -Dman1ext=1 -Dman3ext=3perl -Dpager=/usr/bin/sensible-pager -Uafs -Ud_csh -Ud_ualarm -Uusesfio -Uusenm -Ui_libutil -DDEBUGGING=-g -Doptimize=-O2 -Duseshrplib -Dlibperl=libperl.so.5.14.2 -des'
>     hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
>     useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define
>     useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=undef
>     use64bitint=define, use64bitall=undef, uselongdouble=undef
>     usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
>   Compiler:
>     cc='gcc-4.7', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DDEBIAN -fstack-protector -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64',
>     optimize='-O2 -g',
>     cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DDEBIAN -fstack-protector -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include'
>     ccversion='', gccversion='4.7.0', gccosandvers=''
>     intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678
>     d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=8
>     ivtype='long long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
>     alignbytes=8, prototype=define
>   Linker and Libraries:
>     ld='gcc-4.7', ldflags =' -fstack-protector -L/usr/local/lib'
>     libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf /lib /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf /usr/lib
>     libs=-lgdbm -lgdbm_compat -ldb -ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt
>     perllibs=-ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt
>     libc=, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.so.5.14.2
>     gnulibc_version='2.13'
>   Dynamic Linking:
>     dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E'
>     cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib -fstack-protector'

> Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
>   Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV
>                         PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT PERL_MALLOC_WRAP
>                         PERL_PRESERVE_IVUV USE_64_BIT_INT USE_ITHREADS
>                         USE_LARGE_FILES USE_PERLIO USE_PERL_ATOF
>                         USE_REENTRANT_API
>   Locally applied patches:
>    DEBPKG:debian/arm_thread_stress_timeout - http://bugs.debian.org/501970 Raise the timeout of ext/threads/shared/t/stress.t to accommodate slower build hosts
>    DEBPKG:debian/cpan_definstalldirs - Provide a sensible INSTALLDIRS default for modules installed from CPAN.
>    DEBPKG:debian/db_file_ver - http://bugs.debian.org/340047 Remove overly restrictive DB_File version check.
>    DEBPKG:debian/doc_info - Replace generic man(1) instructions with Debian-specific information.
>    DEBPKG:debian/enc2xs_inc - http://bugs.debian.org/290336 Tweak enc2xs to follow symlinks and ignore missing @INC directories.
>    DEBPKG:debian/errno_ver - http://bugs.debian.org/343351 Remove Errno version check due to upgrade problems with long-running processes.
>    DEBPKG:debian/libperl_embed_doc - http://bugs.debian.org/186778 Note that libperl-dev package is required for embedded linking
>    DEBPKG:fixes/respect_umask - Respect umask during installation
>    DEBPKG:debian/writable_site_dirs - Set umask approproately for site install directories
>    DEBPKG:debian/extutils_set_libperl_path - EU:MM: Set location of libperl.a to /usr/lib
>    DEBPKG:debian/no_packlist_perllocal - Don't install .packlist or perllocal.pod for perl or vendor
>    DEBPKG:debian/prefix_changes - Fiddle with *PREFIX and variables written to the makefile
>    DEBPKG:debian/fakeroot - Postpone LD_LIBRARY_PATH evaluation to the binary targets.
>    DEBPKG:debian/instmodsh_doc - Debian policy doesn't install .packlist files for core or vendor.
>    DEBPKG:debian/ld_run_path - Remove standard libs from LD_RUN_PATH as per Debian policy.
>    DEBPKG:debian/libnet_config_path - Set location of libnet.cfg to /etc/perl/Net as /usr may not be writable.
>    DEBPKG:debian/m68k_thread_stress - http://bugs.debian.org/517938 http://bugs.debian.org/495826 Disable some threads tests on m68k for now due to missing TLS.
>    DEBPKG:debian/mod_paths - Tweak @INC ordering for Debian
>    DEBPKG:debian/module_build_man_extensions - http://bugs.debian.org/479460 Adjust Module::Build manual page extensions for the Debian Perl policy
>    DEBPKG:debian/prune_libs - http://bugs.debian.org/128355 Prune the list of libraries wanted to what we actually need.
>    DEBPKG:fixes/net_smtp_docs - [rt.cpan.org #36038] http://bugs.debian.org/100195 Document the Net::SMTP 'Port' option
>    DEBPKG:debian/perlivp - http://bugs.debian.org/510895 Make perlivp skip include directories in /usr/local
>    DEBPKG:debian/cpanplus_definstalldirs - http://bugs.debian.org/533707 Configure CPANPLUS to use the site directories by default.
>    DEBPKG:debian/cpanplus_config_path - Save local versions of CPANPLUS::Config::System into /etc/perl.
>    DEBPKG:debian/deprecate-with-apt - http://bugs.debian.org/580034 Point users to Debian packages of deprecated core modules
>    DEBPKG:fixes/hurd-ccflags - [a190e64] http://bugs.debian.org/587901 [perl #92244] Make hints/gnu.sh append to $ccflags rather than overriding them
>    DEBPKG:debian/squelch-locale-warnings - http://bugs.debian.org/508764 Squelch locale warnings in Debian package maintainer scripts
>    DEBPKG:debian/skip-upstream-git-tests - Skip tests specific to the upstream Git repository
>    DEBPKG:fixes/extutils-cbuilder-cflags - [011e8fb] http://bugs.debian.org/624460 [perl #89478] Append CFLAGS and LDFLAGS to their Config.pm counterparts in EU::CBuilder
>    DEBPKG:fixes/module-build-home-directory - http://bugs.debian.org/624850 [rt.cpan.org #67893] Fix failing tilde test when run under a UID without a passwd entry
>    DEBPKG:debian/patchlevel - http://bugs.debian.org/567489 List packaged patches for 5.14.2-12+rpi1 in patchlevel.h
>    DEBPKG:fixes/h2ph-multiarch - [e7ec705] http://bugs.debian.org/625808 [perl #90122] Make h2ph correctly search gcc include directories
>    DEBPKG:fixes/index-tainting - [3b36395] http://bugs.debian.org/291450 [perl #64804] RT 64804: tainting with index() of a constant
>    DEBPKG:fixes/document_makemaker_ccflags - http://bugs.debian.org/628522 [rt.cpan.org #68613] Document that CCFLAGS should include $Config{ccflags}
>    DEBPKG:fixes/sys-syslog-socket-timeout-kfreebsd.patch - http://bugs.debian.org/627821 [rt.cpan.org #69997] Use a socket timeout on GNU/kFreeBSD to catch ICMP port unreachable messages
>    DEBPKG:fixes/hurd-hints - http://bugs.debian.org/636609 Improve general GNU hints, needed for GNU/Hurd.
>    DEBPKG:fixes/pod_fixes - [7698aed] http://bugs.debian.org/637816 Fix typos in several pod/perl*.pod files
>    DEBPKG:debian/find_html2text - http://bugs.debian.org/640479 Configure CPAN::Distribution with correct name of html2text
>    DEBPKG:fixes/digest_eval_hole - http://bugs.debian.org/644108 Close the eval "require $module" security hole in Digest->new($algorithm)
>    DEBPKG:fixes/hurd-ndbm - [f0d0a20] [perl #102680] http://bugs.debian.org/645989 Add GNU/Hurd hints for NDBM_File
>    DEBPKG:fixes/sysconf.t-posix - [8040185] [perl #102888] http://bugs.debian.org/646016 Fix hang in ext/POSIX/t/sysconf.t on GNU/Hurd
>    DEBPKG:fixes/hurd-largefile - [1fda587] [perl #103014] http://bugs.debian.org/645790 enable LFS on GNU/Hurd
>    DEBPKG:debian/hurd_test_todo_syslog - http://bugs.debian.org/650093 Disable failing GNU/Hurd tests in cpan/Sys-Syslog/t/syslog.t
>    DEBPKG:fixes/hurd_skip_itimer_virtual - [rt.cpan.org #72754] http://bugs.debian.org/650094 Skip interval timer tests in Time::HiRes on GNU/Hurd
>    DEBPKG:debian/hurd_test_skip_sigdispatch - http://bugs.debian.org/650188 Disable failing GNU/Hurd tests op/sigdispatch.t
>    DEBPKG:debian/hurd_test_skip_stack - http://bugs.debian.org/650175 Disable failing GNU/Hurd tests dist/threads/t/stack.t
>    DEBPKG:debian/hurd_test_skip_pipe - http://bugs.debian.org/650187 Disable failing GNU/Hurd tests io/pipe.t
>    DEBPKG:debian/hurd_test_skip_io_pipe - http://bugs.debian.org/650096 Disable failing GNU/Hurd tests dist/IO/t/io_pipe.t
>    DEBPKG:fixes/manpage_name_CPAN - http://bugs.debian.org/650448 [rt.cpan.org #73396] cpan/CPAN: add NAME headings in modules with POD
>    DEBPKG:fixes/manpage_name_CPANPLUS - http://bugs.debian.org/650450 [rt.cpan.org #73398] cpan/CPANPLUS: add NAME headings in modules with POD
>    DEBPKG:fixes/manpage_name_Test-Harness - http://bugs.debian.org/650451 [rt.cpan.org #73399] cpan/Test-Harness: add NAME headings in modules with POD
>    DEBPKG:fixes/manpage_name_Term-UI - http://bugs.debian.org/650452 [rt.cpan.org #73400] cpan/Term-UI: add NAME headings in modules with POD
>    DEBPKG:fixes/podlators_ae_ligature_fallback - http://bugs.debian.org/652851 Fix the ASCII fallback string for AE
>    DEBPKG:fixes/fsf_postal_address - [de89470] Update references to the FSF's postal address

> aptget libdbi-perl

> Lincoln

> On Sun, 2012-10-28 at 08:47 -0500, Steve Haun wrote:
>> Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 14 subversion 2) configuration:

>>  Platform:
>>    osname=linux, osvers=3.2.0-2-mx5, archname=arm-linux-gnueabihf-thread-multi-64int
>>    uname='linux build04.raspbian.lan 3.2.0-2-mx5 #1 sun apr 15 19:59:08 utc 2012 armv7l gnulinux '
>>    config_args='-Dusethreads -Duselargefiles -Dcc=gcc-4.7 -Dccflags=-DDEBIAN -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Dldflags= -Wl,-z,relro -Dlddlflags=-shared -Wl,-z,relro -Dcccdlflags=-fPIC -Darchname=arm-linux-gnueabihf -Dprefix=/usr -Dprivlib=/usr/share/perl/5.14 -Darchlib=/usr/lib/perl/5.14 -Dvendorprefix=/usr -Dvendorlib=/usr/share/perl5 -Dvendorarch=/usr/lib/perl5 -Dsiteprefix=/usr/local -Dsitelib=/usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2 -Dsitearch=/usr/local/lib/perl/5.14.2 -Dman1dir=/usr/share/man/man1 -Dman3dir=/usr/share/man/man3 -Dsiteman1dir=/usr/local/man/man1 -Dsiteman3dir=/usr/local/man/man3 -Duse64bitint -Dman1ext=1 -Dman3ext=3perl -Dpager=/usr/bin/sensible-pager -Uafs -Ud_csh -Ud_ualarm -Uusesfio -Uusenm -Ui_libutil -DDEBUGGING=-g -Doptimize=-O2 -Duseshrplib -Dlibperl=libperl.so.5.14.2 -des'
>>    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
>>    useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define
>>    useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=undef
>>    use64bitint=define, use64bitall=undef, uselongdouble=undef
>>    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
>>  Compiler:
>>    cc='gcc-4.7', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DDEBIAN -fstack-protector -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64',
>>    optimize='-O2 -g',
>>    cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DDEBIAN -fstack-protector -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include'
>>    ccversion='', gccversion='4.7.0', gccosandvers=''
>>    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678
>>    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=8
>>    ivtype='long long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
>>    alignbytes=8, prototype=define
>>  Linker and Libraries:
>>    ld='gcc-4.7', ldflags =' -fstack-protector -L/usr/local/lib'
>>    libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf /lib /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf /usr/lib
>>    libs=-lgdbm -lgdbm_compat -ldb -ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt
>>    perllibs=-ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt
>>    libc=, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.so.5.14.2
>>    gnulibc_version='2.13'
>>  Dynamic Linking:
>>    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E'
>>    cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib -fstack-protector'

>> Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
>>  Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV
>>                        PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT PERL_MALLOC_WRAP
>>                        PERL_PRESERVE_IVUV USE_64_BIT_INT USE_ITHREADS
>>                        USE_LARGE_FILES USE_PERLIO USE_PERL_ATOF
>>                        USE_REENTRANT_API
>>  Locally applied patches:
>>        DEBPKG:debian/arm_thread_stress_timeout - http://bugs.debian.org/501970 Raise the timeout of ext/threads/shared/t/stress.t to accommodate slower build hosts
>>        DEBPKG:debian/cpan_definstalldirs - Provide a sensible INSTALLDIRS default for modules installed from CPAN.
>>        DEBPKG:debian/db_file_ver - http://bugs.debian.org/340047 Remove overly restrictive DB_File version check.
>>        DEBPKG:debian/doc_info - Replace generic man(1) instructions with Debian-specific information.
>>        DEBPKG:debian/enc2xs_inc - http://bugs.debian.org/290336 Tweak enc2xs to follow symlinks and ignore missing @INC directories.
>>        DEBPKG:debian/errno_ver - http://bugs.debian.org/343351 Remove Errno version check due to upgrade problems with long-running processes.
>>        DEBPKG:debian/libperl_embed_doc - http://bugs.debian.org/186778 Note that libperl-dev package is required for embedded linking
>>        DEBPKG:fixes/respect_umask - Respect umask during installation
>>        DEBPKG:debian/writable_site_dirs - Set umask approproately for site install directories
>>        DEBPKG:debian/extutils_set_libperl_path - EU:MM: Set location of libperl.a to /usr/lib
>>        DEBPKG:debian/no_packlist_perllocal - Don't install .packlist or perllocal.pod for perl or vendor
>>        DEBPKG:debian/prefix_changes - Fiddle with *PREFIX and variables written to the makefile
>>        DEBPKG:debian/fakeroot - Postpone LD_LIBRARY_PATH evaluation to the binary targets.
>>        DEBPKG:debian/instmodsh_doc - Debian policy doesn't install .packlist files for core or vendor.
>>        DEBPKG:debian/ld_run_path - Remove standard libs from LD_RUN_PATH as per Debian policy.
>>        DEBPKG:debian/libnet_config_path - Set location of libnet.cfg to /etc/perl/Net as /usr may not be writable.
>>        DEBPKG:debian/m68k_thread_stress - http://bugs.debian.org/517938 http://bugs.debian.org/495826 Disable some threads tests on m68k for now due to missing TLS.
>>        DEBPKG:debian/mod_paths - Tweak @INC ordering for Debian
>>        DEBPKG:debian/module_build_man_extensions - http://bugs.debian.org/479460 Adjust Module::Build manual page extensions for the Debian Perl policy
>>        DEBPKG:debian/prune_libs - http://bugs.debian.org/128355 Prune the list of libraries wanted to what we actually need.
>>        DEBPKG:fixes/net_smtp_docs - [rt.cpan.org #36038] http://bugs.debian.org/100195 Document the Net::SMTP 'Port' option
>>        DEBPKG:debian/perlivp - http://bugs.debian.org/510895 Make perlivp skip include directories in /usr/local
>>        DEBPKG:debian/cpanplus_definstalldirs - http://bugs.debian.org/533707 Configure CPANPLUS to use the site directories by default.
>>        DEBPKG:debian/cpanplus_config_path - Save local versions of CPANPLUS::Config::System into /etc/perl.
>>        DEBPKG:debian/deprecate-with-apt - http://bugs.debian.org/580034 Point users to Debian packages of deprecated core modules
>>        DEBPKG:fixes/hurd-ccflags - [a190e64] http://bugs.debian.org/587901 [perl #92244] Make hints/gnu.sh append to $ccflags rather than overriding them
>>        DEBPKG:debian/squelch-locale-warnings - http://bugs.debian.org/508764 Squelch locale warnings in Debian package maintainer scripts
>>        DEBPKG:debian/skip-upstream-git-tests - Skip tests specific to the upstream Git repository
>>        DEBPKG:fixes/extutils-cbuilder-cflags - [011e8fb] http://bugs.debian.org/624460 [perl #89478] Append CFLAGS and LDFLAGS to their Config.pm counterparts in EU::CBuilder
>>        DEBPKG:fixes/module-build-home-directory - http://bugs.debian.org/624850 [rt.cpan.org #67893] Fix failing tilde test when run under a UID without a passwd entry
>>        DEBPKG:debian/patchlevel - http://bugs.debian.org/567489 List packaged patches for 5.14.2-12+rpi1 in patchlevel.h
>>        DEBPKG:fixes/h2ph-multiarch - [e7ec705] http://bugs.debian.org/625808 [perl #90122] Make h2ph correctly search gcc include directories
>>        DEBPKG:fixes/index-tainting - [3b36395] http://bugs.debian.org/291450 [perl #64804] RT 64804: tainting with index() of a constant
>>        DEBPKG:fixes/document_makemaker_ccflags - http://bugs.debian.org/628522 [rt.cpan.org #68613] Document that CCFLAGS should include $Config{ccflags}
>>        DEBPKG:fixes/sys-syslog-socket-timeout-kfreebsd.patch - http://bugs.debian.org/627821 [rt.cpan.org #69997] Use a socket timeout on GNU/kFreeBSD to catch ICMP port unreachable messages
>>        DEBPKG:fixes/hurd-hints - http://bugs.debian.org/636609 Improve general GNU hints, needed for GNU/Hurd.
>>        DEBPKG:fixes/pod_fixes - [7698aed] http://bugs.debian.org/637816 Fix typos in several pod/perl*.pod files
>>        DEBPKG:debian/find_html2text - http://bugs.debian.org/640479 Configure CPAN::Distribution with correct name of html2text
>>        DEBPKG:fixes/digest_eval_hole - http://bugs.debian.org/644108 Close the eval "require $module" security hole in Digest->new($algorithm)
>>        DEBPKG:fixes/hurd-ndbm - [f0d0a20] [perl #102680] http://bugs.debian.org/645989 Add GNU/Hurd hints for NDBM_File
>>        DEBPKG:fixes/sysconf.t-posix - [8040185] [perl #102888] http://bugs.debian.org/646016 Fix hang in ext/POSIX/t/sysconf.t on GNU/Hurd
>>        DEBPKG:fixes/hurd-largefile - [1fda587] [perl #103014] http://bugs.debian.org/645790 enable LFS on GNU/Hurd
>>        DEBPKG:debian/hurd_test_todo_syslog - http://bugs.debian.org/650093 Disable failing GNU/Hurd tests in cpan/Sys-Syslog/t/syslog.t
>>        DEBPKG:fixes/hurd_skip_itimer_virtual - [rt.cpan.org #72754] http://bugs.debian.org/650094 Skip interval timer tests in Time::HiRes on GNU/Hurd
>>        DEBPKG:debian/hurd_test_skip_sigdispatch - http://bugs.debian.org/650188 Disable failing GNU/Hurd tests op/sigdispatch.t
>>        DEBPKG:debian/hurd_test_skip_stack - http://bugs.debian.org/650175 Disable failing GNU/Hurd tests dist/threads/t/stack.t
>>        DEBPKG:debian/hurd_test_skip_pipe - http://bugs.debian.org/650187 Disable failing GNU/Hurd tests io/pipe.t
>>        DEBPKG:debian/hurd_test_skip_io_pipe - http://bugs.debian.org/650096 Disable failing GNU/Hurd tests dist/IO/t/io_pipe.t
>>        DEBPKG:fixes/manpage_name_CPAN - http://bugs.debian.org/650448 [rt.cpan.org #73396] cpan/CPAN: add NAME headings in modules with POD
>>        DEBPKG:fixes/manpage_name_CPANPLUS - http://bugs.debian.org/650450 [rt.cpan.org #73398] cpan/CPANPLUS: add NAME headings in modules with POD
>>        DEBPKG:fixes/manpage_name_Test-Harness - http://bugs.debian.org/650451 [rt.cpan.org #73399] cpan/Test-Harness: add NAME headings in modules with POD

> On Oct 28, 2012, at 9:00 AM, Lincoln A Baxter wrote:

>> Most the the common high used perl cpan modules are package by Debian.
>> Try installing the package...

>> aptget libdbi-perl

>> Lincoln

>> On Sun, 2012-10-28 at 08:47 -0500, Steve Haun wrote:
>>> Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 14 subversion 2) configuration:

>>>   Platform:
>>>     osname=linux, osvers=3.2.0-2-mx5, archname=arm-linux-gnueabihf-thread-multi-64int
>>>     uname='linux build04.raspbian.lan 3.2.0-2-mx5 #1 sun apr 15 19:59:08 utc 2012 armv7l gnulinux '
>>>     config_args='-Dusethreads -Duselargefiles -Dcc=gcc-4.7 -Dccflags=-DDEBIAN -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Dldflags= -Wl,-z,relro -Dlddlflags=-shared -Wl,-z,relro -Dcccdlflags=-fPIC -Darchname=arm-linux-gnueabihf -Dprefix=/usr -Dprivlib=/usr/share/perl/5.14 -Darchlib=/usr/lib/perl/5.14 -Dvendorprefix=/usr -Dvendorlib=/usr/share/perl5 -Dvendorarch=/usr/lib/perl5 -Dsiteprefix=/usr/local -Dsitelib=/usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2 -Dsitearch=/usr/local/lib/perl/5.14.2 -Dman1dir=/usr/share/man/man1 -Dman3dir=/usr/share/man/man3 -Dsiteman1dir=/usr/local/man/man1 -Dsiteman3dir=/usr/local/man/man3 -Duse64bitint -Dman1ext=1 -Dman3ext=3perl -Dpager=/usr/bin/sensible-pager -Uafs -Ud_csh -Ud_ualarm -Uusesfio -Uusenm -Ui_libutil -DDEBUGGING=-g -Doptimize=-O2 -Duseshrplib -Dlibperl=libperl.so.5.14.2 -des'
>>>     hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
>>>     useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define
>>>     useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=undef
>>>     use64bitint=define, use64bitall=undef, uselongdouble=undef
>>>     usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
>>>   Compiler:
>>>     cc='gcc-4.7', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DDEBIAN -fstack-protector -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64',
>>>     optimize='-O2 -g',
>>>     cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DDEBIAN -fstack-protector -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include'
>>>     ccversion='', gccversion='4.7.0', gccosandvers=''
>>>     intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678
>>>     d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=8
>>>     ivtype='long long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
>>>     alignbytes=8, prototype=define
>>>   Linker and Libraries:
>>>     ld='gcc-4.7', ldflags =' -fstack-protector -L/usr/local/lib'
>>>     libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf /lib /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf /usr/lib
>>>     libs=-lgdbm -lgdbm_compat -ldb -ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt
>>>     perllibs=-ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt
>>>     libc=, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.so.5.14.2
>>>     gnulibc_version='2.13'
>>>   Dynamic Linking:
>>>     dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E'
>>>     cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib -fstack-protector'

>>> Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
>>>   Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV
>>>                         PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT PERL_MALLOC_WRAP
>>>                         PERL_PRESERVE_IVUV USE_64_BIT_INT USE_ITHREADS
>>>                         USE_LARGE_FILES USE_PERLIO USE_PERL_ATOF
>>>                         USE_REENTRANT_API
>>>   Locally applied patches:
>>>    DEBPKG:debian/arm_thread_stress_timeout - http://bugs.debian.org/501970 Raise the timeout of ext/threads/shared/t/stress.t to accommodate slower build hosts
>>>    DEBPKG:debian/cpan_definstalldirs - Provide a sensible INSTALLDIRS default for modules installed from CPAN.
>>>    DEBPKG:debian/db_file_ver - http://bugs.debian.org/340047 Remove overly restrictive DB_File version check.
>>>    DEBPKG:debian/doc_info - Replace generic man(1) instructions with Debian-specific information.
>>>    DEBPKG:debian/enc2xs_inc - http://bugs.debian.org/290336 Tweak enc2xs to follow symlinks and ignore missing @INC directories.
>>>    DEBPKG:debian/errno_ver - http://bugs.debian.org/343351 Remove Errno version check due to upgrade problems with long-running processes.
>>>    DEBPKG:debian/libperl_embed_doc - http://bugs.debian.org/186778 Note that libperl-dev package is required for embedded linking
>>>    DEBPKG:fixes/respect_umask - Respect umask during installation
>>>    DEBPKG:debian/writable_site_dirs - Set umask approproately for site install directories
>>>    DEBPKG:debian/extutils_set_libperl_path - EU:MM: Set location of libperl.a to /usr/lib
>>>    DEBPKG:debian/no_packlist_perllocal - Don't install .packlist or perllocal.pod for perl or vendor
>>>    DEBPKG:debian/prefix_changes - Fiddle with *PREFIX and variables written to the makefile
>>>    DEBPKG:debian/fakeroot - Postpone LD_LIBRARY_PATH evaluation to the binary targets.
>>>    DEBPKG:debian/instmodsh_doc - Debian policy doesn't install .packlist files for core or vendor.
>>>    DEBPKG:debian/ld_run_path - Remove standard libs from LD_RUN_PATH as per Debian policy.
>>>    DEBPKG:debian/libnet_config_path - Set location of libnet.cfg to /etc/perl/Net as /usr may not be writable.
>>>    DEBPKG:debian/m68k_thread_stress - http://bugs.debian.org/517938 http://bugs.debian.org/495826 Disable some threads tests on m68k for now due to missing TLS.
>>>    DEBPKG:debian/mod_paths - Tweak @INC ordering for Debian
>>>    DEBPKG:debian/module_build_man_extensions - http://bugs.debian.org/479460 Adjust Module::Build manual page extensions for the Debian Perl policy
>>>    DEBPKG:debian/prune_libs - http://bugs.debian.org/128355 Prune the list of libraries wanted to what we actually need.
>>>    DEBPKG:fixes/net_smtp_docs - [rt.cpan.org #36038] http://bugs.debian.org/100195 Document the Net::SMTP 'Port' option
>>>    DEBPKG:debian/perlivp - http://bugs.debian.org/510895 Make perlivp skip include directories in /usr/local
>>>    DEBPKG:debian/cpanplus_definstalldirs - http://bugs.debian.org/533707 Configure CPANPLUS to use the site directories by default.
>>>    DEBPKG:debian/cpanplus_config_path - Save local versions of CPANPLUS::Config::System into /etc/perl.
>>>    DEBPKG:debian/deprecate-with-apt - http://bugs.debian.org/580034 Point users to Debian packages of deprecated core modules
>>>    DEBPKG:fixes/hurd-ccflags - [a190e64] http://bugs.debian.org/587901 [perl #92244] Make hints/gnu.sh append to $ccflags rather than overriding them
>>>    DEBPKG:debian/squelch-locale-warnings - http://bugs.debian.org/508764 Squelch locale warnings in Debian package maintainer scripts
>>>    DEBPKG:debian/skip-upstream-git-tests - Skip tests specific to the upstream Git repository
>>>    DEBPKG:fixes/extutils-cbuilder-cflags - [011e8fb] http://bugs.debian.org/624460 [perl #89478] Append CFLAGS and LDFLAGS to their Config.pm counterparts in EU::CBuilder
>>>    DEBPKG:fixes/module-build-home-directory - http://bugs.debian.org/624850 [rt.cpan.org #67893] Fix failing tilde test when run under a UID without a passwd entry
>>>    DEBPKG:debian/patchlevel - http://bugs.debian.org/567489 List packaged patches for 5.14.2-12+rpi1 in patchlevel.h
>>>    DEBPKG:fixes/h2ph-multiarch - [e7ec705] http://bugs.debian.org/625808 [perl #90122] Make h2ph correctly search gcc include directories
>>>    DEBPKG:fixes/index-tainting - [3b36395] http://bugs.debian.org/291450 [perl #64804] RT 64804: tainting with index() of a constant
>>>    DEBPKG:fixes/document_makemaker_ccflags - http://bugs.debian.org/628522 [rt.cpan.org #68613] Document that CCFLAGS should include $Config{ccflags}
>>>    DEBPKG:fixes/sys-syslog-socket-timeout-kfreebsd.patch - http://bugs.debian.org/627821 [rt.cpan.org #69997] Use a socket timeout on GNU/kFreeBSD to catch ICMP port unreachable messages
>>>    DEBPKG:fixes/hurd-hints - http://bugs.debian.org/636609 Improve general GNU hints, needed for GNU/Hurd.
>>>    DEBPKG:fixes/pod_fixes - [7698aed] http://bugs.debian.org/637816 Fix typos in several pod/perl*.pod files
>>>    DEBPKG:debian/find_html2text - http://bugs.debian.org/640479 Configure CPAN::Distribution with correct name of html2text
>>>    DEBPKG:fixes/digest_eval_hole - http://bugs.debian.org/644108 Close the eval "require $module" security hole in Digest->new($algorithm)
>>>    DEBPKG:fixes/hurd-ndbm - [f0d0a20] [perl #102680] http://bugs.debian.org/645989 Add GNU/Hurd hints for NDBM_File
>>>    DEBPKG:fixes/sysconf.t-posix - [8040185] [perl #102888] http://bugs.debian.org/646016 Fix hang in ext/POSIX/t/sysconf.t on GNU/Hurd
>>>    DEBPKG:fixes/hurd-largefile - [1fda587] [perl #103014] http://bugs.debian.org/645790 enable LFS on GNU/Hurd
>>>    DEBPKG:debian/hurd_test_todo_syslog - http://bugs.debian.org/650093 Disable failing GNU/Hurd tests in cpan/Sys-Syslog/t/syslog.t
>>>    DEBPKG:fixes/hurd_skip_itimer_virtual - [rt.cpan.org #72754] http://bugs.debian.org/650094 Skip interval timer tests in Time::HiRes on GNU/Hurd
>>>    DEBPKG:debian/hurd_test_skip_sigdispatch - http://bugs.debian.org/650188 Disable failing GNU/Hurd tests op/sigdispatch.t
>>>    DEBPKG:debian/hurd_test_skip_stack - http://bugs.debian.org/650175 Disable failing GNU/Hurd tests dist/threads/t/stack.t
>>>    DEBPKG:debian/hurd_test_skip_pipe - http://bugs.debian.org/650187 Disable failing GNU/Hurd tests io/pipe.t
>>>    DEBPKG:debian/hurd_test_skip_io_pipe - http://bugs.debian.org/650096 Disable failing GNU/Hurd tests dist/IO/t/io_pipe.t
>>>    DEBPKG:fixes/manpage_name_CPAN - http://bugs.debian.org/650448 [rt.cpan.org #73396] cpan/CPAN: add NAME headings in modules with POD