Fails to install on CentOS

[gitcnd]

We can't use it, if we can't install it.

Someone should fix that.

Warning: Prerequisite 'Alien::FFI => 0.12' for 'PLICEASE/FFI-Platypus-0.47.tar.gz' failed when processing 'PLICEASE/Alien-FFI-0.17.tar.gz' with 'make_test => NO'. Continuing, but chances to succeed are limited.
Configuring P/PL/PLICEASE/FFI-Platypus-0.47.tar.gz with Build.PL
Can't locate Alien/FFI.pm in @inc (@inc contains: inc /usr/local/lib64/perl5 /usr/local/share/perl5 /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib64/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 .) at inc/My/ModuleBuild.pm line 6.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at inc/My/ModuleBuild.pm line 6.
Compilation failed in require at Build.PL line 22.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Build.PL line 22.
Warning: No success on command[/usr/bin/perl Build.PL --installdirs site]
PLICEASE/FFI-Platypus-0.47.tar.gz
/usr/bin/perl Build.PL --installdirs site -- NOT OK
CALID/ZMQ-FFI-1.11.tar.gz
Has already been unwrapped into directory /root/.cpan/build/ZMQ-FFI-1.11-0
Warning: Prerequisite 'FFI::Platypus => 0.33' for 'CALID/ZMQ-FFI-1.11.tar.gz' failed when processing 'PLICEASE/FFI-Platypus-0.47.tar.gz' with 'writemakefile => NO '/usr/bin/perl Build.PL --installdirs site' returned status 512'. Continuing, but chances to succeed are limited.
Configuring C/CA/CALID/ZMQ-FFI-1.11.tar.gz with Makefile.PL
Can't locate FFI/Platypus.pm in @inc (@inc contains: /usr/local/lib64/perl5 /usr/local/share/perl5 /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib64/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 .) at Makefile.PL line 17.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Makefile.PL line 17.
Warning: No success on command[/usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=site]
CALID/ZMQ-FFI-1.11.tar.gz
/usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=site -- NOT OK
Failed during this command:
PLICEASE/Alien-FFI-0.17.tar.gz : make_test NO
CALID/ZMQ-FFI-1.11.tar.gz : writemakefile NO '/usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=site' returned status 512
PLICEASE/FFI-Platypus-0.47.tar.gz : writemakefile NO '/usr/bin/perl Build.PL --installdirs site' returned status 512

[Tanami]

it literally says can't locate FFI::Platypus...

[calid]

@gitcnd @Tanami this is an upstream issue, see uperl/File-Which#13

For now manually installing Env.pm should work around it

I'll leave this issue open until upstream is resolved

[calid]

Reported as a CentOS bug: https://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=15893

[calid]

per the RHEL package maintainers on Centos/RHEL 7 it is necessary to install perl-core, not perl, if you want perl + core modules. This will be fixed in Centos/RHEL 8, where the perl package itself will install core as expected: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1684902