Why isn't Scalar::Util::Numeric installing correctly?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/75261
09-06-2019
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Sorry if this all runs together; it looks like the line breaks aren't showing up in the preview window. I got this output when running sudo cpan Scalar::Util::Numeric; thx, Josh.
jmm@freekbox:~/bfwsandbox/sa/angel/astroportal/dtu8e/resources$ sudo cpan Scalar::Util::Numeric
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Running install for module Scalar::Util::Numeric
Running make for C/CH/CHOCOLATE/Scalar-Util-Numeric-0.02.tar.gz
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Checksum for /home/jmm/.cpan/sources/authors/id/C/CH/CHOCOLATE/Scalar-Util-Numeric-0.02.tar.gz ok
Scanning cache /home/jmm/.cpan/build for sizes
Scalar-Util-Numeric-0.02/
Scalar-Util-Numeric-0.02/Changes
Scalar-Util-Numeric-0.02/lib/
Scalar-Util-Numeric-0.02/lib/Scalar/
Scalar-Util-Numeric-0.02/lib/Scalar/Util/
Scalar-Util-Numeric-0.02/lib/Scalar/Util/Numeric.pm
Scalar-Util-Numeric-0.02/Makefile.PL
Scalar-Util-Numeric-0.02/MANIFEST
Scalar-Util-Numeric-0.02/META.yml
Scalar-Util-Numeric-0.02/Numeric.xs
Scalar-Util-Numeric-0.02/ppport.h
Scalar-Util-Numeric-0.02/README
Scalar-Util-Numeric-0.02/t/
Scalar-Util-Numeric-0.02/t/pod.t
Scalar-Util-Numeric-0.02/t/Scalar-Util-Numeric.t
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Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for Scalar::Util::Numeric
cp lib/Scalar/Util/Numeric.pm blib/lib/Scalar/Util/Numeric.pm
AutoSplitting blib/lib/Scalar/Util/Numeric.pm (blib/lib/auto/Scalar/Util/Numeric)
/usr/bin/perl /usr/share/perl/5.8/ExtUtils/xsubpp  -typemap /usr/share/perl/5.8/ExtUtils/typemap  Numeric.xs > Numeric.xsc && mv Numeric.xsc Numeric.c
cc -c   -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS -DDEBIAN -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O3   -DVERSION=\"0.02\" -DXS_VERSION=\"0.02\" -fPIC "-I/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE"   Numeric.c
In file included from Numeric.xs:2:
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:420:24: error: sys/types.h: No such file or directory
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:451:19: error: ctype.h: No such file or directory
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:463:23: error: locale.h: No such file or directory
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:480:20: error: setjmp.h: No such file or directory
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:486:26: error: sys/param.h: No such file or directory
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:491:23: error: stdlib.h: No such file or directory
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:496:23: error: unistd.h: No such file or directory
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:776:23: error: string.h: No such file or directory
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:925:27: error: netinet/in.h: No such file or directory
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:929:26: error: arpa/inet.h: No such file or directory
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:939:25: error: sys/stat.h: No such file or directory
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:961:21: error: time.h: No such file or directory
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:968:25: error: sys/time.h: No such file or directory
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:975:27: error: sys/times.h: No such file or directory
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:982:19: error: errno.h: No such file or directory
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:997:25: error: sys/socket.h: No such file or directory
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:1024:21: error: netdb.h: No such file or directory
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:1127:24: error: sys/ioctl.h: No such file or directory
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:1156:23: error: dirent.h: No such file or directory
In file included from /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2.3/include/syslimits.h:7,
                 from /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2.3/include/limits.h:11,
                 from /usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:1510,
                 from Numeric.xs:2:
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2.3/include/limits.h:122:61: error: limits.h: No such file or directory
In file included from /usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:2120,
                 from Numeric.xs:2:
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/handy.h:136:25: error: inttypes.h: No such file or directory
In file included from /usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:2284,
                 from Numeric.xs:2:
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/unixish.h:106:21: error: signal.h: No such file or directory
In file included from Numeric.xs:2:
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:2421:33: error: pthread.h: No such file or directory
In file included from Numeric.xs:2:
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:2423: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘perl_os_thread’
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:2424: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘perl_mutex’
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:2425: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘perl_cond’
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:2426: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘perl_key’
In file included from /usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/iperlsys.h:51,
                 from /usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:2733,
                 from Numeric.xs:2:
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perlio.h:65:19: error: stdio.h: No such file or directory
In file included from /usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/iperlsys.h:51,
                 from /usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:2733,
                 from Numeric.xs:2:
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perlio.h:259: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perlio.h:262: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘*’ token
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perlio.h:265: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘*’ token
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perlio.h:268: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘FILE’
In file included from /usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:2747,
                 from Numeric.xs:2:
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/sv.h:389: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘DIR’
In file included from /usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/op.h:497,
                 from /usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:2754,
                 from Numeric.xs:2:
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/reentr.h:72:20: error: pwd.h: No such file or directory
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/reentr.h:75:20: error: grp.h: No such file or directory
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/reentr.h:85:26: error: crypt.h: No such file or directory
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/reentr.h:90:27: error: shadow.h: No such file or directory
In file included from /usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/op.h:497,
                 from /usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:2754,
                 from Numeric.xs:2:
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/reentr.h:612: error: field ‘_crypt_struct’ has incomplete type
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/reentr.h:620: error: field ‘_drand48_struct’ has incomplete type
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/reentr.h:624: error: field ‘_grent_struct’ has incomplete type
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/reentr.h:635: error: field ‘_hostent_struct’ has incomplete type
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/reentr.h:654: error: field ‘_netent_struct’ has incomplete type
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/reentr.h:669: error: field ‘_protoent_struct’ has incomplete type
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/reentr.h:684: error: field ‘_pwent_struct’ has incomplete type
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/reentr.h:695: error: field ‘_servent_struct’ has incomplete type
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/reentr.h:710: error: field ‘_spent_struct’ has incomplete type
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/reentr.h:721: error: field ‘_gmtime_struct’ has incomplete type
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/reentr.h:724: error: field ‘_localtime_struct’ has incomplete type
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/reentr.h:771: error: field ‘_random_struct’ has incomplete type
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/reentr.h:772: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘int32_t’
In file included from /usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:2756,
                 from Numeric.xs:2:
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/av.h:13: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘ssize_t’
In file included from /usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:2759,
                 from Numeric.xs:2:
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/scope.h:232: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘sigjmp_buf’
In file included from Numeric.xs:2:
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:2931: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘getuid’
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:2932: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘geteuid’
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:2933: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘getgid’
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:2934: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘getegid’
In file included from Numeric.xs:2:
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:3238:22: error: math.h: No such file or directory
In file included from /usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:3881,
                 from Numeric.xs:2:
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/thrdvar.h:85: error: field ‘Tstatbuf’ has incomplete type
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/thrdvar.h:86: error: field ‘Tstatcache’ has incomplete type
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/thrdvar.h:91: error: field ‘Ttimesbuf’ has incomplete type
In file included from /usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:3883,
                 from Numeric.xs:2:
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/intrpvar.h:66: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘time_t’
In file included from /usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:3950,
                 from Numeric.xs:2:
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/proto.h:128: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘mode_t’
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/proto.h:128: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘uid_t’
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/proto.h:297: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘off64_t’
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/proto.h:299: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘Perl_do_sysseek’
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/proto.h:300: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘Perl_do_tell’
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/proto.h:411: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘gid_t’
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/proto.h:411: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘uid_t’
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/proto.h:736: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘Perl_my_fork’
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/proto.h:1020: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘pid_t’
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/proto.h:1300: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘pid_t’
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/proto.h:1456: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘*’ token
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/proto.h:2001: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘Perl_PerlIO_read’
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/proto.h:2002: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘Perl_PerlIO_write’
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/proto.h:2003: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘Perl_PerlIO_unread’
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/proto.h:2004: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘Perl_PerlIO_tell’
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/proto.h:2005: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘off64_t’
In file included from /usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:3988,
                 from Numeric.xs:2:
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perlvars.h:31: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘PL_thr_key’
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perlvars.h:48: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘PL_op_mutex’
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perlvars.h:52: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘PL_dollarzero_mutex’
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:4485:24: error: sys/ipc.h: No such file or directory
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:4486:24: error: sys/sem.h: No such file or directory
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:4611:24: error: sys/file.h: No such file or directory
In file included from /usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perlapi.h:38,
                 from /usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/XSUB.h:349,
                 from Numeric.xs:3:
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/intrpvar.h:66: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘*’ token
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/intrpvar.h:237: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘*’ token
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/intrpvar.h:238: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘*’ token
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/intrpvar.h:239: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘*’ token
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/intrpvar.h:240: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘*’ token
In file included from /usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perlapi.h:39,
                 from /usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/XSUB.h:349,
                 from Numeric.xs:3:
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perlvars.h:31: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘*’ token
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perlvars.h:48: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘*’ token
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perlvars.h:52: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘*’ token
In file included from Numeric.xs:4:
ppport.h:3042:1: warning: "PERL_UNUSED_DECL" redefined
In file included from Numeric.xs:2:
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:163:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
Numeric.c: In function ‘XS_Scalar__Util__Numeric_is_num’:
Numeric.c:20: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.c:20: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.c:20: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.c:22: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.c:24: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.xs:16: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.xs:17: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.xs:20: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.xs:20: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.xs:20: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.xs:20: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.xs:20: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.c:36: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.c:36: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.c: In function ‘XS_Scalar__Util__Numeric_uvmax’:
Numeric.c:43: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.c:43: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.c:43: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.c:45: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.xs:26: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.xs:26: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.xs:26: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.xs:26: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.xs:26: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.c:51: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.c:51: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.c: In function ‘boot_Scalar__Util__Numeric’:
Numeric.c:60: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.c:60: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.c:60: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.c:63: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.c:63: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.c:63: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.c:63: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.c:63: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.c:63: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.c:63: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.c:63: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.c:63: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.c:63: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.c:63: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.c:65: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.c:65: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.c:66: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.c:66: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.c:67: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.c:67: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.c:67: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
Numeric.c:67: error: invalid type argument of ‘unary *’
make: *** [Numeric.o] Error 1
  /usr/bin/make  -- NOT OK
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
jmm@freekbox:~/bfwsandbox/sa/angel/astroportal/dtu8e/resources$
Solution
You're missing your C library development headers. You should install a package that has them. These are necessary to install this module because it has to compile some non-perl C code and needs to know more about your system.
I can't tell what kind of operating system you're on, but it looks like linux. If it's debian, you should be able to use apt-get to install the 'libc6-dev' package. That will contain the headers you need to compile this module. On other types of linux there will be a similarly named package.
OTHER TIPS
It can't find basic system headers. Either your include path is seriously messed up, or the headers are not installed.
Awfully hard to read without line breaks, but it looks like you are missing sys/types.h on your system. Do you have a full build environment installed (gcc, make, etc.)? What OS and distribution are you using?
In the future, you should bockquote output like this (select the text and click the quote button).
Read this: http://www.cybersprocket.com/2011/programming-languages/weaken-is-only-available-with-the-xs-version-of-scalarutil/
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