How To Install/Update CPAN on MacOS Mojave with fatal error: ‘EXTERN.h’ file not found

Author: erics, June 12th, 2019

The Problem Tried to install the latest version of cpan and got stuck. Tracked it down to the dependency module Mac::SystemDirectory which was failing to build:

cpan[1]> install Mac::SystemDirectory                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
Reading '/var/root/.cpan/Metadata'
  Database was generated on Sun, 09 Jun 2019 07:17:02 GMT
Running install for module 'Mac::SystemDirectory'
Running make for E/ET/ETHER/Mac-SystemDirectory-0.10.tar.gz
Checksum for /var/root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/E/ET/ETHER/Mac-SystemDirectory-0.10.tar.gz ok
Scanning cache /var/root/.cpan/build for sizes
............................................................................DONE

  CPAN.pm: Building E/ET/ETHER/Mac-SystemDirectory-0.10.tar.gz

HASCOMPILEREZFt/TESTUSSI.c:2:10: fatal error: 'EXTERN.h' file not found
#include "EXTERN.h"
         ^~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.
Couldn't execute cc  -g -pipe -fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -fno-strict-aliasing -fstack-protector -Os "-I/System/Library/Perl/5.18/darwin-thread-multi-2level/CORE"   -c HASCOMPILEREZFt/TESTUSSI.c -o HASCOMPILEREZFt/TESTUSSI.o: Inappropriate ioctl for device at Makefile.PL line 14.
Requires a compiler
Warning: No success on command[/usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL INC=-I/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/System/Library/Perl/5.18/darwin-thread-multi-2level/CORE]
  ETHER/Mac-SystemDirectory-0.10.tar.gz
  /usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL INC=-I/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/System/Library/Perl/5.18/darwin-thread-multi-2level/CORE -- NOT OK
Running make test
  Make had some problems, won't test
Running make install
  Make had some problems, won't install
Failed during this command:
 ETHER/Mac-SystemDirectory-0.10.tar.gz        : writemakefile NO '/usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL INC=-I/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/System/Library/Perl/5.18/darwin-thread-multi-2level/CORE' returned status 6400

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cpan[1]> install Mac::SystemDirectory

Reading '/var/root/.cpan/Metadata'

Database was generated on Sun, 09 Jun 2019 07:17:02 GMT

Running install for module 'Mac::SystemDirectory'

Running make for E/ET/ETHER/Mac-SystemDirectory-0.10.tar.gz

Checksum for /var/root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/E/ET/ETHER/Mac-SystemDirectory-0.10.tar.gz ok

Scanning cache /var/root/.cpan/build for sizes

............................................................................DONE

CPAN.pm: Building E/ET/ETHER/Mac-SystemDirectory-0.10.tar.gz

HASCOMPILEREZFt/TESTUSSI.c:2:10: fatal error: 'EXTERN.h' file not found

#include "EXTERN.h"

^~~~~~~~~~

1 error generated.

Couldn't execute cc -g -pipe -fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -fno-strict-aliasing -fstack-protector -Os "-I/System/Library/Perl/5.18/darwin-thread-multi-2level/CORE" -c HASCOMPILEREZFt/TESTUSSI.c -o HASCOMPILEREZFt/TESTUSSI.o: Inappropriate ioctl for device at Makefile.PL line 14.

Requires a compiler

Warning: No success on command[/usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL INC=-I/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/System/Library/Perl/5.18/darwin-thread-multi-2level/CORE]

ETHER/Mac-SystemDirectory-0.10.tar.gz

/usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL INC=-I/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/System/Library/Perl/5.18/darwin-thread-multi-2level/CORE -- NOT OK

Running make test

Make had some problems, won't test

Running make install

Make had some problems, won't install

Failed during this command:

ETHER/Mac-SystemDirectory-0.10.tar.gz : writemakefile NO '/usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL INC=-I/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/System/Library/Perl/5.18/darwin-thread-multi-2level/CORE' returned status 6400

The Solution Use the MacOS installer command to deploy the needed files:

sudo installer -pkg /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Packages/macOS_SDK_headers_for_macOS_10.14.pkg -target /
installer: Package name is macOS_SDK_headers_for_macOS_10.14
installer: Installing at base path /
installer: The install was successful.

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sudo installer -pkg /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Packages/macOS_SDK_headers_for_macOS_10.14.pkg -target /

installer: Package name is macOS_SDK_headers_for_macOS_10.14

installer: Installing at base path /

installer: The install was successful.

The, rerunning the cpan install works:

cpan[1]> install Mac::SystemDirectory                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
...
Running make install
Files found in blib/arch: installing files in blib/lib into architecture dependent library tree
Installing /Library/Perl/5.18/darwin-thread-multi-2level/auto/Mac/SystemDirectory/SystemDirectory.bs
Installing /Library/Perl/5.18/darwin-thread-multi-2level/auto/Mac/SystemDirectory/SystemDirectory.bundle
Installing /Library/Perl/5.18/darwin-thread-multi-2level/Mac/SystemDirectory.pm
Installing /usr/local/share/man/man3/Mac::SystemDirectory.3pm
Appending installation info to /Library/Perl/Updates/5.18.2/darwin-thread-multi-2level/perllocal.pod
  ETHER/Mac-SystemDirectory-0.10.tar.gz
  /usr/bin/make install  -- OK

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cpan[1]> install Mac::SystemDirectory

...

Running make install

Files found in blib/arch: installing files in blib/lib into architecture dependent library tree

Installing /Library/Perl/5.18/darwin-thread-multi-2level/auto/Mac/SystemDirectory/SystemDirectory.bs

Installing /Library/Perl/5.18/darwin-thread-multi-2level/auto/Mac/SystemDirectory/SystemDirectory.bundle

Installing /Library/Perl/5.18/darwin-thread-multi-2level/Mac/SystemDirectory.pm

Installing /usr/local/share/man/man3/Mac::SystemDirectory.3pm

Appending installation info to /Library/Perl/Updates/5.18.2/darwin-thread-multi-2level/perllocal.pod

ETHER/Mac-SystemDirectory-0.10.tar.gz

/usr/bin/make install -- OK

Categories: How-To's, Technology Tags: 10.14, CPAN, Error, extern.h, Fatal, Fatal Error, File not found, Header, headers, howto, Install, installer, Libraries, Library, MacOS, Mojave, not found, Package, perl, pkg, System, tips, update, upgrade, XCode | No comments

How To Install and Use the screen Command on AWS Linux

Author: erics, August 12th, 2016

Install it: yum install screen Start it up: screen Detach from the session: Control-a d Re-attach to the session later on: screen -r This is a good reference guide: https://www.rackaid.com/blog/linux-screen-tutorial-and-how-to/

Categories: How-To's, Technology Tags: AWS, howto, Install, Linux, Screen, tips | No comments

How To Install a .pkg file from the Command Line on MacOSX

Author: erics, August 12th, 2016

sudo /usr/sbin/installer -pkg /path/to/yourFile.pkg -target /

Categories: How-To's, Technology Tags: apple, cli, Command, Command line, howto, Install, installer, macosx, OSX, Package, pkg, sudo, Terminal, tips, Yosemite | No comments

How To Install the AWS CLI

Author: erics, March 29th, 2016

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-chap-getting-set-up.html http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-chap-getting-started.html

cd
curl "https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-cli/awscli-bundle.zip" -o "awscli-bundle.zip"
unzip awscli-bundle.zip
yum install python26
/usr/bin/python26 awscli-bundle/install -i /opt/aws/awscli -b /usr/bin/aws
aws configure
aws s3 ls
aws ec2 describe-instances --output text

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cd

curl "https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-cli/awscli-bundle.zip" -o "awscli-bundle.zip"

unzip awscli-bundle.zip

yum install python26

/usr/bin/python26 awscli-bundle/install -i /opt/aws/awscli -b /usr/bin/aws

aws configure

aws s3 ls

aws ec2 describe-instances --output text

ls -l ~/.aws

total 8
-rw------- 1 root root  43 Mar 24 18:05 config
-rw------- 1 root root 116 Mar 24 18:05 credentials

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total 8

-rw------- 1 root root 43 Mar 24 18:05 config

-rw------- 1 root root 116 Mar 24 18:05 credentials

cat ~/.aws/config

[default]
output = json
region = us-east-1

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[default]

output = json

region = us-east-1

cat ~/.aws/credentials

[default]
aws_access_key_id = NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
aws_secret_access_key = NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

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[default]

aws_access_key_id = NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

aws_secret_access_key = NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

Categories: How-To's, Technology Tags: AWS, cli, configure, Credentials, Creds, howto, Install, Python, python26, tips, Yum | No comments

How To Install Continuent Tungsten Replicator Using Puppet on AWS

Author: erics, April 15th, 2014

https://github.com/continuent/continuent-puppet-tungsten As user root: vi /root/install.pp

$clusterData = {
    "myServiceNameHere" => {
        "topology" => "master-slave",
        "master" => "myDBHostName1",
        "slaves" => "myDBHostName2",
    },
}
class { 'tungsten' :
    installSSHKeys => true,
    installMysql => true,
    clusterData => $clusterData,
    replicatorRepo => "stable",
    installReplicatorSoftware => true,
}

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$clusterData = {

"myServiceNameHere" => {

"topology" => "master-slave",

"master" => "myDBHostName1",

"slaves" => "myDBHostName2",

},

}

class { 'tungsten' :

installSSHKeys => true,

installMysql => true,

clusterData => $clusterData,

replicatorRepo => "stable",

installReplicatorSoftware => true,

}

yum install puppet mkdir -p /etc/puppet/modules puppet module install continuent/tungsten puppet apply /root/install.pp

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How To Configure CPAN to Automatically Install Dependencies Without Confirmation

Author: erics, March 20th, 2014

perl -MCPAN -e ‘my $c = “CPAN::HandleConfig”; $c->load(doit => 1, autoconfig => 1); $c->edit(prerequisites_policy => “follow”); $c->edit(connect_to_internet_ok => “yes”); $c->edit(build_requires_install_policy => “yes”); $c->commit’

Categories: How-To's, Technology Tags: Auto, Automatic, CPAN, Dependencies, Dependency, howto, Install, tips | No comments

How To install Boto on Amazon Linux using yum and pip

Author: erics, August 15th, 2013

yum install python
python /usr/bin/easy_install pip
pip install boto

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yum install python

python /usr/bin/easy_install pip

pip install boto

Categories: How-To's, Technology Tags: Amazon, AWS, Boto, EC2, howto, Install, Linux, pip, Python, S3, tips, Yum | No comments

How To Install s3cmd

Author: erics, June 7th, 2013

Install Procedure Download and extract into /usr/local: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/s3tools/s3cmd/1.0.1/s3cmd-1.0.1.tar.gz

cd /usr/local/bin
ln -s /usr/local/s3cmd-1.0.1/s3cmd
/usr/local/bin/s3cmd --configure
Access Key: {ACCESS_KEY}
Secret Key: {SECRET_KEY}
Encryption password: {PASSWORD}

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cd /usr/local/bin

ln -s /usr/local/s3cmd-1.0.1/s3cmd

/usr/local/bin/s3cmd --configure

Access Key: {ACCESS_KEY}

Secret Key: {SECRET_KEY}

Encryption password: {PASSWORD}

Configuration saved to ‘/root/.s3cfg’ Command Line Examples List all buckets: s3cmd ls Make a new bucket in the default region (US): s3cmd mb s3://{YOUR_BUCKET_HERE} Make a new bucket in a specific region: s3cmd mb –bucket-location={DATACENTER} s3://{YOUR_BUCKET_HERE} As of now the datacenters are: US (default), EU, us-west-1, […]

Categories: How-To's, Technology Tags: Amazon, AWS, howto, Install, rsync, S3, s3cfg, s3cmd, s3sync, s3tools, Sync, tips | No comments

How To Upgrade PHP to PHP53 On CentOS

Author: erics, August 22nd, 2011

# service httpd stop
# yum erase php-common php
# yum install php53*
# service httpd start

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# service httpd stop

# yum erase php-common php

# yum install php53*

# service httpd start

To get mcrypt installed, read this post: http://www.ericmichaelstone.com/?p=4702

Categories: How-To's, Technology Tags: CentOS, Erase, howto, Install, mcrypt, php, PHP53, tips, upgrade, Yum | No comments

How To Install mcrypt For PHP53 On CentOS

Author: erics, August 12th, 2011

To get mcrypt support for PHP 5.3, compile and install just the mcrypt extension. First, get the prerequisites:

yum install php53-devel libmcrypt-devel gcc gcc-c++

1	yum install php53-devel libmcrypt-devel gcc gcc-c++

Download the php source code from php.net, for example:

wget http://mx2.php.net/get/php-5.3.6.tar.bz2/from/us3.php.net/mirror
tar xvjf php-5.3.6.tar.bz2

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Now, cd to the proper place and follow these steps:

cd php-5.3.6/ext/mcrypt/
phpize
aclocal
./configure
make
make install

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cd php-5.3.6/ext/mcrypt/

phpize

aclocal

./configure

make

make install

Create the configuration file for MCrypt /etc/php.d/mcrypt.ini containing:

extension=mcrypt.so

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Restart apache:

service http restart

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Create a file […]

Categories: How-To's, Technology Tags: compile, gcc, howto, Install, libmcrypt, mcrypt, mcrypt.ini, mcrypt.so, php, PHP53, phpmyadmin, tips | 2 comments

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