installin perl - terminal problems

conor2007

http://borel.slu.edu/gramadoir/

trying to install that

but i get permission denied error

i am root user

what am i doing wrong?

Breezer

To run a terminal command as root, you need to put the word 'sudo' before the command. You will then be prompted for your password. Are you doing this and still getting the error?

conor2007

thanks

i do that = it say cant open perl script ''makefile.pl'' : no such file or directory exists

steveland?

Is it Perl itself you're trying to install to run that one in the link?

If so:
MacPorts!

http://www.macports.org/

Install MacPorts, go to terminal, type "sudo port install perl5.9"

Sit back and relax

conor2007

lol - i just tried to respond there and i typex into into terminal - duh

ye , perl should be installed - should and is i think

im trying to install an irish grammer checker in perl

Breezer

You have to be in the right directory for it to work. Follow this exactly and see if it works:

Download Lingua-GA-Gramadoir-0.60.tar.gz from that site.
Double-click on it to extract it.
Move the extracted folder to your Desktop.
Type the following in Terminal (all case-sensitive):

cd ~/Desktop/Lingua-GA-Gramadoir-0.60
perl Makefile.PL
make
sudo make install

conor2007

1st two worked
second two did not

''command not found''

conor2007

cheers

this seems to be working , nearly

conor2007

''

warning prerequisite string::approx 3.19 not found.
writing makefile for lingua::gramadoir

''

Breezer

Hmm, not a big authority on the command line unfortunately. I tried a few things there myself but not really getting anywhere. I know you need to install String::Approx but I can't get that working - maybe someone else here will have a few ideas.

conor2007

well thanks

you got me a lot closer than i was getiing

steveland?

I was trying to install a unix app there a while ago and make wouldn't work but gnumake did.

Did you try that?

conor2007

just type gnu in front of the make command ?