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I tried to install the Perl DateTime module by running "cpan" and typing "install DateTime" at the prompt. After a lot of processing and printing I got this message:

Compilation failed in require at (eval 907) line 3. # Looks like your test died before it could output anything. t/41cldr_format.........dubious Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00) DIED. FAILED tests 1-101 Failed 101/101 tests, 0.00% okay t/42duration_class......ok t/pod-coverage..........skipped all skipped: Test::Pod::Coverage 1.08 required for testing POD coverage t/pod...................skipped all skipped: Test::Pod 1.14 required for testing POD Failed Test Stat Wstat Total Fail Failed List of Failed ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- t/07compare.t 255 65280 26 18 69.23% 18-26 t/17set_return.t 255 65280 7 12 171.43% 2-7 t/19leap_second.t 255 65280 172 302 175.58% 22-172 t/23storable.t 255 65280 21 42 200.00% 1-21 t/24from_object.t 255 65280 10 8 80.00% 7-10 t/30future_tz.t 255 65280 5 10 200.00% 1-5 t/34set_tz.t 255 65280 8 16 200.00% 1-8 t/36invalid_local.t 255 65280 4 5 125.00% 1-4 t/37local-add.t 255 65280 26 52 200.00% 1-26 t/38local-subtract.t 255 65280 127 254 200.00% 1-127 t/41cldr_format.t 255 65280 101 202 200.00% 1-101 3 tests and 9 subtests skipped. Failed 11/44 test scripts, 75.00% okay. 462/3296 subtests failed, 85.98% okay. make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255 DROLSKY/DateTime-0.50.tar.gz /usr/bin/make test -- NOT OK //hint// to see the cpan-testers results for installing this module, try: reports DROLSKY/DateTime-0.50.tar.gz Running make install make test had returned bad status, won't install without force Failed during this command: DROLSKY/DateTime-0.50.tar.gz : make_test NO

What does it mean and how can I fix it?

EDIT: I am running Fedora.

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What OS / Distro are you using? It is generally easier to install these modules from a package because that will get the dependencies too. In Ubuntu you would just:

sudo apt-get install libdatetime-perl
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  • That worked, although I used yum since I'm on Fedora. Commented Aug 14, 2009 at 16:15
  • It also turns out that the package I was looking for was TimeDate, not DateTime... Commented Aug 14, 2009 at 16:18
  • Glad to hear it. I like CPAN for the less popular modules, like ones I made:-), but common ones with lots of dependencies I try to get them from the repositories. I have never had any trouble with mixing the two. Commented Aug 14, 2009 at 16:18
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Actually, I also failed to install the "DateTime" module by using "cpanm" on Fedora 14; I do want to use this module though, instead of your "TimeDate".

Turn into root, and "yum install perl-DateTime.i686"

This gets the work done@_@

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