rpmdrake broken after updating perl.

RoaCh Of DisCor · 02-03-2005, 09:49 PM

Okay, so I wanted to install webmin..and to do so it had to update perl. Well, I did this..and now rpmdrake won't work. I get this error...

Code:

[root@darkrealms ravencrow]# rpmdrake
Undefined subroutine &Locale::gettext::iconv called at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6/rpmdrake.pm line 100.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/sbin/rpmdrake line 48.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/rpmdrake line 48.

Help apreciated, thanks.

-RoaCh

crispus · 02-04-2005, 07:12 AM

You're pretty much screwed from my research.

Follow this thread (from another group, sorry) to see my experience and a few others:

http://mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtopic=20710

The latest perl libraries are not backward compatible with mandrake 10.1 stable or 10.0 stable.

Good luck

-Crispus

Tormented · 02-04-2005, 01:25 PM

You could get the latest rpmdrake srpm from cooker and see if it will compile with the newer version of perl you have installled.

RoaCh Of DisCor · 02-07-2005, 01:05 AM

Actually, installing the cooker version of rpmdrake..and the cooker version of the mandrake control center fixed it. I also had to install perl-locales-gettext (i think that was the package name). After I did this, everything works once again fine.

reddazz · 02-07-2005, 07:51 AM

This has happened to me quite a few times and you are right getting updated versions from cooker usually helps fix the problem.

Chasman · 02-15-2005, 06:30 PM

Had the same problem following an update to the Control Center.
Adding perl-Locales-gettext from Cooker fixed it.
Thanks