[Bioperl-l] Metadata file problems installing BioPerl

[Mehmet]

Hi Everyone,

I am trying to install BioPerl following the instructions on the wiki page.
I tried both options, and both failed. I will really appreciate your
suggestions.

We are using a linux cluster with RHEL5. I upgraded Perl to 5.12.3 and I
have sudo access (my problems are not related to access permissions)

* WIth the Build.PL method, I am getting:

Could not get valid metadata. Error is: Invalid metadata structure. Errors:
'Perl_5' for 'license' does not have a URL scheme (resources -> license)
[Validation: 1.2], Expected a map structure from string or file.
(optional_features -> Bio::FeatureIO::gff -> requires) [Validation: 1.2],
Expected a map structure from string or file. (optional_features ->
Bio::WebAgent -> .........
.....
.....


Followed by tons of similar "Expected a map structure from ....." messages.

* With direct cpan install, I get:

  CPAN.pm: Going to build C/CJ/CJFIELDS/BioPerl-run-1.6.1.tar.gz

BioPerl minimal core version 1.006000 is required for BioPerl-run
Warning: No success on command[/panfs/
iw-scratch.pace.gatech.edu/iw.usr.local/packages/perl-5.12.3/bin/perlBuild.PL ]
  CJFIELDS/BioPerl-run-1.6.1.tar.gz
  /panfs/
iw-scratch.pace.gatech.edu/iw.usr.local/packages/perl-5.12.3/bin/perlBuild.PL
 -- NOT OK
Running Build test
  Make had some problems, won't test
Running Build install
  Make had some problems, won't install
Could not read metadata file. Falling back to other methods to determine
prerequisites
Failed during this command:
 CJFIELDS/BioPerl-run-1.6.1.tar.gz            : writemakefile NO '/panfs/
iw-scratch.pace.gatech.edu/iw.usr.local/packages/perl-5.12.3/bin/perlBuild.PL
' returned status 512



Any thoughts? What am I doing wrong here?

Thanks a lot in advance!

-Memo

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