Sune Karlsson writes
In which way does it fail? Is the configure script executed?
It does not look like it. Compare oaiadm@amorp:~$ cd /tmp/ ; rm -rf ReDIF-perl-2.75/ ; tar xzf /home/adrepec/hubec.repec.org/ReDIF-perl/ReDIF-perl-2.75.tar.gz ; cd ReDIF-perl-2.75/ oaiadm@amorp:/tmp/ReDIF-perl-2.75$ perl Makefile.PL Preparing to install ReDIF perl package. Configure failed, so do I at Makefile.PL line 5. to oaiadm@amorp:~$ cd /tmp/ ; rm -rf ReDIF-perl-2.75/ ; tar xzf /home/adrepec/hubec.repec.org/ReDIF-perl/ReDIF-perl-2.75.tar.gz ; cd ReDIF-perl-2.75/ oaiadm@amorp:/tmp/ReDIF-perl-2.75$ mv Configure Configure.org oaiadm@amorp:/tmp/ReDIF-perl-2.75$ perl Makefile.PL Preparing to install ReDIF perl package. Configure failed, so do I at Makefile.PL line 5. -- Cheers, Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel skype:thomaskrichel