I am trying to compile biber on a leopard system. I got all the cpan
modules listed in the README, namely
- Readonly::XS
- Text::BibTeX
- File::Slurp
- XML::LibXML
- XML::Writer
and had them installed over cpan.
The perl version in /Library/Perl is 5.8.8

The building process ran through but build test gave me some errors.
Running biber on a test file also ended up in:


Last login: Fri Mar 13 19:23:08 on console
chl-laptop:~ christianhassel$ cd /Users/christianhassel/Desktop/utf8\
copy
chl-laptop:utf8 copy christianhassel$ biber test2
Can't locate IPC/Cmd.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /Library/Perl/Updates/
5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Library/Perl/Updates/5.8.8 /System/
Library/Perl/5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level /System/Library/Perl/
5.8.8 /Library/Perl/5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Library/Perl/
5.8.8 /Library/Perl /Network/Library/Perl/5.8.8/darwin-thread-
multi-2level /Network/Library/Perl/5.8.8 /Network/Library/Perl /System/
Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level /System/Library/
Perl/Extras/5.8.8 /Library/Perl/5.8.6 /Library/Perl/5.8.1 .) at /usr/
local/bin/biber line 9.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/bin/biber line 9.
chl-laptop:utf8 copy christianhassel$

Any help would be much appreciated.

alex352 <ah4728@googlemail.com> writes:

> I am trying to compile biber on a leopard system. I got all the cpan
> modules listed in the README, namely
> - Readonly::XS
> - Text::BibTeX
> - File::Slurp
> - XML::LibXML
> - XML::Writer
> and had them installed over cpan.
> The perl version in /Library/Perl is 5.8.8
>
> The building process ran through but build test gave me some errors.
> Running biber on a test file also ended up in:
>
>
> Last login: Fri Mar 13 19:23:08 on console
> chl-laptop:~ christianhassel$ cd /Users/christianhassel/Desktop/utf8\
> copy
> chl-laptop:utf8 copy christianhassel$ biber test2
> Can't locate IPC/Cmd.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /Library/Perl/Updates/
> 5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Library/Perl/Updates/5.8.8 /System/
> Library/Perl/5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level /System/Library/Perl/
> 5.8.8 /Library/Perl/5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Library/Perl/
> 5.8.8 /Library/Perl /Network/Library/Perl/5.8.8/darwin-thread-
> multi-2level /Network/Library/Perl/5.8.8 /Network/Library/Perl /System/
> Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level /System/Library/
> Perl/Extras/5.8.8 /Library/Perl/5.8.6 /Library/Perl/5.8.1 .) at /usr/
> local/bin/biber line 9.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/bin/biber line 9.
> chl-laptop:utf8 copy christianhassel$
>
> Any help would be much appreciated.

I got the same problems (on snow leo); I think the list of required
packages in the README is not exhaustive (and the description looks as
if you had a choice between Text::BibTeX and the other packages, while
actually you need all of them).  I "solved" this problem simply by
trial-and-error: keep on installing until it works.  This message
indicates that you need IPC::Cmd.

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On 22 Jan., 19:29, Philipp Stephani <LookIn...@arcor.de> wrote:
> alex352 <ah4...@googlemail.com> writes:
> > I am trying to compile biber on a leopard system. I got all the cpan
> > modules listed in the README, namely
> > - Readonly::XS
> > - Text::BibTeX
> > - File::Slurp
> > - XML::LibXML
> > - XML::Writer
> > and had them installed over cpan.
> > The perl version in /Library/Perl is 5.8.8
>
> > The building process ran through but build test gave me some errors.
> > Running biber on a test file also ended up in:
>
> > Last login: Fri Mar 13 19:23:08 on console
> > chl-laptop:~ christianhassel$ cd /Users/christianhassel/Desktop/utf8\
> > copy
> > chl-laptop:utf8 copy christianhassel$ biber test2
> > Can't locate IPC/Cmd.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /Library/Perl/Updates/
> > 5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Library/Perl/Updates/5.8.8 /System/
> > Library/Perl/5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level /System/Library/Perl/
> > 5.8.8 /Library/Perl/5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Library/Perl/
> > 5.8.8 /Library/Perl /Network/Library/Perl/5.8.8/darwin-thread-
> > multi-2level /Network/Library/Perl/5.8.8 /Network/Library/Perl /System/
> > Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level /System/Library/
> > Perl/Extras/5.8.8 /Library/Perl/5.8.6 /Library/Perl/5.8.1 .) at /usr/
> > local/bin/biber line 9.
> > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/bin/biber line 9.
> > chl-laptop:utf8 copy christianhassel$
>
> > Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> I got the same problems (on snow leo); I think the list of required
> packages in the README is not exhaustive (and the description looks as
> if you had a choice between Text::BibTeX and the other packages, while
> actually you need all of them). =A0I "solved" this problem simply by
> trial-and-error: keep on installing until it works. =A0This message
> indicates that you need IPC::Cmd.
>
> --

Ah, I could not make sense out of IPC::Cmd but now you are pointing me
at it I can see that it is indeed a cpan module. Thx for the help.