Hi beegee

I believe you have to have root privileges, before running the install.
Try.
sudo cpan
you will be prompt for a password (that's your user password in OSX)

Then run
install Test::Simple

Hope it helps.




On Oct 25, 2009, at 8:11 AM, beegee beegee wrote:

>  Hi, I have a mac os x tiger 10.4.11.  I was trying to install  
>  Test::Simple (from my terminal window, and in the cpan prompt and  
>  here are the last few lines of the error .  Please advice on this
> 
>  All tests successful, 6 tests and 21 subtests skipped.
>  Files=99, Tests=1013,  7 wallclock secs ( 4.17 cusr +  2.17 csys =   
>  6.34 CPU)
>    /usr/bin/make test -- OK
>  Running make install
>  Manifying blib/man3/Test::Builder::Tester::Color.3pm
>  Manifying blib/man3/Test::Simple.3pm
>  Manifying blib/man3/Test::Builder.3pm
>  Manifying blib/man3/Test::Builder::IO::Scalar.3pm
>  Warning: You do not have permissions to install into //System/ 
>  Library/Perl/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level at /System/Library/ 
>  Perl/5.8.6/ExtUtils/Install.pm line 114.
>  Cannot forceunlink /System/Library/Perl/5.8.6/Test/Builder.pm:  
>  Permission denied at /System/Library/Perl/5.8.6/File/Find.pm line 906
>  make: *** [pure_perl_install] Error 255
>    /usr/bin/make install  -- NOT OK
> 
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