I have met a loop I can't get out of

[Canam97]

I have been working with my brother in law updating my box. We have been using cooker to do this. trying to run urpmi urpmi I get the following error message:

 

Can't locate Locale/gettext.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.6/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.4 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.3 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.1 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6/urpm/msg.pm line 9.

BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6/urpm/msg.pm line 9.

Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6/urpm.pm line 8.

BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6/urpm.pm line 8.

Compilation failed in require at /usr/sbin/urpmi line 22.

BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/urpmi line 22.

 

I was package by package trying to fix it when i came to another block

 

gettext-base needs libintl3 but it want 7mdk and i can only find 10mdk. gettext...7mdk is installed and i can get it to update.

 

I am new to linux and trying hard to learn things by solving them myself but i have go beyond my learning curve.

 

Help if you will

[devries]

If you're sure urpmi isn't working (have added all the sources, run urpmi.update -a) you can install perl applets by hand.

 

Open a console, log in as root and type: perl -MCPAN -e shell

 

That will get you a cpan prompt. Now type: install Locale/gettext.pm (it might not work because it's case sensitive. Just read the errors and adjustthe spelling)

 

When you're done type exit.

 

Good luck.