[X2Go-User] x2goserver doesn't configure properly on RHEL 5 (problem with perl's file module?)

[Holger Krause]

Am Freitag, 23. August 2013 schrieb Holger Krause:
> Hi list,
> 
> Inspired by Kermit Short's posting a week ago, I tried to install
> x2goserver on RHEL 5 (x86_64) today. Missing dependencies I installed
> manually. The dependency on the perl-file module reported by yum
> ----
> Error: Missing Dependency: perl(File::BaseDir) is needed by package
> x2goserver ----
> I tried to fullfill with
> ----
> [root at hermes ~]# rpm -i perl-File-BaseDir-0.03-1.el5.noarch.rpm
> -----
[...]
>   Installing: x2goserver                   ####################### [22/24]
> "make_path" is not exported by the File::Path module
> Can't continue after import errors at /usr/sbin/x2godbadmin line 25
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/x2godbadmin line 25.
[...]
> 
> Now, calling x2godbadmin yields the same error message as during
> installation by yum:
> ----
> [root at hermes log]# /usr/sbin/x2godbadmin
> "make_path" is not exported by the File::Path module
> Can't continue after import errors at /usr/sbin/x2godbadmin line 25
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/x2godbadmin line 25.
> ----
[...]
> 
> Do I need a specific version of perl(File::BaseDir)? Any ideas how to fix
> the x2goserver configuration?

I just found http://bugs.x2go.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=254. Seemingly, 
the problem with 'make_path' is already mentioned there, albeit not as the 
main topic of the reported bug. Is there a known workaround?

Best,

Holger