Installation Problem - Multiple Errors

[limey]

Greetings folks,

I know you get noobie support questions here in your forums day in, day out and that it gets irritating but I'm up against the wall and could really do with some advice from someone who knows what they are on about!

I have spent about an hour reading the forums here, but my lack of perl knowledge (amongst other things!) keeps letting me down so if you could spare a little time to lead me through this it'd be eternally appreciated !

I'm trying to install CPanel on my CentOS 4.1 XEN VPS hosted by my unmanaged server provider at Unixshell. I have installed the OS from scratch as suggested, and ran the following to start the installation:

cd /root
wget http://layer1.cpanel.net/latest
nohup sh /root/latest &

The CPanel script completes with errors as follows:

Unable to open /etc/userdomains: No such file or directory at /scripts/updateuserdomains line 632.
Unable to open /etc/trueuserdomains: No such file or directory at /scripts/updateuserdomains line 632.
Unable to open /etc/trueuserowners: No such file or directory at /scripts/updateuserdomains line 632.
Unable to open /etc/demousers: No such file or directory at /scripts/updateuserdomains line 632.
Missing /etc/userdomains, creating blank file. at /scripts/updateuserdomains line 289.
Missing /etc/trueuserdomains, creating blank file. at /scripts/updateuserdomains line 289.
Missing /etc/trueuserowners, creating blank file. at /scripts/updateuserdomains line 289.
Missing /etc/demousers, creating blank file. at /scripts/updateuserdomains line 289.
Missing /etc/demodomains, creating blank file. at /scripts/updateuserdomains line 289.
Cpanel updates are coming from layer2.cpanel.net
Can't locate Net/AIM.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/i686-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7/i686-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.2 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl . /scripts /scripts /scripts /scripts /scripts /scripts) at /scripts/cPScript/iContact.pm line 14.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /scripts/cPScript/iContact.pm line 14.
Compilation failed in require at /scripts/hackcheck line 15.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /scripts/hackcheck line 15.
Can't locate Net/AIM.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/i686-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7/i686-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.2 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl . /scripts /scripts /scripts /scripts /scripts /scripts) at /scripts/cPScript/iContact.pm line 14.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /scripts/cPScript/iContact.pm line 14.
Compilation failed in require at /scripts/oopscheck line 11.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /scripts/oopscheck line 11.
Can't locate Net/AIM.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/i686-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7/i686-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.2 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl . /scripts /scripts /scripts /scripts /scripts /scripts) at /scripts/cPScript/iContact.pm line 14.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /scripts/cPScript/iContact.pm line 14.
Compilation failed in require at /scripts/ipcheck line 13.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /scripts/ipcheck line 13.
Can't locate Net/AIM.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/i686-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7/i686-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.2 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl . /scripts /scripts /scripts /scripts /scripts /scripts) at /scripts/cPScript/iContact.pm line 14.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /scripts/cPScript/iContact.pm line 14.
Compilation failed in require at /scripts/smartcheck line 11.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /scripts/smartcheck line 11.

The output also gives this error at the begining of installation

cat: /boot/System.map: No such file or directory

Please help as I'm baffled!!

Thanks is advance

Chris

[limey]

Sorry to nag, but I really could do with some help please

[dalem]

first i would install the missing perl module(S) and update cpanel may need to use a forced update


/scripts/realperlinstaller Net::AIM

from the command line

[limey]

Thanks for the reply Dalem -

The output when trying to reinstall cpanel is as follows, navigating to the hostname plus CPanel port still does not work. I have also tried 'service cpanel start' (service not found) and checked for cpanel folders in /usr/local and init.d but cannot find any evidence of it's installation !!!!

cat: /boot/System.map: No such file or directory
Rpm Sanity Check PASSED!
Fetching http://httpupdate.cpanel.net/pub/CPAN/index.html (0)....@69.90.250.34......connected......receiving...70%...100%......Done
Linux detected!
/usr/sbin/setenforce: SELinux is disabled
cPanel Layer 1 Installer Init.....
Warning !!! Warning !!! WARNING !!! Warning !!! Warning
-------------------------------------------------------
cPanel requires a fresh/clean server!
If you are serving websites off this server (and are
not already running cPanel) this installer will
overwrite all of your config files.  You should hit
Ctrl+C NOW!!!
If this is a new server please ignore this messages
-------------------------------------------------------
Warning !!! Warning !!! WARNING !!! Warning !!! Warning
Waiting 5 seconds........Done
This install will take 10-70 minutes depending on your hardware.
Now is the time to go get another cup of coffee/jolt.
The install will log to /var/log/cpanel-install-thread0.log.
and /var/log/cpanel-install-thread1.log.
Installing...1......x1...2...................x2...3...4......x4...5.............x3........x5....6........x6..7....................x7..8........x8...9......x9...10...11.............x10.............................x11..12.................................x12...13......18..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................x18...14...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................x13........x14..15..............................x15...16...............x16..17.................x17...Please wait while the temp files are cleaned up..........Done
Layer1 Install Complete...starting Layer2!!
Updating /scripts ...
Sync Source: http://httpupdate.cpanel.net/RELEASE/scripts
Fetching http://httpupdate.cpanel.net/cpanelsync/RELEASE/scripts/.cpanelsync.lock (0)....@69.90.250.36......connected......receiving...100%......Done
Fetching http://httpupdate.cpanel.net/cpanelsync/RELEASE/scripts/.cpanelsync.bz2 (0)....@69.90.250.36......connected......receiving...33%...66%...99%...100%......Done
Done updating /scripts
Found hostname to be hydrogen.webwhippet.com, which resolves to 207.210.65.183
Hostname Virtual Host is already setup
PHP version file has been updated to 4.4.1
Ftp Quota Check v1.0
Cpanel updates are coming from layer2.cpanel.net
Locking password for user daemon.
passwd: Success
Ftp Setup Script Version 6.0
Fetching version information from http://updates.cpanel.net/ftpinstall/version (RELEASE)....Done
This is the pure-ftpd 1.0.20 installer release number 17.tls for platform centos 4.2
pure-ftpd is up to date.  Use ftpup --force to force a reinstall
Exim Setup Script Version 20.0
Fetching version information from http://updates.cpanel.net/eximinstall/version (RELEASE)....Done
This is the exim 4.52 installer release number 7 for platform centos 4.2
exim is up to date.  Use eximup --force to force a reinstall
MySQL Setup Script Version 6.1
Fetching version information from http://updates.cpanel.net/mysqlinstall/version (RELEASE)....Done
This is the MySQL 4.0.25 installer release number 0 for platform
MySQL-4.0.25 is up to date
safe_recchown: Error Fetching the uid/gidInstall Complete
bandmin Setup Script Version 1.0
Fetching version information from http://updates.cpanel.net/bandmininstall/version (RELEASE)....Done
This is the bandmin 1.6.1 installer release number 1 for platform centos 4.2
bandmin is up to date.  Use bandminup --force to force a reinstall
checkyum version 20.1
bandmin is up to date (Thu Jul 28 09:11:28 2005)
portsentry is up to date (Tue Jan 29 21:02:40 2002)
Using newyum support...
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Excluding Packages in global exclude list
Finished
Parsing package install arguments
Nothing to do
Setting up Update Process
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Excluding Packages in global exclude list
Finished
No Packages marked for Update/Obsoletion
GD installed ok
Scanning suexec_log...Done
.......Securing the /tmp and /var/tmp directories....Securing /tmp & /var/tmp
/tmp is already secure
/var/tmp is already secure
Process Complete
...Done
Cleaning Up.........Done

Do I need to do a restart or something or has it all gone wrong again !!!!

Thankyou

[dalem]

you did not need to reinstall (if it was allready istalled)

a simple /scripts/upcp or /scripts/upcp --force

have you installed yum ??

did you tail the install log for errors?

there are a few issues with centos4 which may need correcting they are posted here in the forums

have cpanel help they will install ?

[limey]

Well folks, I scoured the web, used some info from here, some from there and it finally it worked. For anyone else who finds themselves in the same situation heres what got it going...

1) Ensure that the RPM signing key has been imported (CentOS, RedHat, Fedora)

2) Install perl 5.805

wget http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/G/GA/GAAS/libwww-perl-5.805.tar.gz
tar zxvf libwww-perl-5.805.tar.gz
cd libwww-perl-5.805
perl Makefile.PL
make
make install

3) Install cpan 1.83 (1.82 is referenced but I can't find a working link, you can google a source for 1.83)

4) Download and run cpanel installer

cd /root
wget http://layer1.cpanel.net/latest
nohup sh /root/latest &

4) Review cpanel installer output (look at nohup.out in your root folder) for missing perl modules

5) Install missing modules

cpan install exactnameofmissingmodulehere

6) Install a final module Net::AIM for instance

/scripts/realperlinstaller Net::AIM