[mythtv-users] Help with Perl Error Message ("IO::Socket::INET6" is empty)

[Peter Bennett]

On 11/19/18 10:22 PM, James Linder wrote:
>
>> On 20 Nov 2018, at 7:55 am, mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org wrote:
>>
>>> being part of the ludite community of Perth who think daylight saving is a fate worse than death I had not considered the obvious <blush>
>>> On UTC  I Really did know that, but sloth and every list that I have ever seen (incorrectly) times zones in a format that includes GMT+0, GMT+1 etc etc. Does 100 lines punishment:-)
>>>
>>> The wiki still sucks because having followed it, and then wasted a few hours it still does not work, next time I?m bored I?ll write a QT C++ (QT ?cause all the DB stuff is trivial) version of mythlink.
>>> Just testing the waters, are all the format options useful (ie do I include them all in a contributed script, or is everyone happy that it works just fine?
>>>
>> mythlink works fine on 29 and master (and prior versions). It looks like
>> you have a missing dependency. There is a list of dependencies in the
>> wiki at https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Build_from_Source#Dependencies . I
>> would make sure you have them all installed.
> Peter thanks.
> I did build mythtv from scratch and used ansible to satisfy dependancies. All good except mythlink does not run. I followed the wiki and installed the bits it said.
> • Net::UPnP::QueryResponse
> • Net::UPnP::ControlPoint
>
> Still not working. I then tried to install the complained-missing ummm looks …
> IO::Socket::INET6
> which was the start of a huge hunt around.
>
> Result is
>
> [sandypit] /store [914]% ~/mythtv/mythtv/contrib/user_jobs/mythlink.pl  --link /store/pretty --format '%T/%T%-%S'
> Base class package "IO::Socket::INET6" is empty.
>      (Perhaps you need to 'use' the module which defines that package first,
>      or make that module available in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.18.2/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.18.2 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.18.2/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.18.2 /usr/lib/perl5/5.18.2/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.18.2 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl .).
>   at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.18.2/IO/Socket/INET/MythTV.pm line 14.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.18.2/IO/Socket/INET/MythTV.pm line 14.
> Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.18.2/MythTV.pm line 14.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.18.2/MythTV.pm line 14.
> Compilation failed in require at /home/jam/mythtv/mythtv/contrib/user_jobs/mythlink.pl line 22.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/jam/mythtv/mythtv/contrib/user_jobs/mythlink.pl line 22.
>
> James
>

I am not a perl expert. Maybe somebody in the mailing list can help with 
the error if I change the title of the email. As I said, it works 
perfectly for me and I use it daily.