[Gmod-help] Error when installing Bundle::GMOD on CentOS 5.2

[Maxim Khitrov [Contractor]]

Greetings,

I'm currently in the process of installing new Chado database on CentOS 5.2, PostgreSQL 8.3 server. When I got to the Perl modules step in the install guide, running 'cpan -i Bundle::GMOD' failed at the XML::LibXSLT dependency with the following message:

running xslt-config... failed
XML::LibXSLT needs libxslt version 1.1.18 or higher

The version of libxslt that comes with CentOS 5 (and RHEL 5) is 1.1.17. I couldn't find any updates. All other components of Bundle::GMOD were installed when I used the -f (force) switch. I wanted to ask what tools will fail to work properly without XML::LibXSLT? If it is critical to a Chado installation, do you know of any workarounds for the problem (other than building libxslt and related libraries by hand)?

Thanks,
Max

P.S. There is a note regarding potential problems with using PostgreSQL 8.3 server. Is it still recommended to use an earlier release?

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