Repeated failure when trying to write the Makefile for perl module during install

Question

I'm trying to install some perl modules as part of the set up for Circos . I'm installing the modules using cpan in terminal, and while the initial set up seems to go well, all the modules fail during the final step of the install, when the Makefile is being written.

Here's what the error looks like:

Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for Font::TTF
Can't exec "make": No such file or directory at /System/Library/Perl/5.12/CPAN/Distribution.pm line 2026.
MHOSKEN/Font-TTF-1.02.tar.gz
make -- NOT OK
'YAML' not installed, will not store persistent state
Running make test
Can't test without successful make
Running make install
Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Failed during this command:
MHOSKEN/Font-TTF-1.02.tar.gz                 : make NO

I think the only option might be to manually install the modules instead of using cpan, but I figured it might be worth a shot to put up a question here.

Answer 1

It seems that /System/Library/Perl/5.12/CPAN/Distribution.pm is trying to find your system's "make" command. Since you're using Mac OS/X is "make" actually installed or do you need to add some developer tools?

Answer 2

To further on G. Cito's answer/question:

This old answer might do the trick for you, if you're on Mac OS/X, as the exact same error is thrown in the respective circumstances:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/6767528/2352071