Mime-construct installation

This package is used to send faxes to emails.

Installation

Debian

apt-get install mime-construct

Centos/Fedora

cd /usr/src
wget http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/R/RO/ROSCH/mime-construct-1.9.tar.gz
tar xzvf mime-construct-1.9.tar.gz
cd /usr/src/mime-construct-1.9
perl Makefile.PL
make install 

Testing

Write in bash to test:

mime-construct

You should see:

mime-construct: no recipients specified

If you see something else - troubleshoot.

Errors

Can't locate Proc/WaitStat.pm in @INC

This happens for Centos/Fedora. Fix:

perl -MCPAN -e "install Proc::WaitStat"

Then press ENTER half a million times (28 actually) and select continent/country when it asks.

Can't locate CPAN.pm in @INC

cd /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/
wget http://search.cpan.org/src/JHI/perl-5.8.0/lib/CPAN.pm

Can't locate CPAN/FirstTime.pm in @INC

perl -MCPAN -e "install Proc::FirstTime"