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No package 'fribidi' found

I try to install module Text::Bidi with cpan but I get the following message:

Package fribidi was not found in the pkg-config search path. Perhaps you should add the directory containing `fribidi.pc' to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable No package 'fribidi' found

at Makefile.PL line 13.

It seems that fribidi is missing.

fribidi should be installed prior to the installation of this module.

I try to:

yum install fribidi

Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit, security

 Setting up Install Process No package fribidi available. Error:

 Nothing to do

I search for this issue, but don't find nothing.

**OS: **Oracle Linux 6.6

Solution

  • Oracle only have a package for this for version 4 of their distro. It looks like you'll need to build it from source. See GNU FriBidi.