I am trying to install the Crypt::OpenPGP module via Perl CPAN with no luck.

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Asked: May 16, 20262026-05-16T04:52:52+00:00 2026-05-16T04:52:52+00:00

I am trying to install the Crypt::OpenPGP module via Perl CPAN with no luck.

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I am trying to install the Crypt::OpenPGP module via Perl CPAN with no luck. The errors I am receiving are:

Failed Test   Stat Wstat Total Fail  Failed  List of Failed
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
t/07-digest.t    1   256    15    1   6.67%  15
Failed 1/14 test scripts, 92.86% okay. 1/273 subtests failed, 99.63% okay.
make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255
  /usr/bin/make test -- NOT OK
Running make install
  make test had returned bad status, won't install without force

I am running a fresh install of CentOS release 5.5 (Final), I installed Perl via ‘yum install perl‘, then went into CPAN (‘perl -MCPAN -eshell‘), and worked through the list of modules required by the script I am trying to run. I got as far as Crypt::OpenPGP before hitting this error.

I am probably missing something hugely obvious, but can anyone point me in the right direction?

The full log of my install attempt:

cpan> install Crypt::OpenPGP
Running install for module Crypt::OpenPGP
Running make for B/BT/BTROTT/Crypt-OpenPGP-1.04.tar.gz
  Is already unwrapped into directory /root/.cpan/build/Crypt-OpenPGP-1.04

  CPAN.pm: Going to build B/BT/BTROTT/Crypt-OpenPGP-1.04.tar.gz

Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for Crypt::OpenPGP
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Words.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Words.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Digest.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Digest.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Key.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Key.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/KeyRing.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/KeyRing.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Cipher.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Cipher.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/S2k.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/S2k.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Armour.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Armour.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Certificate.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Certificate.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Compressed.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Compressed.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Message.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Message.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Util.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Util.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/OnePassSig.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/OnePassSig.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Signature/SubPacket.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Signature/SubPacket.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Key/Public.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Key/Public.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/SKSessionKey.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/SKSessionKey.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/MDC.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/MDC.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/CFB.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/CFB.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/PacketFactory.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/PacketFactory.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Key/Public/RSA.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Key/Public/RSA.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Signature.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Signature.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Key/Secret/DSA.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Key/Secret/DSA.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Marker.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Marker.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Key/Public/DSA.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Key/Public/DSA.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Buffer.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Buffer.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/KeyBlock.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/KeyBlock.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/ErrorHandler.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/ErrorHandler.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Key/Secret.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Key/Secret.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Key/Secret/RSA.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Key/Secret/RSA.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/KeyServer.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/KeyServer.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Config.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Config.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Key/Public/ElGamal.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Key/Public/ElGamal.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/SessionKey.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/SessionKey.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Key/Secret/ElGamal.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Key/Secret/ElGamal.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Constants.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Constants.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Trust.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Trust.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/UserID.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/UserID.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Plaintext.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Plaintext.pm
cp lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Ciphertext.pm blib/lib/Crypt/OpenPGP/Ciphertext.pm
Manifying blib/man3/Crypt::OpenPGP::Words.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/Crypt::OpenPGP::Digest.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/Crypt::OpenPGP::Buffer.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/Crypt::OpenPGP::Key.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/Crypt::OpenPGP::KeyRing.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/Crypt::OpenPGP::Cipher.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/Crypt::OpenPGP::KeyBlock.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/Crypt::OpenPGP::ErrorHandler.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/Crypt::OpenPGP::S2k.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/Crypt::OpenPGP::Certificate.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/Crypt::OpenPGP::Armour.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/Crypt::OpenPGP::KeyServer.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/Crypt::OpenPGP::Message.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/Crypt::OpenPGP::Compressed.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/Crypt::OpenPGP::OnePassSig.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/Crypt::OpenPGP::Util.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/Crypt::OpenPGP::SessionKey.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/Crypt::OpenPGP.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/Crypt::OpenPGP::SKSessionKey.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/Crypt::OpenPGP::Constants.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/Crypt::OpenPGP::MDC.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/Crypt::OpenPGP::PacketFactory.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/Crypt::OpenPGP::CFB.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/Crypt::OpenPGP::Trust.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/Crypt::OpenPGP::UserID.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/Crypt::OpenPGP::Signature.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/Crypt::OpenPGP::Marker.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/Crypt::OpenPGP::Plaintext.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/Crypt::OpenPGP::Ciphertext.3pm
  /usr/bin/make  -- OK
Running make test
PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, 'inc', 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t
t/00-compile.....ok                                                          
t/01-util........ok                                                          
t/02-buffer......ok                                                          
t/03-3des........ok                                                          
t/04-armour......ok                                                          
t/05-packets.....ok                                                          
t/06-cipher......# CAST5
t/06-cipher......ok 1/56# Rijndael                                           
# Rijndael256
# DES3
# Rijndael192
# IDEA
# Blowfish
# Twofish
t/06-cipher......ok                                                          
t/07-digest......# MD5
t/07-digest......ok 1/15# SHA1                                               
# RIPEMD160

t/07-digest......NOK 15#   Failed test 'digest data matches'                 
#   at t/07-digest.t line 49.
#          got: '����b�1�"X��6 �'
#     expected: '��;�z&?���XLR߮�IL�'
# Looks like you failed 1 test of 15.
t/07-digest......dubious                                                     
    Test returned status 1 (wstat 256, 0x100)
DIED. FAILED test 15
    Failed 1/15 tests, 93.33% okay
t/08-compress....ok                                                          
t/09-config......# GnuPG config
t/09-config......ok 1/20# pgp2 config                                        
t/09-config......ok                                                          
t/10-keyring.....ok                                                          
t/11-encrypt.....ok                                                          
t/12-sign........ok 1/12# armoured sig                                       
t/12-sign........ok 2/12# detached sig                                       
# unarmoured sig
# clear-text sig
# sig generated using explicit Key
t/12-sign........ok                                                          
t/13-keygen......# RSA
t/13-keygen......ok 1/28# DSA                                                
t/13-keygen......ok                                                          
Failed Test   Stat Wstat Total Fail  Failed  List of Failed
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
t/07-digest.t    1   256    15    1   6.67%  15
Failed 1/14 test scripts, 92.86% okay. 1/273 subtests failed, 99.63% okay.
make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255
  /usr/bin/make test -- NOT OK
Running make install
  make test had returned bad status, won't install without force

cpan>

Output from installing Crypt::RIPEMD160:

cpan> force install Crypt::RIPEMD160
Running install for module Crypt::RIPEMD160
Running make for C/CH/CHGEUER/Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04.tar.gz
Checksum for /root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/C/CH/CHGEUER/Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04.tar.gz ok
Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04/
Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04/CHGEUER.asc
Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04/Makefile.PL
Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04/MANIFEST
Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04/misc/
Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04/misc/rfc2104.txt
Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04/misc/rfc2286.txt
Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04/misc/ripemd160_driver.pl
Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04/misc/speedtest.pl
Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04/README
Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04/RIPEMD160/
Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04/RIPEMD160/MAC.pm
Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04/RIPEMD160.pm
Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04/RIPEMD160.xs
Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04/rmd160/
Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04/rmd160/doc/
Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04/rmd160/doc/README
Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04/rmd160/doc/ripemd160.html
Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04/rmd160/hash/
Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04/rmd160/hash/hashtest.c
Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04/rmd160/hash/rmd128.c
Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04/rmd160/hash/rmd128.h
Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04/rmd160/hash/rmd160.c
Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04/rmd160/hash/rmd160.h
Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04/rmd160/mac/
Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04/rmd160/mac/mactest.c
Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04/rmd160/mac/rmd128mc.c
Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04/rmd160/mac/rmd128mc.h
Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04/rmd160/mac/rmd160mc.c
Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04/rmd160/mac/rmd160mc.h
Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04/rmd160.c
Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04/rmd160.h
Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04/test.pl
Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04/typemap
Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04/wrap_160.c
Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04/wrap_160.h
Removing previously used /root/.cpan/build/Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04

  CPAN.pm: Going to build C/CH/CHGEUER/Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04.tar.gz

Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for Crypt::RIPEMD160
cp RIPEMD160/MAC.pm blib/lib/Crypt/RIPEMD160/MAC.pm
cp RIPEMD160.pm blib/lib/Crypt/RIPEMD160.pm
AutoSplitting blib/lib/Crypt/RIPEMD160.pm (blib/lib/auto/Crypt/RIPEMD160)
/usr/bin/perl /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/ExtUtils/xsubpp  -typemap /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/ExtUtils/typemap -typemap typemap  RIPEMD160.xs > RIPEMD160.xsc && mv RIPEMD160.xsc RIPEMD160.c
gcc -c   -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -Wdeclaration-after-statement -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m64 -mtune=generic   -DVERSION=\"0.04\" -DXS_VERSION=\"0.04\" -fPIC "-I/usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/CORE"  -DPERL_BYTEORDER=12345678 RIPEMD160.c
RIPEMD160.xs: In function ‘XS_Crypt__RIPEMD160_add’:
RIPEMD160.xs:55: warning: unused variable ‘svdata’
RIPEMD160.xs: In function ‘XS_Crypt__RIPEMD160_digest’:
RIPEMD160.xs:96: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 2 of ‘Perl_newSVpv’ differ in signedness
RIPEMD160.c:147: warning: unused variable ‘RETVAL’
gcc -c   -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -Wdeclaration-after-statement -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m64 -mtune=generic   -DVERSION=\"0.04\" -DXS_VERSION=\"0.04\" -fPIC "-I/usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/CORE"  -DPERL_BYTEORDER=12345678 rmd160.c
gcc -c   -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -Wdeclaration-after-statement -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m64 -mtune=generic   -DVERSION=\"0.04\" -DXS_VERSION=\"0.04\" -fPIC "-I/usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/CORE"  -DPERL_BYTEORDER=12345678 wrap_160.c
wrap_160.c: In function ‘RIPEMD160_final’:
wrap_160.c:75: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘printf’
wrap_160.c:75: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘printf’
wrap_160.c:75: warning: unknown conversion type character 0xa in format
Running Mkbootstrap for Crypt::RIPEMD160 ()
chmod 644 RIPEMD160.bs
rm -f blib/arch/auto/Crypt/RIPEMD160/RIPEMD160.so
gcc  -shared -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m64 -mtune=generic RIPEMD160.o rmd160.o wrap_160.o  -o blib/arch/auto/Crypt/RIPEMD160/RIPEMD160.so    \
            \

chmod 755 blib/arch/auto/Crypt/RIPEMD160/RIPEMD160.so
cp RIPEMD160.bs blib/arch/auto/Crypt/RIPEMD160/RIPEMD160.bs
chmod 644 blib/arch/auto/Crypt/RIPEMD160/RIPEMD160.bs
Manifying blib/man3/Crypt::RIPEMD160::MAC.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/Crypt::RIPEMD160.3pm
  /usr/bin/make  -- OK
Running make test
PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl "-Iblib/lib" "-Iblib/arch" test.pl
1..25
ok 1  (use Crypt::RIPEMD160;)
ok 2  (new)
not ok 3  (std-test-vectors)
not ok 4  (A...Za...z0...9)
e526f520264924744a76aa2a73e1325ac45083f0: not ok 5  (8 x "1234567890")
3254f6d3d21de8b33df8e39b11988618a745d969: not ok 6  (1e6 x "a")
ok 7  (Various flavours of file-handle to addfile)
ok 8  (Fully qualified with ' operator)
ok 9  (Fully qualified with :: operator)
ok 10 (Type glob)
ok 11 (Type glob reference (the prefered mechanism))
ok 12 (File-handle passed by name (really the same as 9))
ok 13 (Other ways of reading the data -- line at a time)
ok 14 (Input lines as a list to add())
ok 15 (Random chunks up to 128 bytes)
ok 16 (All the data at once)
ok 17 (Using static member function)
not ok 18 (Crypt::RIPEMD160::MAC std-test-vector from RFC2286)
not ok 19 (Crypt::RIPEMD160::MAC std-test-vector from RFC2286)
not ok 20 (Crypt::RIPEMD160::MAC std-test-vector from RFC2286)
not ok 21 (Crypt::RIPEMD160::MAC std-test-vector from RFC2286)
not ok 22 (Crypt::RIPEMD160::MAC std-test-vector from RFC2286)
not ok 23 (Crypt::RIPEMD160::MAC std-test-vector from RFC2286)
not ok 24 (Crypt::RIPEMD160::MAC std-test-vector from RFC2286)
not ok 25 (Crypt::RIPEMD160::MAC std-test-vector from RFC2286)
  /usr/bin/make test -- OK
Running make install
Manifying blib/man3/Crypt::RIPEMD160::MAC.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/Crypt::RIPEMD160.3pm
Files found in blib/arch: installing files in blib/lib into architecture dependent library tree
Appending installation info to /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/perllocal.pod
  /usr/bin/make install  -- OK

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-05-16T04:52:52+00:00

Editorial Team

2026-05-16T04:52:52+00:00Added an answer on May 16, 2026 at 4:52 am

To fix Crypt::RIPEMD160 by doing what the distroprefs file someone else suggested would have done:

cpan
look Crypt::RIPEMD160
curl -sL http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/A/AN/ANDK/patches/Crypt-RIPEMD160-0.04-Andrew_Ruthven-01.patch.gz | zcat | patch -p0
perl Makefile.PL
make all test install

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