Can't locate HTML/Parser.pm in @INC -SOLVED!!!!!

[vincenzobar]

I ran the spamAssassin install script and then went to start SpamAssassin and got a big old error!!!

Can't locate HTML/Parser.pm in @INC (@INC contains: ../lib /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl) at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/Mail/SpamAssassin/HTML.pm line 7.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/Mail/SpamAssassin/HTML.pm line 7.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/Mail/SpamAssassin/PerMsgStatus.pm line 42.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/Mail/SpamAssassin/PerMsgStatus.pm line 42.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/Mail/SpamAssassin.pm line 62.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/Mail/SpamAssassin.pm line 62.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/bin/spamd line 33.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/bin/spamd line 33.

So i went hunting for the latest SpamAssassin, latest perl (5.8.5) and HTML Tagset.
SpamAssassin 2.64
Pearl 5.8.5
p5-HTML-Tagset 3.03

for Perl 5.8.5 go to perl and download zip and install. They have very good instructions! (www.perl.com)

For the HTML-Tagset

perl -MCPAN -e install HTML::Parser
(let it do its thing)
quit

I then installed SpamAssassin 2.64 without a hitch.

rm -f config.sh Policy.sh
        sh Configure -de
        make
        make test
        make install

or

perl -MCPAN -e shell
o conf prerquisites_policy ask
install Mail::SpamAssassin
(let it do its thing)
install Sys::Syslog
(let it do its thing)
quit

No matter how you go about uploading this to your computer you must get the Syslog mod for it to work (this took me forever to figure out). Now time to see if it is working

spamd

if you get this

 Could not create INET socket: Address already in use IO::Socket::INET: Address already in use

your running.

check the process with

 ps xa | grep spamd

should get something like this

 4295 pts/0    T      0:02 /usr/local/bin/perl -T -w /usr/local/bin/spamd
4545 pts/0    S      0:00 grep spamd

***edited with this missing step*****
the T is test mode for spam so you have to run these 2 scripts from the command line. locate the sample-spam.txt to find out what folder to execute this command from. you have to do it within the spamAssassin folder!

locate sample-spam.txt 

(navagate to folder and type)

spamassassin -t < sample-nonspam.txt > nonspam.out
spamassassin -t < sample-spam.txt > spam.out

also get to love the var/log/maillog - this will tell you everything you need to know for knowing if SpamAssassin is working or timing out!

After this has completed run spamd -d and you will see something like this:

6956 ?        S      0:01 /usr/local/bin/spamd -d
15074 pts/0    S      0:00 grep spamd

IT WORKKKKKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!