Installing Bio::DB::Sam perl module

Question

I am trying to install a perl module Bio::DB::Sam on my home directory on a remote server.

I downloaded the module, extracted the files, and ran:

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Answer 1

I fixed this issue by remaking samtools with the -fPIC parameter

make clean
make CXXFLAGS=-fPIC CFLAGS=-fPIC CPPFLAGS=-fPIC

then installed using cpan.

cpan[2]> install Bio::DB::Sam