In previous post things became a little disjointed, so Im starting over making the problem more simplified. I can navigate to the Slic3r folder and try to run slic3r and get the following error. Like I said Im a total noob so please be explicate with any helps, thanks. dave@ubuntu-desktop:~/reprap/Software-master/slic3r$ ./slic3r.pl Can't locate Boost/Geometry/Utils.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /home/dave/reprap/Software-master/slic3r/lib /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.14.2 /usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.14 /usr/share/perl/5.14 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /home/dave/reprap/Software-master/slic3r/lib/Slic3r.pm line 32. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/dave/reprap/Software-master/slic3r/lib/Slic3r.pm line 32. Compilation failed in require at ./slic3r.pl line 16. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./slic3r.pl line 16. https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?263,216582,216582#msg-216582 Fri, 15 May 2026 07:17:01 -0400 Phorum 5.2.23 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?263,216582,216642#msg-216642 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?263,216582,216642#msg-216642 For those with the same problem, delete all files and folders, or rename containing slic3r.
Then follow source download instructions here:
http://slic3r.org/download
ignore the part underneath that talks about installing other crap first. Just do the top four lines and it works, installs everything checks everything.
When your finished you can enter slic3r with ./slic3r.pl and it will work!]]> virgodave61 Slic3r Sat, 08 Jun 2013 21:58:20 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?263,216582,216592#msg-216592 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?263,216582,216592#msg-216592
sudo cpanm Boost::Geometry::Utils Math::Clipper \
Math::ConvexHull Math::ConvexHull::MonotoneChain Math::Geometry::Voronoi Math::PlanePath Moo Wx XML::SAX

and end up with:

--> Working on Boost::Geometry::Utils
Fetching [www.cpan.org] ... OK
Configuring Boost-Geometry-Utils-0.13 ... OK
==> Found dependencies: ExtUtils::Typemaps::Default
--> Working on ExtUtils::Typemaps::Default
Fetching [www.cpan.org] ... OK
Configuring ExtUtils-Typemaps-Default-1.03 ... OK
==> Found dependencies: ExtUtils::Typemaps
Found ExtUtils::Typemaps 3.18 which doesn't satisfy 3.18_03.
! Installing the dependencies failed: Installed version (3.18) of ExtUtils::Typemaps is not in range '3.18_03'
! Bailing out the installation for ExtUtils-Typemaps-Default-1.03. Retry with --prompt or --force.
! Installing the dependencies failed: Module 'ExtUtils::Typemaps::Default' is not installed
! Bailing out the installation for Boost-Geometry-Utils-0.13. Retry with --prompt or --force.
--> Working on Math::Clipper
Fetching [www.cpan.org] ... OK
Configuring Math-Clipper-1.22 ... OK
==> Found dependencies: ExtUtils::Typemaps::Default
! Installing the dependencies failed: Module 'ExtUtils::Typemaps::Default' is not installed
! Bailing out the installation for Math-Clipper-1.22. Retry with --prompt or --force.
Math::ConvexHull is up to date. (1.04)
Math::ConvexHull::MonotoneChain is up to date. (0.01)
Math::Geometry::Voronoi is up to date. (1.3)
Math::PlanePath is up to date. (104)
Moo is up to date. (1.002000)
Wx is up to date. (0.9922)
XML::SAX is up to date. (0.99)

So I went cpan.org/~smueller/ExtUtils-ParseXS/ and downloaded ExtUtils-ParseXS-3.18_03, but when I try to extract it it tells me it doesnt look a tar archive and aborts.
Am I on the right track and what am I missing here,please?]]> virgodave61 Slic3r Sat, 08 Jun 2013 15:33:22 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?263,216582,216582#msg-216582 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?263,216582,216582#msg-216582 I can navigate to the Slic3r folder and try to run slic3r and get the following error. Like I said Im a total noob so please be explicate with any helps, thanks.

dave@ubuntu-desktop:~/reprap/Software-master/slic3r$ ./slic3r.pl
Can't locate Boost/Geometry/Utils.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /home/dave/reprap/Software-master/slic3r/lib /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.14.2 /usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.14 /usr/share/perl/5.14 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /home/dave/reprap/Software-master/slic3r/lib/Slic3r.pm line 32.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/dave/reprap/Software-master/slic3r/lib/Slic3r.pm line 32.
Compilation failed in require at ./slic3r.pl line 16.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./slic3r.pl line 16.]]> virgodave61 Slic3r Sat, 08 Jun 2013 15:10:45 -0400