cpanm Alien::RtMidi # fails on my Linux

build.log

cpanm (App::cpanminus) 1.7047 on perl 5.040000 built for x86_64-linux
Work directory is /home/gene/.cpanm/work/1737741557.397385
You have make /usr/bin/make
You have LWP 6.77
You have /usr/bin/tar: tar (GNU tar) 1.35
Copyright (C) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason.
You have /usr/bin/unzip
Searching Alien::RtMidi () on cpanmetadb ...
--> Working on Alien::RtMidi
Fetching http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/J/JB/JBARRETT/Alien-RtMidi-0.08.tar.gz
-> OK
Unpacking Alien-RtMidi-0.08.tar.gz
Entering Alien-RtMidi-0.08
Checking configure dependencies from META.json
Checking if you have Alien::Build 1.19 ... Yes (2.83)
Checking if you have ExtUtils::MakeMaker 6.58 ... Yes (7.70)
Checking if you have Alien::Build::MM 0.32 ... Yes (2.83)
Checking if you have Alien::Build::Plugin::PkgConfig::Negotiate 1.53 ... Yes (2.83)
Configuring Alien-RtMidi-0.08
Running Makefile.PL
-> OK
Checking dependencies from MYMETA.json ...
Checking if you have Alien::Base 1.00 ... Yes (2.83)
Checking if you have Alien::Build::MM 0.32 ... Yes (2.83)
Checking if you have Mojo::DOM 0 ... Yes (undef)
Checking if you have Alien::Build::Plugin::Gather::IsolateDynamic 0.48 ... Yes (2.83)
Checking if you have Net::SSLeay 1.49 ... Yes (1.94)
Checking if you have Mozilla::CA 0 ... Yes (20240730)
Checking if you have URI::Escape 0 ... Yes (5.28)
Checking if you have Test2::V0 0 ... Yes (0.000162)
Checking if you have HTTP::Tiny 0.044 ... Yes (0.088)
Checking if you have Archive::Tar 0 ... Yes (3.02_001)
Checking if you have Alien::Build 0.32 ... Yes (2.83)
Checking if you have URI 0 ... Yes (5.28)
Checking if you have Config 0 ... Yes (5.040000)
Checking if you have ExtUtils::MakeMaker 6.52 ... Yes (7.70)
Checking if you have Mojolicious 7.00 ... Yes (9.37)
Checking if you have IO::Socket::SSL 1.56 ... Yes (2.088)
Checking if you have IO::Zlib 0 ... Yes (1.15)
Checking if you have Sort::Versions 0 ... Yes (1.62)
Checking if you have Test::Alien 0 ... Yes (2.83)
Checking if you have FFI::Platypus 1.00 ... Yes (2.08)
Building and testing Alien-RtMidi-0.08
-> FAIL Installing Alien::RtMidi failed. See /home/gene/.cpanm/work/1737741557.397385/build.log for details. Retry with --force to force install it.

cpanm-verbose.log

gene@mopey:~/sandbox/MIDI-RtMidi-ScorePlayer$ cpanm --verbose Alien::RtMidi
cpanm (App::cpanminus) 1.7047 on perl 5.040000 built for x86_64-linux
Work directory is /home/gene/.cpanm/work/1737742163.400357
You have make /usr/bin/make
You have LWP 6.77
You have /usr/bin/tar: tar (GNU tar) 1.35
Copyright (C) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason.
You have /usr/bin/unzip
Searching Alien::RtMidi () on cpanmetadb ...
--> Working on Alien::RtMidi
Fetching http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/J/JB/JBARRETT/Alien-RtMidi-0.08.tar.gz ... OK
Unpacking Alien-RtMidi-0.08.tar.gz
Alien-RtMidi-0.08
Alien-RtMidi-0.08/README
Alien-RtMidi-0.08/LICENSE
Alien-RtMidi-0.08/Changes
Alien-RtMidi-0.08/META.yml
Alien-RtMidi-0.08/MANIFEST
Alien-RtMidi-0.08/dist.ini
Alien-RtMidi-0.08/alienfile
Alien-RtMidi-0.08/META.json
Alien-RtMidi-0.08/Makefile.PL
Alien-RtMidi-0.08/t
Alien-RtMidi-0.08/t/alien_rtmidi.t
Alien-RtMidi-0.08/t/author-critic.t
Alien-RtMidi-0.08/lib/Alien
Alien-RtMidi-0.08/lib/Alien/RtMidi.pm
Alien-RtMidi-0.08/t/release-kwalitee.t
Alien-RtMidi-0.08/t/author-pod-syntax.t
Alien-RtMidi-0.08/patch
Alien-RtMidi-0.08/patch/0001-Add-a-method-to-reset-the-ok-flag-and-clear-the-erro.patch
Entering Alien-RtMidi-0.08
Checking configure dependencies from META.json
Checking if you have ExtUtils::MakeMaker 6.58 ... Yes (7.70)
Checking if you have Alien::Build 1.19 ... Yes (2.83)
Checking if you have Alien::Build::Plugin::PkgConfig::Negotiate 1.53 ... Yes (2.83)
Checking if you have Alien::Build::MM 0.32 ... Yes (2.83)
Running Makefile.PL
Configuring Alien-RtMidi-0.08 ... Alien::Build::Plugin::PkgConfig::Negotiate> Using PkgConfig plugin: PkgConfig::CommandLine
Alien::Build::CommandSequence> + pkgconf --exists rtmidi
Alien::Build> error in probe (will do a share install): external command failed at /home/gene/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.40.0/lib/site_perl/5.40.0/Alien/Build/CommandSequence.pm line 72.
Alien::Build> Don't panic, we will attempt a share build from source if possible.
Alien::Build> Do not file a bug unless you expected a system install to succeed.
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Generating a Unix-style Makefile
Writing Makefile for Alien::RtMidi
Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json
OK
Checking dependencies from MYMETA.json ...
Checking if you have ExtUtils::MakeMaker 6.52 ... Yes (7.70)
Checking if you have Net::SSLeay 1.49 ... Yes (1.94)
Checking if you have Test2::V0 0 ... Yes (0.000162)
Checking if you have URI 0 ... Yes (5.28)
Checking if you have FFI::Platypus 1.00 ... Yes (2.08)
Checking if you have Archive::Tar 0 ... Yes (3.02_001)
Checking if you have Alien::Base 1.00 ... Yes (2.83)
Checking if you have IO::Socket::SSL 1.56 ... Yes (2.088)
Checking if you have Mozilla::CA 0 ... Yes (20240730)
Checking if you have Sort::Versions 0 ... Yes (1.62)
Checking if you have Config 0 ... Yes (5.040000)
Checking if you have Mojolicious 7.00 ... Yes (9.37)
Checking if you have Alien::Build 0.32 ... Yes (2.83)
Checking if you have Test::Alien 0 ... Yes (2.83)
Checking if you have URI::Escape 0 ... Yes (5.28)
Checking if you have Mojo::DOM 0 ... Yes (undef)
Checking if you have Alien::Build::MM 0.32 ... Yes (2.83)
Checking if you have Alien::Build::Plugin::Gather::IsolateDynamic 0.48 ... Yes (2.83)
Checking if you have HTTP::Tiny 0.044 ... Yes (0.088)
Checking if you have IO::Zlib 0 ... Yes (1.15)
Building and testing Alien-RtMidi-0.08 ... cp lib/Alien/RtMidi.pm blib/lib/Alien/RtMidi.pm
"/home/gene/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.40.0/bin/perl" -MAlien::Build::MM=cmd -e prefix site /home/gene/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.40.0/lib/5.40.0/x86_64-linux /home/gene/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.40.0/lib/site_perl/5.40.0/x86_64-linux 
Alien::Build::Plugin::PkgConfig::Negotiate> Using PkgConfig plugin: PkgConfig::CommandLine
main> prefix /home/gene/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.40.0/lib/site_perl/5.40.0/x86_64-linux/auto/share/dist/Alien-RtMidi
"/home/gene/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.40.0/bin/perl" -MAlien::Build::MM=cmd -e version 0.08
Alien::Build::Plugin::PkgConfig::Negotiate> Using PkgConfig plugin: PkgConfig::CommandLine
"/home/gene/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.40.0/bin/perl" -MAlien::Build::MM=cmd -e download
Alien::Build::Plugin::PkgConfig::Negotiate> Using PkgConfig plugin: PkgConfig::CommandLine
Alien::Build::Plugin::Core::Download> decoding html
Alien::Build::Plugin::Core::Download> candidate *https://www.music.mcgill.ca/~gary/rtmidi/release/rtmidi-6.0.0.tar.gz
Alien::Build::Plugin::Core::Download> setting version based on archive to 6.0.0
Alien::Build::Plugin::Core::Download> downloaded rtmidi-6.0.0.tar.gz
"/home/gene/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.40.0/bin/perl" -MAlien::Build::MM=cmd -e build
Alien::Build::Plugin::PkgConfig::Negotiate> Using PkgConfig plugin: PkgConfig::CommandLine
patching file rtmidi_c.cpp
patching file rtmidi_c.h
Alien::Build::CommandSequence> + ./configure --prefix=/home/gene/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.40.0/lib/site_perl/5.40.0/x86_64-linux/auto/share/dist/Alien-RtMidi --with-pic --enable-static
configure: loading site script /tmp/7q4LQNu_nW/config.site
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configure: error: No known system type found for MIDI support!
external command failed at /home/gene/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.40.0/lib/site_perl/5.40.0/Alien/Build/CommandSequence.pm line 88.
make: *** [Makefile:1026: _alien/mm/build] Error 2
FAIL
! Installing Alien::RtMidi failed. See /home/gene/.cpanm/work/1737742163.400357/build.log for details. Retry with --force to force install it.