On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 16:34:52 -0400, Bob Showalter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim Goh wrote: > > Hi, > > I try to use module CGI::Session:DB_File for the following: > > > > #!/usr/bin/perl > > > > use strict; > > use CGI; > > use lib '.'; > > This is unnecessary; . is a part of @INC by default. > > > use CGI::Session::DB_File; > > ... > > and the DB_File module also locate same directory as the script is. > > How did it get there? Perl is looking for the file CGI/Session/DB_File.pm > relative to any of the directories in @INC. > > > However stil get the following says can not find: > > > > Can't locate CGI/Session/DB_File.pm in @INC (@INC contains: . > > /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 .... > > Which is of course true. You can see what it's looking for. > > You need to use the proper procedure to install modules and not just copy > .pm files around.
And consider reading the error messages that perl gives you... IT REALLY REALLY tries to be helpful... > > perldoc perlmodinstall > perldoc -q 'How do I install a module from CPAN?' > perldoc -q 'How do I keep my own module/library directory?' > perldoc -f require > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
