I'm had this same problem when I tried to install Apache-DBILogin-1.5 as it
does:
require Apache::DBI
in Makefile.PL to test if apache's DBI is installed.
I don't know how the author ever managed to get the Makefile.PL to succeed.
Removing the require statement from the makefile permits everything to go
ahead on the assumption that Apache::DBI is installed. I suppose that
properly, it should check for the existance of Apache::DBI by other means.
Cheers!
Brian
Alex Krohn wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sorry about the late followup, just recovered from New Years. =) My
> original problem was:
>
> > I've looked in the archives and the docs, but can't seem to find an
> > answer. I can't be the only one having this problem. I'm trying to
> > install ApacheDBI and it goes on fine, but whenever I try and use it I
> > get a compilation error:
> >
> > Can't locate object method "module" via package "Apache" at
> > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/Apache/DBI.pm line 202.
> >
> > Sure enough, as far as I can tell Apache.pm or any of it's base classe's
> > don't implement sub module, so I'm not sure how this should work in
> > Apache::DBI:
> >
> > 202: ) if ($INC{'Apache.pm'} and Apache->module('Apache::Status'));
> >
> > (which looks like a nice feature, being able to see the status). Once I
> > comment out this block everything works fine. I have mod_perl 1.21
> > installed and running fine.
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
> Edmund suggested:
>
> > > are you trying to use it from the command-line ?
> > > this won't work, you can only use it running with
> > > apache/mod_perl.
>
> This was the problem. I had a syntax error in my startup.pl file, and
> when I ran perl -c startup.pl I got:
>
> hits:~/batch# perl -c startup.pl
> Can't locate object method "module" via package "Apache" at
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/Apache/DBI.pm line 202.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at startup.pl line 9.
> hits:~/batch#
>
> So I thought the problem was with Apache::DBI. Of course, the problem
> was somewhere else, and once that was fixed, apache started up (even
> though perl -c gave the same error).
>
> Perhaps it would be worthwhile making Apache::DBI compile ok when not
> run under mod_perl?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alex
