Topic awaiting preservation: Can't locate File/List.pm in @INC

I have a PERL script that uses the following:

use File::List;

I went to CPAN and located list.pm and copied it to my C:/Perl/lib C:/Perl/site/lib directories but I still receive the following error message every time I execute the script....:

Can't locate File/List.pm in @INC (@INC contains: C:/Perl/lib C:/Perl/site/lib .
) at vdn2html.pl line 3.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at vdn2html.pl line 3.


What's the deal?

You will need to install it. It is normally a bigger operation that just moving a .pm file because often there are c libraries that must be installed as well. You might be able to find an install with the binaries, you would have to move them as well. I am not 100% sure on the specifics.

If you are on Windows and using ActivePerl I believe they have a program that is a command line tool for downloading modules. You should check your start>programs>activestate | activeperl folder and see if it is located there. If not check you perl folder. I think the program is called something like PPM (perl package manager).

I haven't used perl on windows in years so I can't be all that big a help, you might have to do some looking. If you have to build the whole module yourself you will need a C compiler. I found a tutorial here: http://perl.about.com/library/weekly/aa030500a.htm

Dan @ Code Town

The program WarMage refers to is ppm.

You can download the package to your hard drive, cd to the directory where you stored it and run ppm <package-name> from the command line and it should install to the correct directories.

[edit] I forgot to say that you can also have ppm find, download and install the package so that you don't have to download it manually. However, sometimes ppm has problems finding packages so you may want to download it by hand and then run ppm to install it.

It is also possible to install packages by hand, but this is not a procedure for any but the most hardened fanatics.
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(Edited by hyperbole on 07-22-2004 04:49)

As long as the module you are trying to install is straight perl the location you want to put the file is

C:/Perl/lib/File/list.pm

(though using the package manager is still the better method)



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(Edited by bitdamaged on 07-22-2004 07:37)