db_file

[rab]

anyone seen this error before:

> Can't load '/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.0/PA-RISC2.0/auto/DB_File/DB_File.sl' for module DB_File: No such file or directory at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.0/PA-RISC2.0/XSLoader.pm line 83.
> at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.0/PA-RISC2.0/DB_File.pm line 236

I'm just trying to run this script:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use DB_File;

print "Hello World!\n"


all three of the files exist on the system....why is it saying this.
(there are a few scripts that I have that want to use DB_File and they
all say this.... that's why I just use this simple script above for
error diagnosis)

rab

[Bob Walton]

rab wrote:

> anyone seen this error before:
>
>

>>Can't load '/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.0/PA-RISC2.0/auto/DB_File/DB_File.sl' for module DB_File: No such file or directory at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.0/PA-RISC2.0/XSLoader.pm line 83.
>> at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.0/PA-RISC2.0/DB_File.pm line 236
>>

>
>
> I'm just trying to run this script:
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
> use strict;
> use DB_File;
>
> print "Hello World!\n"
>
>
> all three of the files exist on the system....why is it saying this.
> (there are a few scripts that I have that want to use DB_File and they
> all say this.... that's why I just use this simple script above for
> error diagnosis)
>
> rab
>

It would appear that either the DB_File module is not installed on your
system, or it is not installed completely and correctly. Try installing
the DB_File module again.

--
Bob Walton

[Marksfish]

I am trying to install ikonboard on my site but my provider apparently does
not have db_file installed on the server. I have had a look at CPAN and
think this module is the one I need:
[url]http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/DB_File/[/url] My provider says he has put
the files into the /lib/ section (it is a Windows server) but when I run my
test script it still says it is not installed. Was this the correct module
or does anyone know which one it should have been?

Cheers

Mark

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

Marksfish wrote:

> I am trying to install ikonboard on my site but my provider
> apparently does not have db_file installed on the server. I have
> had a look at CPAN and think this module is the one I need:
> [url]http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/DB_File/[/url] My provider says he
> has put the files into the /lib/ section (it is a Windows server)
> but when I run my test script it still says it is not installed.
> Was this the correct module or does anyone know which one it should
> have been?

Doesn't Perl tell you that? What does the error message say?

--
Gunnar Hjalmarsson
Email: [url]http://www.gunnar.cc/cgi-bin/contact.pl[/url]

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

Marksfish wrote:

>> Doesn't Perl tell you that? What does the error message say?

>
> "You do not have the db_file perl module installed on this server.
> You will not be able to run Ikonboard."
>
> This is what is shown when the test file is run.

That seems to be a custom Ikonboard message, not a Perl ditto. What
does it say if you type

perl -e "use DB_File"

--
Gunnar Hjalmarsson
Email: [url]http://www.gunnar.cc/cgi-bin/contact.pl[/url]

[Marksfish]

> perl -e "use DB_File"

>

Unfortunately I do not have telnet access to the server, only ftp.

Mark

[Marksfish]

> Then run this test script:

>
> #!/usr/bin/perl
> use CGI::Carp 'fatalsToBrowser';
> use DB_File;
> print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
> print 'Loaded ok';
>

Can't locate loadable object for module DB_File in @INC (@INC contains:
C:/Perl/lib C:/Perl/site/lib .) at
d:\users\Cyberprog\marksfish\www\acso\test.pl line 3
Compilation failed in require at
d:\users\Cyberprog\marksfish\www\acso\test.pl line 3.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
d:\users\Cyberprog\marksfish\www\acso\test.pl line 3.
Normally I would put the full path of the file in that it is looking for,
but I don't know where it would be. Should the db_file module be placed in
the Perl/site/lib directory? I think my host only put it in the /lib/
directory.Mark

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

Marksfish wrote:

> Can't locate loadable object for module DB_File in @INC

<snip>

> Normally I would put the full path of the file in that it is
> looking for, but I don't know where it would be. Should the db_file
> module be placed in the Perl/site/lib directory? I think my host
> only put it in the /lib/ directory.

No, the above error message confirms what I suspected: The location of
DB_File.pm is okay. However, DB_File.pm is just a Perl interface to
the C library Berkely DB, and the latter seems to be missing.

You mentioned in your first post in this thread that your provider
"says he has put the files into the /lib/ section". Installing DB_File
comprises more than placing a .pm file in a directory.

Maybe your provider doesn't know very much about Perl. Maybe you
should change provider.

--
Gunnar Hjalmarsson
Email: [url]http://www.gunnar.cc/cgi-bin/contact.pl[/url]

[Marksfish]

> Maybe your provider doesn't know very much about Perl. Maybe you
> should change provider.
>
> --

That was my thought, but unfortunately I signed up for 12 months and still
have another 11 to go with no refunds. It is a Windows server and he is more
into asp than perl. Is there a step by step instruction for installing
modules anywhere I can let him have?

Mark

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

Marksfish wrote:

>> Maybe your provider doesn't know very much about Perl. Maybe you
>> should change provider.

>
> That was my thought, but unfortunately I signed up for 12 months
> and still have another 11 to go with no refunds. It is a Windows
> server and he is more into asp than perl. Is there a step by step
> instruction for installing modules anywhere I can let him have?

I don't know about step by step, especially for somebody who is not
"into" perl, but here is the applicable FAQ:

[url]http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.0/pod/perlfaq8.html#How-do-I-install-a-module-from-CPAN-[/url]

--
Gunnar Hjalmarsson
Email: [url]http://www.gunnar.cc/cgi-bin/contact.pl[/url]

[Marksfish]

Thanks for your help Gunnar, i'll pass this on.

Cheers

Mark