perl error

clarence · 2006-09-08 07:35:44

Hello, I'm running trying to run a perl script that uses XMLTV and XML::DOM and XML::DOM::NodeList. I'm pretty sure i have all the required perl packages installed.....

Everytime I try to run this script it spits out this error

Can't locate XML/DOM.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i686-linux-thread-multi

It appears to be looking for a directory that doesn't exist or is in the wrong location perhaps?

chrismortimore · 2006-09-08 07:55:27

Try installing perlxml.

clarence · 2006-09-08 14:54:15

I already had perl-xml-simple and perlxml from Current installed yeah. But I still get that error...

chrismortimore · 2006-09-08 15:43:14

Run "pacman -Ql perlxml" and make sure the libraries are installed in the right place, and in the search path. Likewise for perl-xml-simple.

clarence · 2006-09-08 15:54:10

ah, it appears that the libraries aren't looking in the correct directory. Would you know how I can change the search path for perl?

pacman -Ql perlxml=
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux-thread-multi/

it isn't looking for any path that has "current" as a directory.

thanks chrismortimore

chrismortimore · 2006-09-08 16:02:36

You should be able to just push it onto @INC, like so:

push(@INC,"/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux-thread-multi/");

Probably not the best way to do it though. As a matter of curiousity, can you post the output of these commands:

ls -l /usr/lib/perl5/
ls -l /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/   
perl -e 'foreach my $line (@INC) { print("$linen"); }'

I just want to see how your machine is set up just now.

tomk · 2006-09-08 18:05:30

Arch installs perl in /usr/lib/perl5/current and /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current, with symlinks to /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.x and /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.x respectively. This is, of course, to make version upgrades easier. So if your script goes looking in /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/*, it's actually looking in /usr/lib/perl5/current/*.

XML/DOM.pm is in the perl-template-toolkit package - do you have that installed? It's in the AUR here.

clarence · 2006-09-09 07:41:48

checked the directories and the do indeed symlink to current as tomk pointed out.

installed perl-template-toolkit from current, rebooted and no joy. Still getting the exact same error.

chrismortimore · 2006-09-09 08:11:48

Again, please post the output of

perl -e 'foreach my $line (@INC) { print("$linen"); }'

The reason I ask for this is because I want to see what perl has as it's search paths just now. That way, we'll know if perl has been configured correctly or not.

clarence · 2006-09-09 08:48:48

chrismortimore wrote:

Again, please post the output of
perl -e 'foreach my $line (@INC) { print("$linen"); }'
The reason I ask for this is because I want to see what perl has as it's search paths just now. That way, we'll know if perl has been configured correctly or not.

/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i686-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i686-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7/i686-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6/i686-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i686-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4/i686-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/i686-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.2/i686-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.2
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.1/i686-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.1
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i686-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl

chrismortimore · 2006-09-09 09:31:01

Right, so now we know that perl is certainly looking in the right place.. Run this and post the output:

find /usr/lib/perl5/ -iname *dom*

tomk · 2006-09-09 11:41:50

clarence wrote:

installed perl-template-toolkit from current

It's not in current - it's in the AUR. Are you sure you installed the right package?

clarence · 2006-09-09 11:57:46

tomk wrote:

clarence wrote:
installed perl-template-toolkit from current
It's not in current - it's in the AUR. Are you sure you installed the right package?

It's most definately installed, yeah.

find /usr/lib/perl5/ -iname *dom*

/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux-thread-multi/auto/Net/SSLeay/randomize.al
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux-thread-multi/XML/LibXML/DOM.pod
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/Locale/TextDomain.pm
/usr/lib/perl5/current/Net/Domain.pm

I have no idea what's happening here. I need to get off my lazy cheeks and learn more about perl I thinks.

chrismortimore · 2006-09-09 12:11:19

There's your problem. You don't actually have XML/DOM.pm installed.

tomk · 2006-09-09 12:41:00

OK - this is my fault - sorry.

perl-template-toolkit provides Template::Plugin::XML::DOM, not XML::DOM. At present, there is no Arch package for XML::DOM, so installing it via CPAN would be the quickest fix, albeit not the most Arch-friendly.

If you want to do it the Arch way, take a recent Perl PKGBUILD, and change it as required. If you need any help with that, let me know.

clarence · 2006-09-09 15:52:40

ok cheers. I'll try making a PKGBUILD for http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/T/TJ/TJM … .44.tar.gz

Thanks for your help

clarence · 2006-09-09 16:11:43

Nice. Just created a PKGBUILD for XML-DOM and it all seems to be working so far.

I'll just triple check the PKGBUILD and upload it to aur later. Thanks very much tomk and chrismortimore

chrismortimore · 2006-09-09 16:23:21

My pleasure, enjoy all of your XML endevours

tomk · 2006-09-09 18:43:52

Glad it worked out for you, clarence, and sorry for steering you wrong earlier.

Tatey · 2006-09-11 02:52:34

I'm also seeking this package, please share your PKGBUILD

clarence · 2006-09-11 14:09:13

Tatey: aur'd

tunkaflux · 2006-12-12 13:14:22

Where can I find this?

hugin · 2006-12-12 16:44:12

You could submit it to the [perlcpan] repository. read more about it here: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PerlCPAN_Repository

Actually upon going there myself, to make sure I don't mis-speak; it's actually already in the [perlcpan] repository. Personally I like this method better, as I don't like dealing with CPAN.

/swogs

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