[NBLUG/talk] perl problems

[Sean]

Ron, you suggestion worked to fix that error message. Now we are
getting another error stating that it cannot find a function (Can't
locate object method "new" via package "Portal"). There is an error
message that was encountered twice stating that a configuration file
was not correctly set up.

At least we can now be sure that there is nothing wrong with Perl on
my web server.  We are hitting the install instructions again to track
this one down.

Thank you for your suggestion. If we have questions later I will post
them again.

Sean


On 6/7/06, Sean <seanvanco at gmail.com> wrote:
> Interesting response. He is telling us to modify the index.pl file
> (the index.html calls index.html, which is the one calling the
> Metadot.pm script) at /var/www/localhost/htdocs/metadot/metadot/, and
> add the following line before the "use Metadot" function is called:
>
> use lib /var/www/localhost/htdocs/metadot/metadot/
>
> This doesn't make sense to me as the index.pl file is located in the
> same directory as Metadot.pm, but then again I don't know perl. I
> wanted your reply before I messed with anything, as I don't want to
> intrude on your work or break anything...
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Ron Wickersham <rjw at alembic.com>
> Date: Jun 7, 2006 2:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [NBLUG/talk] perl problems
> To: Sean <seanvanco at gmail.com>
>
>
> hi Sean,
>
> comments in-line:
>
> hth,
>
> -ron
>
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> On Wed, 7 Jun 2006, Sean wrote:
>
> > Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 12:57:26 -0700
> > From: Sean <seanvanco at gmail.com>
> > To: talk at nblug.org
> > Subject: [NBLUG/talk] perl problems
> >
> > I am attempting to install a program that utilizes perl to add
> > functionality to my Apache2 web server. I have been working with
> > someone who has narrowed the problem down to one file,
> > 75_mod_perl.conf. The program we are working with is called Metadot.
> >
> > We have PHP and Perl installed and running on the system, but it
> > appears that Perl cannot locate the perl scipts for this program. We
> > have attempted to tell it where to look, but it appears to have no
> > effect. Posted below is the /var/log/apache2/error_log, and second the
> > 75_mod_perl.conf
> >
> > We were hoping that someone might be able to tell us what we are doing
> > wrong. Thank you ahead of time for your assistance.
> >
> >
> > /var/log/apache2/error_log
> >
> > [Wed Jun 07 12:39:58 2006] [error] Can't locate Metadot.pm in @INC
> > (@INC contains: /home/httpd/perl /etc/perl
>
> you didn't tell us where Metadot.pm is located.   and maybe it's a
> problem when you copied the file, should it be metadot.pm instead of
> Metadot.pm?
>
> and if the file is really named Metadot.pm and it is not located in
> /home/httpd.perl or /etc/perl then you need a lib pragma at the top
> of the program that calls Metadot.pm like:
>
> use lib "/path/directory/";    (with path/directory/ where the file lives)
>                                 -- this line must appear before the
>
> use module;                     (this calls the module)
>
>
> > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i686-linux
> > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl
> > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i686-linux
> > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl
> > /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i686-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8
> > /usr/local/lib/site_perl . /usr/lib/apache2) at
> > /var/www/localhost/htdocs/metadot/metadot/index.pl line 37.\nBEGIN
> > failed--compilation aborted at
> > /var/www/localhost/htdocs/metadot/metadot/index.pl line 37.\n
> >
> > 75_mod_perl.conf
> >
> > <IfDefine PERL>
> >   <IfModule !mod_perl.c>
> >     LoadModule perl_module    modules/mod_perl.so
> >     SetEnv PERL5LIB
> > /usr/share/webapps/metadot/6.5.4.1/htdocs;/var/www/localhost/htdocs/metadot/metadot;.
> >    </IfModule>
> > </IfDefine>
> >
> > <IfModule mod_perl.c>
> >       PerlRequire "/etc/apache2/modules.d/apache2-mod_perl-startup.pl"
> >
> >       Alias /perl/ /var/www/localhost/perl/
> >
> >       <IfModule mod_access.c>
> >       <Location /perl-status>
> >               SetHandler perl-script
> >               PerlResponseHandler Apache2::Status
> >               Order deny,allow
> >               Deny from all
> >               Allow from 127.0.0.1
> >               Allow from 64.142.64.216
> >       </Location>
> >       </IfModule>
> >
> >     PerlModule ModPerl::Registry
> >     <Location "*.pl">
> > #    <Location  "^/perl/*.pl>
> >         SetHandler perl-script
> >         PerlResponseHandler ModPerl::Registry
> >         Options -Indexes ExecCGI
> >         PerlSendHeader On
> >     </Location>
> >
> > <Location ~ "\.(pl|cgi)$">
> >   SetHandler perl-script
> >   PerlResponseHandler ModPerl::PerlRun
> >   Options -Indexes ExecCGI
> >   PerlSendHeader On
> > </Location>
> >
> > </ifModule>
> >
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