Can't locate new.pm in @INC

Question

I tried to run a perl script inside my other shell script but I have faced the following snag:

Can't locate new.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.1 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.1 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10 /usr/local/lib/site_perl

I have specifically set the path where the additional local perl script, i.e, "new.pm" in my Perl script (test.pl) but the error still appears. (perl -V) shows the path of my local Perl. I have further also set the the path of my "new.pm" in my profile file using the command "PERL5LIB".

However, when I run the script on a command line as:

./test.pl

it does work like a charm.

PS. The she-bang line is properly set. PSS. Platform: linux, OS_vers=2.6.32-5-amd64

How are you invoking `test.pl` in the shell script (`perl ./test.pl` or `./test.pl`)? What does `which perl` give you inside the shell script? — Zaid, Jan 18 '13 at 16:41
Your question reads "It doesn't work, but I did everything correctly!" ("I have specifically set the path where the additional local perl script") Perhaps you shouldn't be so sure of that? — ikegami, Jan 18 '13 at 18:47
Thank you very much for your comments. I invok both as (perl ./test.pl and also test as ./test.pl inside my script (test.pl)). "which perl" does give me the correct path to perl when I run it inside the shell script — Yacob, Jan 18 '13 at 23:20

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 27 '21 at 08:59

There are multiple ways to do this, but I don't think setting the path is one of them. If "new.pm" is in the /my/lib directory, try any of these:

perl -I/my/lib script-that-calls-new.pl

or

use lib '/my/lib'; ## add this before "use new;"

or

BEGIN { push @INC, '/my/lib'; }; ## same as "use lib" example

or

export PERL5LIB=/my/lib:$PERL5LIB

The path tells your shell where to look for executables. The examples above all tell perl where to find libraries.

Can't locate new.pm in @INC

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