Error when using dbmopen.

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello monks,

In attempting to execute the following code:

use strict;
use warnings;
use v5.16;

my %docs;
my @data;

dbmopen %docs, 'mydocs', undef or die $!;

open FH, 'C:/perlfunc.pod' or die $!;
@data = <FH>;

for (@data) {
    if (/^item\s+(\w+).*$/) {
        $docs{$1} = $.;
    }
}
dbmclose %docs;
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A "pop-up" message appeared that stated msys-perl5_8.dll could not be found. Since I am using ActivePerl 5.16.3, I thought this was rather odd. Is there a way to fix this error (perhaps with a registry "adjustment")?

Thanks.

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Re: Error when using dbmopen. by afoken (Chancellor) on May 05, 2013 at 05:05 UTC
Looks like you have at least parts of a second Perl on your system (MSys 5.8, I guess), and both seem to mix. Clean up your system, i.e. uninstall MSys correctly and completely, or uninstall ActivePerl and use MSys Perl. Alexander -- Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)	[reply]
Re^2: Error when using dbmopen. by Anonymous Monk on May 05, 2013 at 06:18 UTC
Hi. While it may sound naive, do you have any suggestions on how I might "clean up" my machine? Are there any files and/or folders that I should recognize as being candidates for deletion? A new, and possibly related, problem: `perl -e "use DB::File'` [download] results in a message saying the module could not be located yet attempting to install it via ppm results in another message saying there are no missing packages to install. Thanks.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Error when using dbmopen. by Anonymous Monk on May 05, 2013 at 09:18 UTC
There is no module named "DB::File" to be found anywhere, it doesn't exist	[reply]
Re^4: Error when using dbmopen. by Anonymous Monk on May 05, 2013 at 09:30 UTC
Re: Error when using dbmopen. by Anonymous Monk on May 05, 2013 at 09:20 UTC
manage your %PATH% and associations so you're using the perl you want to use and not the other one, see %PATH% managment, see "help set" , "help ftype", "help assoc"	[reply]
Re^2: Error when using dbmopen. by Anonymous Monk on May 05, 2013 at 10:58 UTC
Ok. I seem to have resolved the problems I indicated. The dbmopen issue was, it appears, the result of an untidy (to say the least) uninstall of Cygwin which left dozens of files scattered across my root folder, i.e., C:/. The DB_File question (this is embarrassing) could have been resolved much faster if I had simply asked google (please see below): http://code.activestate.com/ppm/DB_File/ Since I am using a 32-bit Windows XP machine, the reason why I was unable to load the file and the repository I was using did not show it as being available was, alas, immediately obvious when I visited that link. Thanks.	[reply]