Perl libs not found in windows

mhk2 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi I am using perl 64 bit on Windows 7. My scripts are unable to find the modules referenced and failing.

perl version
This is perl, v5.10.1 built for MSWin32-x64-multi-thread
(with 2 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)

Ex.
use Net::MySQL ; # this package won't give any error
use DBD::mysql; # this package gives the below error
Can't locate loadable object for module DBD::mysql in @INC (@INC contains: C:/Perl64/site/lib C:/Perl64/lib .) at -e line 0 Compilation failed in require. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.

I am not trying to use both modules at same time. Also both module are installed in a same directory c:\Perl64\lib .
I am also not suspecting any file permission issues.
I tried to add the lib folder to @INC explicitly but no help.

In addition, below command at command promt works!
perldoc DBD::mysql
but perl -MDBD::mysql -e 1 fails with same above error
Many modules are failing with same error while very few succeed. Any help/pointers on this is very appreciated.

-mhk2

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Re: Perl libs not found in windows by syphilis (Archbishop) on May 10, 2013 at 03:27 UTC
Many modules are failing with same error while very few succeed. This is often the result of incorrect installation procedure. By way of example, if DBD::mysql has been correctly installed then auto/DBD/mysql/mysql.dll should exist in one of the @INC directories that were specified (normally C:/Perl64/site/lib). That's the "loadable object" that it's looking for, and the error message you got is telling you that it can find no such file. How did you install DBD::mysql ? Cheers, Rob	[reply]
Re: Perl libs not found in windows by NetWallah (Canon) on May 10, 2013 at 03:19 UTC
See Can't locate loadable object for module X in @INC (@INC contains: ... ) for the meaning of this message, and how to diagnose it. "I'm fairly sure if they took porn off the Internet, there'd only be one website left, and it'd be called 'Bring Back the Porn!'" -- Dr. Cox, Scrubs	[reply]
Re: Perl libs not found in windows by Anonymous Monk on May 10, 2013 at 04:01 UTC
This is perl, v5.10.1 built for MSWin32-x64-multi-thread That is an old and unsupported one , so I'd check into getting a new one, unless you're paying for support, in which case contact support	[reply]