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quick follow up question, one error message went away but didn't quite worked by adding the path to the files using use lib "path"... as follows

use lib "C:\Users/Lucca/Documents/NetBeansProjects/perlpm";

this is the error message, why is it asking me to pointing to a different directory I implicitly set?

Can't locate object method "class" via package "Da_corsa" (perhaps you
+ forgot to load "Da_corsa"?) at C:\Users\Lucca\Documents\NetBeansProj
+ects\PERL scripts\perl\MioDreamcar.pl line 17.

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use warnings;
use Data::Dump qw(dump);
use lib "C:/Users/Lucca/Documents/NetBeansProjects/perlpm"; #initial e
+rror gone but other pop up.

#use lib "C:/Users/Lucca/Documents/NetBeansProjects"; #tried to follow
+ example syntax for this method but didn't work 
#use perlpm::Da_corsa; #adding the file this way...why is this method 
+wrong.

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created a different dir to do all my testing of future PM's...so the permission are set correctly 

$ ls -lrt perlpm/
total 3
-rwxrwxrwx+ 1 Lucca Lucca 288 Nov  6 17:58 Scuderia.pm
-rwxrwxrwx+ 1 Lucca Lucca 343 Nov  6 17:58 Dreamcar.pm
-rwxrwxrwx+ 1 Lucca Lucca 569 Nov  6 17:58 Da_corsa.pm

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Re^3: PM module question/improvements
by 1nickt (Canon) on Nov 07, 2015 at 03:16 UTC

    at C:\Users\Lucca\Documents\NetBeansProjects\PERL scripts\perl\MioDreamcar.pl line 17. is telling you the line and file where the error occured; in this case the error occurred when you tried to LOAD Da_corsa.

    The error message Can't locate object method "class" via package "Da_corsa" (perhaps you forgot to load "Da_corsa"?) is telling you that Perl still can't find a valid package of that name. The reason is probably that you are forgetting to return a true value at the end of your package, i.e. your module Da_corsa.pm should be like: 

    package Da_corsa;
use strict;
use warnings;

sub foo {
    return 'bar';
}

1; # return true

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    In your original post the other two packages return true but Da_corsa doesn't.

    Given the various comments and such in your latest example, once your module returns true, you might have success with: 

    use lib "C:/Users/Lucca/Documents/NetBeansProjects/perlpm";
use Da_corsa;

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    Hope this helps!

    The way forward always starts with a minimal test.
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      Another reason for this error, if your paths and @INC are right, could be that you are forgetting to return a true value at the end of your package, i.e. your module Da_corsa.pm should be like:

      Nope, perl catches that 

      $ echo package Shoo; sub foo { warn rand }; > Shoo.pm

$ perl -I. -MShoo -e Shoo::foo
Shoo.pm did not return a true value.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.

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      With the code he posted this new error isn't possible ... so he must not be running the code he posted

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      you're right!

      thanks for seeing this as my eyes were not catching this and never seen error message and resolve it

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