in reply to Re: Recovery of a "multi-perl" installation
in thread Recovery of a "multi-perl" installation

Hi, thank you very much for the answer.
This is what perl -V returns:

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 22 subversion 1) configuration +: Platform: osname=linux, osvers=3.16.0, archname=x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-mult +i uname='linux localhost 3.16.0 #1 smp debian 3.16.0 x86_64 gnulinux + ' config_args='-Dusethreads -Duselargefiles -Dcc=x86_64-linux-gnu-gc +c -Dcpp=x86_64-linux-gnu-cpp -Dld=x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc -Dccflags=-DDE +BIAN -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g -O2 -fstack-protector-strong +-Wformat -Werror=format-security -Dldflags= -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions +-Wl,-z,relro -Dlddlflags=-shared -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-z,relr +o -Dcccdlflags=-fPIC -Darchname=x86_64-linux-gnu -Dprefix=/usr -Dpriv +lib=/usr/share/perl/5.22 -Darchlib=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.2 +2 -Dvendorprefix=/usr -Dvendorlib=/usr/share/perl5 -Dvendorarch=/usr/ +lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.22 -Dsiteprefix=/usr/local -Dsitelib=/us +r/local/share/perl/5.22.1 -Dsitearch=/usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ +perl/5.22.1 -Dman1dir=/usr/share/man/man1 -Dman3dir=/usr/share/man/ma +n3 -Dsiteman1dir=/usr/local/man/man1 -Dsiteman3dir=/usr/local/man/man +3 -Duse64bitint -Dman1ext=1 -Dman3ext=3perl -Dpager=/usr/bin/sensible +-pager -Uafs -Ud_csh -Ud_ualarm -Uusesfio -Uusenm -Ui_libutil -Uversi +ononly -DDEBUGGING=-g -Doptimize=-O2 -dEs -Duseshrplib -Dlibperl=libp +erl.so.5.22.1' hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define use64bitint=define, use64bitall=define, uselongdouble=undef usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef Compiler: cc='x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -D +DEBIAN -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LAR +GEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64', optimize='-O2 -g', cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DDEBIAN -fwrapv -fno-strict- +aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include' ccversion='', gccversion='5.3.1 20160311', gccosandvers='' intsize=4, longsize=8, ptrsize=8, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678 +, doublekind=3 d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=1 +6, longdblkind=3 ivtype='long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', + lseeksize=8 alignbytes=8, prototype=define Linker and Libraries: ld='x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc', ldflags =' -fstack-protector-strong -L/ +usr/local/lib' libpth=/usr/local/lib /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/5/include-fixe +d /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu /usr/lib /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu /lib/. +./lib /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu /usr/lib/../lib /lib libs=-lgdbm -lgdbm_compat -ldb -ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt perllibs=-ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt libc=libc-2.21.so, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.so.5.22 gnulibc_version='2.21' Dynamic Linking: dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E' cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib -fstack-pr +otector-strong' Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Compile-time options: HAS_TIMES MULTIPLICITY PERLIO_LAYERS PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV PERL_HASH_FUNC_ONE_AT_A_TIME_HARD PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT PERL_MALLOC_WRAP PERL_NEW_COPY_ON_WRITE PERL_PRESERVE_IVUV USE_64_BIT_ALL USE_64_BIT_INT USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES USE_LOCALE USE_LOCALE_COLLATE USE_LOCALE_CTYPE USE_LOCALE_NUMERIC USE_LOCALE +_TIME USE_PERLIO USE_PERL_ATOF USE_REENTRANT_API Locally applied patches: DEBPKG:debian/cpan_definstalldirs - Provide a sensible INSTALLDIRS + default for modules installed from CPAN. DEBPKG:debian/db_file_ver - http://bugs.debian.org/340047 Remove o +verly restrictive DB_File version check. DEBPKG:debian/doc_info - Replace generic man(1) instructions with +Debian-specific information. DEBPKG:debian/enc2xs_inc - http://bugs.debian.org/290336 Tweak enc +2xs to follow symlinks and ignore missing @INC directories. DEBPKG:debian/errno_ver - http://bugs.debian.org/343351 Remove Err +no version check due to upgrade problems with long-running processes. DEBPKG:debian/libperl_embed_doc - http://bugs.debian.org/186778 No +te that libperl-dev package is required for embedded linking DEBPKG:fixes/respect_umask - Respect umask during installation DEBPKG:debian/writable_site_dirs - Set umask approproately for sit +e install directories DEBPKG:debian/extutils_set_libperl_path - EU:MM: set location of l +ibperl.a under /usr/lib DEBPKG:debian/no_packlist_perllocal - Don't install .packlist or p +erllocal.pod for perl or vendor DEBPKG:debian/fakeroot - Postpone LD_LIBRARY_PATH evaluation to th +e binary targets. DEBPKG:debian/instmodsh_doc - Debian policy doesn't install .packl +ist files for core or vendor. DEBPKG:debian/ld_run_path - Remove standard libs from LD_RUN_PATH +as per Debian policy. DEBPKG:debian/libnet_config_path - Set location of libnet.cfg to / +etc/perl/Net as /usr may not be writable. DEBPKG:debian/mod_paths - Tweak @INC ordering for Debian DEBPKG:debian/prune_libs - http://bugs.debian.org/128355 Prune the + list of libraries wanted to what we actually need. DEBPKG:fixes/net_smtp_docs - [rt.cpan.org #36038] http://bugs.debi +an.org/100195 Document the Net::SMTP 'Port' option DEBPKG:debian/perlivp - http://bugs.debian.org/510895 Make perlivp + skip include directories in /usr/local DEBPKG:debian/deprecate-with-apt - http://bugs.debian.org/747628 P +oint users to Debian packages of deprecated core modules DEBPKG:debian/squelch-locale-warnings - http://bugs.debian.org/508 +764 Squelch locale warnings in Debian package maintainer scripts DEBPKG:debian/skip-upstream-git-tests - Skip tests specific to the + upstream Git repository DEBPKG:debian/patchlevel - http://bugs.debian.org/567489 List pack +aged patches for 5.22.1-9 in patchlevel.h DEBPKG:debian/skip-kfreebsd-crash - http://bugs.debian.org/628493 +[perl #96272] Skip a crashing test case in t/op/threads.t on GNU/kFre +eBSD DEBPKG:fixes/document_makemaker_ccflags - http://bugs.debian.org/6 +28522 [rt.cpan.org #68613] Document that CCFLAGS should include $Conf +ig{ccflags} DEBPKG:debian/find_html2text - http://bugs.debian.org/640479 Confi +gure CPAN::Distribution with correct name of html2text DEBPKG:debian/perl5db-x-terminal-emulator.patch - http://bugs.debi +an.org/668490 Invoke x-terminal-emulator rather than xterm in perl5db +.pl DEBPKG:debian/cpan-missing-site-dirs - http://bugs.debian.org/6888 +42 Fix CPAN::FirstTime defaults with nonexisting site dirs if a paren +t is writable DEBPKG:fixes/memoize_storable_nstore - [rt.cpan.org #77790] http:/ +/bugs.debian.org/587650 Memoize::Storable: respect 'nstore' option no +t respected DEBPKG:debian/regen-skip - Skip a regeneration check in unrelated +git repositories DEBPKG:debian/makemaker-pasthru - http://bugs.debian.org/758471 Pa +ss LD settings through to subdirectories DEBPKG:fixes/pod_man_reproducible_date - http://bugs.debian.org/75 +9405 Support POD_MAN_DATE in Pod::Man for the left-hand footer DEBPKG:debian/locale-robustness - http://bugs.debian.org/782068 [p +erl #124310] Make t/run/locale.t survive missing locales masked by LC +_ALL DEBPKG:fixes/podman-utc - http://bugs.debian.org/780259 Make the e +mbedded date from Pod::Man reproducible DEBPKG:fixes/podman-utc-docs - http://bugs.debian.org/780259 Docum +entation and test suite updates for UTC fix DEBPKG:fixes/podman-empty-date - http://bugs.debian.org/780259 Sup +port an empty POD_MAN_DATE environment variable DEBPKG:fixes/podman-pipe - http://bugs.debian.org/777405 Better er +rors for man pages from standard input DEBPKG:debian/pod2man-customized - Update porting/customized.dat f +or pod2man modifications DEBPKG:debian/makemaker-manext - http://bugs.debian.org/247370 Mak +e EU::MakeMaker honour MANnEXT settings in generated manpage headers DEBPKG:debian/makemaker_customized - Update t/porting/customized.d +at for files patched in Debian DEBPKG:debian/do-not-record-build-date - [6baa8db] http://bugs.deb +ian.org/774422 [perl #125830] Allow overriding the compile time in "p +erl -V" output DEBPKG:fixes/podman-source-date-epoch - http://bugs.debian.org/801 +621 Make Pod::Man honor the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH environment variable DEBPKG:fixes/podman-source-date-epoch-cleanups - http://bugs.debia +n.org/801621 Coding style and documentation for SOURCE_EPOCH_DATE DEBPKG:fixes/podman-source-date-epoch-testfix - http://bugs.debian +.org/807086 Guard for building with SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH or POD_MAN_DATE + set DEBPKG:debian/devel-ppport-reproducibility - http://bugs.debian.or +g/801523 Sort the list of XS code files when generating RealPPPort.xs DEBPKG:fixes/encode-unicode-bom - http://bugs.debian.org/798727 [r +t.cpan.org #107043] Address https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.ht +ml?id=107043 DEBPKG:debian/encode-unicode-bom-doc - http://bugs.debian.org/7987 +27 Document Debian backport of Encode::Unicode fix DEBPKG:debian/kfreebsd-softupdates - http://bugs.debian.org/796798 + Work around Debian Bug#796798 DEBPKG:fixes/autodie-scope - http://bugs.debian.org/798096 Fix a s +coping issue with "no autodie" and the "system" sub DEBPKG:debian/debugperl-compat-fix - [perl #127212] http://bugs.de +bian.org/810326 Disable PERL_TRACK_MEMPOOL for debugging builds DEBPKG:fixes/CVE-2015-8607_file_spec_taint_fix - http://bugs.debia +n.org/810719 [perl #126862] ensure File::Spec::canonpath() preserves +taint DEBPKG:fixes/mkstemp-umask - http://bugs.debian.org/810924 [perl # +127322] [e57270b] Fix umask for mkstemp(3) calls DEBPKG:fixes/crosscompile-no-targethost - [perl #127234] Fix the C +onfigure escape with usecrosscompile but no targethost DEBPKG:fixes/podlators-no-encode - [rt.cpan.org #111156] Degrade g +racefully if utf8 is requested but Encode is not available DEBPKG:debian/cross-time-hires - [rt.cpan.org #111391] Add an envi +ronment variable to skip running configuration probes DEBPKG:fixes/encode-unicode-pod - Unicode.pm: Fix POD error DEBPKG:fixes/memoize-pod - [rt.cpan.org #89441] Fix POD errors in +Memoize DEBPKG:fixes/ok-pod - Added encoding for pod. DEBPKG:fixes/CVE-2016-2381_duplicate_env - remove duplicate enviro +nment variables from environ Built under linux Compiled at Mar 13 2016 11:54:18 @INC: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.22.1 /usr/local/share/perl/5.22.1 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.22 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.22 /usr/share/perl/5.22 /usr/local/lib/site_perl /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl-base

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Re^3: Recovery of a "multi-perl" installation
by Anonymous Monk on May 27, 2016 at 17:46 UTC
    Your @INC looks a little unusual to me. Is this a custom built Perl or the system Perl? Are you setting PERL5LIB or similar?

    Assuming this is the system Perl, my approach would be to pick apart which files in the @INC paths belong to packages managed by the system and delete the rest. "debsums" may be helpful here, along with forced reinstalls of the packages.

    Then, once you've cleaned up the system Perl, only use the package manager to add or remove modules there. For custom built modules I would suggest building those in a local build of Perl (perlbrew), this eliminates the risk of messing up the system Perl.

      PERL5LIB and any PERL vars will show up in output of  perl -V so he doesn't have any those, for example
      ... %ENV: PERL_MB_OPT=" --config installhtmldir= --binhtml= " @INC: ...