Perl CGI with Apache on Win98

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

I am not familiar with Apache, but I am running it (version 1.3.12) on my Win98 box so I can test Perl CGI scripts locally. My scripts run okay from the command line, but whenever I try to access them through a browser, the error log says:

[Sat Sep 16 10:54:58 2000] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Can't locate str
+ict.pm in @INC at c:/program files/apache group/apache/cgi-bin/hpage.
+cgi line 5.
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Is there something I need to set up in the Apache config for this? Currently, I've tried:

Adding c:\Perl\lib to the autoexec.bat file.
Pushing this path onto @INC.
Read through httpd.conf fairly thoroughly.
Searching through online Apache docs for CGI implementation.

Thanks!

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Re: Perl CGI with Apache on Win98 by cianoz (Friar) on Sep 16, 2000 at 23:25 UTC
maybe apache redefines PATH variable before executing the cgi, you should use `use lib 'c:\Perl\lib';` [download] before any other 'use' statement. ps: I don't know if this is useful in this case but i remember apache on win32 interprets the bang path on top of cgi script so you shoud also add `#!c:\perl\bin\perl.exe` [download] as the very first line of your script.	[reply] [d/l] [select]