The shebang line tells the shell what program (Perl) to use to execute the contents of the file, but modules may live in a different directory. Once you find that directory, you can tell Perl to look for modules in it using the use lib statement:

use lib '/path/to/modules/';

(Do this before any of your other use statements.) You could also directly manipulate the @INC array, which tells Perl where to look for modules, but I personally consider the use lib syntax to be cleaner and more self-documenting.

As for finding the module directory in the first place: You can probably use something like find -iname strict.pm. (Someone who's more of a Unix guru than I may have a better suggestion). You'll also need to be sure that the modules you intend to use are actually installed on your server, and download them if not. If your admins won't put these into a convenient directory you can always just create your own local module directory and use lib it.

In reply to Re: Modules on a Unix server by seattlejohn
in thread Modules on a Unix server by Anonymous Monk

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