Here is a sub from a CGI script that I install on new sites that I am writing CGI for. The list of modules I check for of course changes with the requirements of what I expect to write. 

sub module_inventory {
  my @modules=qw/
      Net::Ping Net::LDAP HTML::Template
      GnuPG::Fingerprint GnuPG::UserID GnuPG::Tie::ClearSign
      Date::Range Date::Manip Date::Calc Calendar::Simple
      CGI::Log CGI::LogCarp CGI::Cookie CGI::CoockieSerial
      CGI::EZForm CGI::FormBuilder GD CGI::Graph
      HTML::Calendar::Simple HTML::CalendarMonth HTML::Form
      HTML::TableLayout
      Spreadsheet::WriteExcel
      MIME::Lite MIME::Entity MIME::Tools MIME::Base64
      Mail::Send Mail::Sendmail

/;
  my $rstring="<table border=\"1\">";
  $rstring .= Tr(th("Module"),th("Status"));

  foreach my $mod(sort @modules) {
    eval " use $mod; " ;
    if ($@) {
      $rstring .= Tr(td($mod),td(b("Not Available"),$@));
    } else {
      $rstring .= Tr(td($mod),td("OK"));
    }
  }
  $rstring .="</table>";
  return $rstring;
}

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I wrote this thing many, many, moons ago and if I really took a hard long look at it I'd probably improve on it.

But then again... if it ain't broke... I ain't fixing it.

Peter L. BergholdBrewer of Belgian Ales
Peter@Berghold.Netwww.berghold.net
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In reply to Re: Checking for modules by blue_cowdawg
in thread Checking for modules by Anonymous Monk

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