Unfortunately, you can't use all modules compiled for Perl 5.6.x with Perl 5.8.x due to changes in Perl between 5.6 and 5.8. The installation of Perl 5.8.5 might have updated a symbolic link, so that /usr/bin/perl points to a 5.8.5 binary instead of the 5.6.1 binary. If that's the case, you can change the link or make a shell alias to run 5.6.1 specifically, if you can find its perl. Run perl -v to see the version.

If you really don't have Perl 5.6.1 installed anymore, you'll have to reinstall the modules under Perl 5.8, just as you did for the DBI.

In reply to Re: Help! @INC problem by chromatic
in thread Help! @INC problem by zerohalo

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