Thanks for the hints....however, I don't know what I am looking for since I am so new to Linux and Perl. I hope it is ok. I am pasting what I found...but, not sure about what I should be seeing.

Please let me know if you see anything.

<XXXX# ldd /usr/local/bin/perl> 
/usr/local/bin/perl: 
        libperl.so => /usr/lib/libperl.so (0x28067000) 
        libm.so.2 => /usr/lib/libm.so.2 (0x280ff000) 
        libcrypt.so.2 => /usr/lib/libcrypt.so.2 (0x2811a000) 
        libutil.so.3 => /usr/lib/libutil.so.3 (0x28133000) 
        libc.so.4 => /usr/lib/libc.so.4 (0x2813c000)
XXXX# find / -name libperl.so 
/lump/usr.local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/mach/CORE/libperl.so 
/lump/usr.ports/lang/perl5.8/work/perl-5.8.8/libperl.so 
/usr/lib/libperl.so 
XXXX# libperl.so 
/usr/lib/libperl.so: Permission denied. 
XXX# ls -l libperl.so 
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  12 Dec 17  2003 libperl.so@ -> libperl.so.3
+ 
XXXX# ls -l libperl.* 
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  851158 Dec 17  2003 libperl.a 
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel      12 Dec 17  2003 libperl.so@ -> libperl.
+so.3 
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  614824 Dec 17  2003 libperl.so.3
XXXX# find / -name libperl.so 
/usr/local/bin/perl: 
/lump/usr.local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/mach/CORE/libperl.so 
/lump/usr.ports/lang/perl5.8/work/perl-5.8.8/libperl.so 
XXXX# /usr/lib/libperl.so 
XXXX# libperl.so 
        libperl.so => /usr/lib/libperl.so (0x28067000) 
/usr/lib/libperl.so: Permission denied. 
XXXX# ls -l libperl.so 
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  12 Dec 17  2003 libperl.so@ -> libperl.so.3
+ 
XXXX# ls -l libperl.* 
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  851158 Dec 17  2003 libperl.a
        libm.so.2 => /usr/lib/libm.so.2 (0x280ff000) 
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel      12 Dec 17  2003 libperl.so@ -> libperl.
+so.3

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I really appreciate the assistance.

In reply to Re^4: Perl5.8.8 error by tjperl
in thread Perl5.8.8 error by tjperl

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