Sorry, i also installed libwww-perl on suggestions from chatterbox that didn't help. here's what i did to the test.pl code and the output.

use Net::CDDBSearch;
$loaded = 1;
print "ok 1\n";


$cddb = Net::CDDBSearch->new(DEBUG=>1);
$cddb->get_albums_artist('Megadeth');
$albums = $cddb->albums();
push(@s,$_) foreach keys %{$albums};
if ($#s > 0) { print "ok 2\n"; } else { print "not ok 2\n"; }

$cddb = Net::CDDBSearch->new();
$cddb->get_albums_album('Youthanasia');
$albums = $cddb->albums();
push(@a,$_) foreach keys %{$albums};
if ($#a > 0) { print "ok 3\n"; } else { print "not ok 3\n"; }

$cddb = Net::CDDBSearch->new();
$cddb->get_songs_album($a[0]);
$info   = $cddb->info();
$tracks = $cddb->tracks();
if ($info->{Title} ne '') { print "ok 4\n"; } else { print "not ok 4\n
+"; }
push(@t,$_) foreach keys %{$tracks};
if ($#t > 0) { print "ok 5\n"; } else { print "not ok 5\n"; }

use Net::CDDBSearch;
$loaded = 1;
print "ok 1\n";


$cddb = Net::CDDBSearch->new(DEBUG=>1);
$cddb->get_albums_artist('Megadeth');
$albums = $cddb->albums();
push(@s,$_) foreach keys %{$albums};
if ($#s > 0) { print "ok 2\n"; } else { print "not ok 2\n"; }

$cddb = Net::CDDBSearch->new();
$cddb->get_albums_album('Youthanasia');
$albums = $cddb->albums();
push(@a,$_) foreach keys %{$albums};
if ($#a > 0) { print "ok 3\n"; } else { print "not ok 3\n"; }

$cddb = Net::CDDBSearch->new();
$cddb->get_songs_album($a[0]);
$info   = $cddb->info();
$tracks = $cddb->tracks();
if ($info->{Title} ne '') { print "ok 4\n"; } else { print "not ok 4\n
+"; }
push(@t,$_) foreach keys %{$tracks};
if ($#t > 0) { print "ok 5\n"; } else { print "not ok 5\n"; }
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any ideas what else i can do?

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