Error from missing Net::FTP module?

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I'm new to programming Perl and am writing a routine that needs to FTP. I get the following error and do not know if my site is missing a library or ?? - nobody else here knows what the err is. Any ideas?

perl -w mypgm.pl
Can't locate object method "new" via package "Net::FTP::A" at /usr/opt
+/perl5/lib/5.6.0/aix/IO/Socket.pm line 162.
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Re: Error from missing Net::FTP module? by halley (Prior) on Apr 20, 2004 at 17:34 UTC
The Net::FTP module is only one component of a bundle or library of networking modules. You can't just install it by copying FTP.pm into a directory called Net/. It depends on some of the other components in the bundled library. The message you got is telling you that it could not do a `Net::FTP::A->new()` call, so that's a good sign that Net/FTP/A.pm is missing. There is a right way to install bundles of modules and a wrong way. The proper installation methods vary, depending on your platform and packaging preferences. Look for installation instructions with the bundle. -- `[ e d @ h a l l e y . c c ]`	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Error from missing Net::FTP module? by Anonymous Monk on Apr 20, 2004 at 18:39 UTC
You are correct, file A.pm is not there. Thanks!!!	[reply]
Re: Error from missing Net::FTP module? by Fletch (Bishop) on Apr 20, 2004 at 17:26 UTC
Run `perl -MNet::FTP -e 0` at your shell prompt. If that produces an error you don't have Net::FTP installed and need to procure it. If it doesn't produce an error then you've got a problem with your code (but since you didn't post any of it no one's really going to be able to help much further).	[reply] [d/l]