Re^4: Perl5.8.8 error

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.

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Re^5: Perl5.8.8 error by Joost (Canon) on Oct 04, 2006 at 21:40 UTC
Note that even if you have a libperl.so in /usr/local/lib and none in /usr/lib, you still need to have the library loader look in /usr/local/lib. A few unixes have this configured automatically, but I know of at least one linux distro that doesn't (i.e. RedHat linux). On linux you have a file /etc/ld.so.conf that contains the directories (beside /lib and /usr/lib) to be searched for libraries. If you have that file and it doesn't contain a /usr/local/lib line, you should probably add it and run ldconfig. On BSD things are probably a bit different. Look for documentation on ld.so and the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable. "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply]
Re^5: Perl5.8.8 error by shmem (Chancellor) on Oct 04, 2006 at 21:18 UTC
In the process of building perl the shared library (a.k.a. shared object) `libperl.so` is built. It seems that upon `make install` perl doesn't get the freshly built `libperl.so`, but the one residing in `/usr/lib`, dated from 2003. Bummer. Move that one, and the libperl.a besides, out of the way and try `make install` again. --shmem _($_=" "x(1<<5)."?\n".q·/)Oo. G°\ / /\_¯/(q / ---------------------------- \__(m.====·.(_("always off the crowd"))."· ");sub _{s./.($e="'Itrs `mnsgdq Gdbj O`qkdq")=~y/"-y/#-z/;$e.e && print}	[reply] [d/l] [select]