Diogenes' Lamp has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Greetings, monks. I am trying to write a script that will zip files. To this end, I'm using a module (something I still don't understand, even though I've been at this for a year) called Compress::Raw::Zlib (version 2.004). I extracted it and installed it with the three commands

perl Makefile.PL
make
make test

Then, when I tried to run this script from the terminal:
#!/usr/local/bin/perl use Compress::Raw::Zlib ; chdir 'jnn'; ($genie,$bottle)=new Compress::Raw::Zlib::Deflate(); print $bottle."\n"; $bottle=$genie->deflate('content.xml', '../jnn.sxw'); print $bottle."\n"; $bottle=$genie->deflate('meta.xml', '../jnn.sxw'); print $bottle."\n"; $bottle=$genie->deflate('META-INF', '../jnn.sxw'); print $bottle."\n"; $bottle=$genie->deflate('META-INF/manifest.xml', '../jnn.sxw'); print $bottle."\n"; $bottle=$genie->deflate('mimetype', '../jnn.sxw'); print $bottle."\n";
I got this output:
Can't locate Compress/Raw/Zlib.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/per +l5/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5 /usr/lib/perl5/ +site_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8. +4/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/i386-linux-t +hread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.2/i386-linux-thread-multi /u +sr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.1/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/s +ite_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5 + /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3 /usr/l +ib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.2 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.1 /usr/lib/perl +5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl +/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.4/i386- +linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.3/i386-linux-thread +-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.2/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/ +lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.1/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/ve +ndor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5. +8.5 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.4 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.3 + /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.2 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.1 /u +sr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at sjtdr +.0a.1.1 line 7. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at sjtdr.0a.1.1 line 7.
(I eliminated some of the commented lines, so 'line 7' is actually the line that reads 'use Compress::Raw::Zlib'.)

Anyway, I'm sure that the module didn't install for some reason. Is any reason immediately obvious?

$help = 'greatly appreciated';

Sincerely,
WR, Child of (DOS, Windows 3.1) "Strive at all times to bend, fold, spindle, and mutilate."

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Re: can't install perl module
by syphilis (Archbishop) on Jun 21, 2007 at 01:23 UTC
    Hi,
    Did you run 'make install' ?

    Cheers,
    Rob
      I did not. Thanks much. It's working now.
      WR, Child of (DOS, Windows 3.1) "Strive at all times to bend, fold, spindle, and mutilate."
Re: can't install perl module
by GrandFather (Saint) on Jun 21, 2007 at 01:24 UTC

    Take a wander through the Tutorials section of the Monastery and see what you can turn up on the Installing Modules shelves.


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