I see part of the problem already with the text of the error message you posted.

Your @INC (the array of directories to search for libraries) includes libraries from three different perl installations

1. /etrade/pkgs/perl/5.8.0_crm/
2. /usr/perl5/5.00503/
3. /usr/perl5/site_perl/5.005/

It looks to me like:

• Your PERL5LIB environment variable is wrong or at least incorrect for the perl instance you are running.
• Your perl installs may be damaged.
• You need to find out which perl you are using. Try which perl or whereis perl in your shell to find it.

Check the output of perl -V.

I recommend asking your sysadmin for help getting the perl environment straightened out.

If that doesn't work, try starting another thread asking for help on specifically this problem. Include the output of perl -V in your post.

You really do want to use strict and warnings. Also, diagnostics is handy when you are starting out.