Perl Modules in Windows problem

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

Hi I'm trying to get some old Perl scripts written for a Solaris Unix server to work on a windows server. The installation seemed to go fine but I'm having trouble locating a module. Using ppm I can find the Mail::Sender module in a local repository but when I try and compile/run my code it comes up unable to find Mail::Sender.

ppm> install mail::sender
Searching for 'mail::sender' returned multiple results. Using 'search'
+ instead..
.
Searching in Active Repositories
  1. Mail-Sender      [0.8.13] Send mails with attachments through a S
+MTP serv~
  2. Mail-Sender-Easy [v0.0.5] Super Easy to use simplified interface 
+to Mail:~
ppm> 1
Unknown command '1'; type 'help' for a list of commands.
ppm> uninstall mail::sender
Error: package 'mail::sender' is not installed.
ppm> uninstall Mail::Sender
Error: package 'Mail::Sender' is not installed.
ppm> install Mail::Sender
Searching for 'Mail::Sender' returned multiple results. Using 'search'
+ instead..
.
Searching in Active Repositories
  1. Mail-Sender      [0.8.13] Send mails with attachments through a S
+MTP serv~
  2. Mail-Sender-Easy [v0.0.5] Super Easy to use simplified interface 
+to Mail:~
ppm> q

C:\Perl\bin>cd ../../scripts

C:\scripts>cr_trans_sh.pl
Can't locate Mail/Sender.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /home/interface/se
+ctran/lib
/home/interface/scripts/Perl_Modules C:/Perl/lib C:/Perl/site/lib .) a
+t C:\scrip
ts\cr_trans_sh.pl line 14.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:\scripts\cr_trans_sh.pl line 14
+.
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The only change to the script was the first line indicating where Perl is loaded from - was #!/usr/bin/Perl and is now just #!Perl.
The begining of my script is

#!perl -c
#
###############################################################
# Extra Modules should be declared here.                      #
# All these modules MUST be found on the server attempting to #
# call this script.                                           #
###############################################################
#
use strict ;                                         # Enforce private
+ variables
use lib '/home/interface/scripts/Perl_Modules' ;     # Where ACC_Vario
+us lives
use lib '/home/interface/sectran/lib' ;              # Where SECTRAN l
+ives
use sectran ;                                        # In-House FTP Pe
+rl Module
use Cwd ;                                            # Current Working
+ Directory Module
use Mail::Sender;                                    # Email module
#
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I suspect I'm missing something obvious but I can't see it. Anyone know what mistake I've made?
Cheers

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Re: Perl Modules in Windows problem by ww (Archbishop) on Mar 19, 2008 at 18:18 UTC
1. The sequence of ppm commands you've shown does not demonstrate that you actually installed Mail::Sender. Try Herkum's suggestion. Even when you got around to using its `search` in the CLI, you quit without following up. 2. You changed the shebang, but the `use` lines still have nix-ish paths. Are you sure that's right (and I ask despite seeing that @INC purportedly includes them)? 3. There are several excellent tutorials on installing modules here (though, TTBOMK, none that deal specifically with ppm4 if that's what you're using). See A guide to installing modules for Win32 and replies and references and A detailed How-To for locally installing modules	[reply]
Re: Perl Modules in Windows problem by Herkum (Parson) on Mar 19, 2008 at 17:10 UTC
ppm refers to package bundle names rather than the namespace of the package you want to install (unlike CPAN). Try this, `ppm> install Mail-Sender` [download] That should work	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Perl Modules in Windows problem by pc88mxer (Vicar) on Mar 19, 2008 at 17:04 UTC
From reading the ppm faq, it appears you should use: `install 1` [download] to install the first listed package.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Perl Modules in Windows problem by DACONTI (Scribe) on Mar 19, 2008 at 20:31 UTC
Using ppm I can find the Mail::Sender module in a local* repository* According to your log you were not searching locally but on the net (ppm install starts a search on the network if it doesnt find the module locally). To list local perl installed modules you should use the "ppm query" Try as well "ppm help" Ciao! Davide.	[reply]