Usuage of CPAN's Text::Delimited

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

Hi Monks

I am trying to install and use CPAN's Text::Delimited module in my perl script in UNIX.

Steps that I followed

1. downloaded the module from CPAN site into my local unix directory /
+user/comp/name
2. gzip -dc Text-Delimited-2.00.tar.gz
3. tar -xof Text-Delimited-2.00.tar.gz
4. cd Text-Delimited-2.00
5. perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/user/comp/name
6. make install
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This is what i got

cp lib/Text/Delimited.pm blib/lib/Text/Delimited.pm
Manifying blib/man3/Text::Delimited.3
Installing /user/comp/name/lib/site_perl/5.8.8/Text/Delimited.pm
Installing /user/comp/name/man/man3/Text::Delimited.3
Writing /user/comp/name/lib/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/
+auto/Text/Delimited/.packlist
Appending installation info to /user/comp/name/lib/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-
+thread-multi/perllocal.pod
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A lib and man folder was created in the /user/comp/name folder.

my script modtest.pl resides in the /user/comp/name folder.

Here is my script

 #!/usr/bin/perl
use lib "/user/comp/name";
use strict;
use Text::Delimited;

my $file = new Text::Delimited;
$file->delimiter('\t');
$file->open('file.txt');

my @header = $file->fields;

while ( my $row = $file->read ) {
    print $row->{COLUMN1};
}

$file->close;
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error: which i get is

  Can't locate Text/Delimited.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /user/comp/na
+me /opt/nasapps/stow/perl-5.8.8-fixhs/lib/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-m
+ulti /opt/nasapps/stow/perl-5.8.8-fixhs/lib/5.8.8 /opt/nasapps/stow/p
+erl-5.8.8-fixhs/lib/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /opt/na
+sapps/stow/perl-5.8.8-fixhs/lib/site_perl/5.8.8 /opt/nasapps/stow/per
+l-5.8.8-fixhs/lib/site_perl .) at modtest.pl line 4.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at modtest.pl line 4.
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can someone plz direct me on what is wrong?? how can i install and use the module?? Thanks

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Re: Usuage of CPAN's Text::Delimited by ikegami (Patriarch) on Nov 16, 2009 at 23:05 UTC
You need to add the directory that contains `Text/Delimited.pm` to `@INC`. That's not `/user/comp/name`. I suspect it's `/user/comp/name/lib`, so `use lib "/user/comp/name/lib";` [download] By the way, I prefer the saner `perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/some/dir LIB=/some/dir/lib/perl5` [download] Nowadays, the above can be shortened to: `perl Makefile.PL INSTALL_BASE=/some/dir` [download] Specifically, I use `perl Makefile.PL INSTALL_BASE=~` [download] Update: Added suggestion for `Makefile.PL` args.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Usuage of CPAN's Text::Delimited by Ratna_Ranjan (Novice) on Nov 16, 2009 at 23:52 UTC
I tried both the ways,its gives me the same error. `use lib "/user/comp/name/lib/site_perl/5.8.8/Text";# This is the path +to the Text/Delimited.pm use lib "/user/comp/name/lib";` [download] `perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/some/dir LIB=/some/dir/lib/perl5` [download] In this PREFIX is the local directory path where i want to install the module(which would give me the lib and man folders) so does LIB has the path to the LIB folder of the perl? is this correct??	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Usuage of CPAN's Text::Delimited by keszler (Priest) on Nov 17, 2009 at 00:35 UTC
I believe your first 'use lib' went one directory too far. Try: `use lib "/user/comp/name/lib/site_perl/5.8.8;` [download] When you 'use Text::Delimited;', 'Text' is searched for in @INC, then Delimited.pm in 'Text'. Since there is no "/user/comp/name/lib/site_perl/5.8.8/Text/Text", Delimited.pm wasn't found.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Usuage of CPAN's Text::Delimited by ikegami (Patriarch) on Nov 17, 2009 at 05:27 UTC
`use lib "/user/comp/name/lib/site_perl/5.8.8/Text";# This is the path to the Text/Delimited.pm.` No, that's the path to `Delimited.pm`. You want the path to `Text/Delimiated.pm`. Get rid of that trailing `Text`	[reply] [d/l] [select]