Re^3: beginner - can't load a module

This is what i thought but I couldn't get it to work. I created a bin directory in my current directory and copied the file there and it still couldn't find it. I made a bin directory in c:\perl\site\lib and copied the file there and it could find it. I don't understand why the second option worked but the first option failed. The disturbing thing though is that the people who I got these files from are adamant in their installation instructions that you should not move/copy files under any circumstances

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Re^4: beginner - can't load a module by Corion (Patriarch) on Oct 16, 2010 at 22:37 UTC
So, as you didn't post any details, let me make some assumptions. You have a directory tree that looks like this: `C:/Documents and Settings/Administrator/Desktop/Code/BioPerl/testscrip +t.pl C:/Documents and Settings/Administrator/Desktop/Code/BioPerl/ExecuteCo +nfigureBioMartBuilder.pm` [download] But looking at the code, there are some errors in it. First of all, the code is invalid, because it uses `qw()` and you have a path with whitespace in directory/filenames. Change that to: `use lib 'C:/Documents and Settings/Administrator/Desktop/Code/BioPerl/ +';` [download] Second, if you use lib, Perl will search modules in and below that directory. And the use statement: `use bin::ExecuteConfigureBioMartBuilder;` [download] tells Perl to go looking for a file `bin/ExecuteConfigureBioMartBuilder.pm`. And it can't find that. So, change your tree to look like the following for example: `C:/Documents and Settings/Administrator/Desktop/Code/BioPerl/testscrip +t.pl C:/Documents and Settings/Administrator/Desktop/Code/BioPerl/bin/Execu +teConfigureBioMartBuilder.pm` [download] Then, Perl should find the module.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^4: beginner - can't load a module
by Corion (Patriarch) on Oct 16, 2010 at 22:37 UTC

So, as you didn't post any details, let me make some assumptions. You have a directory tree that looks like this:

C:/Documents and Settings/Administrator/Desktop/Code/BioPerl/testscrip
+t.pl
C:/Documents and Settings/Administrator/Desktop/Code/BioPerl/ExecuteCo
+nfigureBioMartBuilder.pm
[download]

But looking at the code, there are some errors in it. First of all, the code is invalid, because it uses qw() and you have a path with whitespace in directory/filenames. Change that to:

use lib 'C:/Documents and Settings/Administrator/Desktop/Code/BioPerl/
+';
[download]

Second, if you use lib, Perl will search modules in and below that directory. And the use statement:

use bin::ExecuteConfigureBioMartBuilder;
[download]

tells Perl to go looking for a file bin/ExecuteConfigureBioMartBuilder.pm. And it can't find that. So, change your tree to look like the following for example:

C:/Documents and Settings/Administrator/Desktop/Code/BioPerl/testscrip
+t.pl
C:/Documents and Settings/Administrator/Desktop/Code/BioPerl/bin/Execu
+teConfigureBioMartBuilder.pm
[download]

Then, Perl should find the module.

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