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

Problem while trying to use JSON.

############################################## My DeskTop OS Info: ############################################## Linux 2.6.32-37-generic #81-Ubuntu SMP Fri Dec 2 20:32:42 UTC 2011 x86 +_64 GNU/Linux ############################################## Perl @INC : Shows perl5 as well as perl5.10.1 ############################################## /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.1 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.1 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10 /usr/local/lib/site_perl. ############################################## After i installed JSON-2.53.tar.gz I can see that JSON.pm and JSON directory got created under /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.1 and backportPP.pm under /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.1/JSON ############################################## my test.pl is as below. ############################################## #!/usr/bin/perl use JSON; ############################################## after running ./test.pl I get the error as below ############################################## Can't locate JSON/backportPP.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr +/local/lib/perl/5.10.1 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.1 /usr/lib/perl5 /u +sr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10 /usr/local/lib +/site_perl .) at (eval 7) line 3. ############################################## Please be advised that i could run all other modules thru my perl scri +pts including DBI, connecting by mySQL. ############################################## I am not sure what is wrong while using JSON module though. Any Clue would be appreciated.

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Re: Can't locate JSON/backportPP.pm in @INC
by moritz (Cardinal) on Jan 23, 2012 at 08:11 UTC

    It seems that your installation of the JSON package has failed or is incomplete. How did you install it? Please provide the full log of the installation.

Re: Can't locate JSON/backportPP.pm in @INC
by Anonymous Monk on Jan 23, 2012 at 07:41 UTC
    What is output of  ls -loanh /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.1/JSON/backportPP.pm ?

      Thanks. it was permission on JSON directory. Feel like stupid now. :) Thanks So Much.