Can't find <module> in @INC error

maanu2k has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi monks, I am new to Perl and this community and still learning the amazing language. However, I have run into a roadblock while using CPAN modules. Every CPAN module that I install gets installed properly, but when I use it in my code, the compiler throws an error "Can't locate <module_name.pm in @INC", when @INC contains the path where the module has beebn installed. For example :

1. I installed Term::ANSIColor through CPAN

2. Running the UNIX command "sudo find / -name ANSIColor.pm -print" gives me the following output :

/home/amit/.cpan/build/Term-ANSIColor-3.02-qAhFw6/blib/lib/Term/ANSICo
+lor.pm
/home/amit/.cpan/build/Term-ANSIColor-3.02-qAhFw6/ANSIColor.pm
/usr/local/share/perl/5.10.1/Term/ANSIColor.pm
/usr/share/perl/5.10.1/Term/ANSIColor.pm
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3. Executing the code

#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;

BEGIN {
        push @INC,"/usr/share/perl/5.10.1";
      }

use TERM::ANSIColor;
print color("red"), "hello world\n", color("reset");
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gives me the following output

 Can't locate TERM/ANSIColor.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 . /usr/share/perl/5.10.1) at ./ansicol.plx line 8.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./ansicol.plx line 8.
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So, the directory which contains the .pm file is already in @INC still I get the error. Please help me out as this is quite frustrating and I have not been able to use any modules because of this error. Thanks!

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Re: Can't find <module> in @INC error by choroba (Cardinal) on Jun 06, 2012 at 01:23 UTC
The name of the module is Term::ANSIColor, not TERM::ANSIColor. Perl is case sensitive even on systems that are not.	[reply]
Re^2: Can't find <module> in @INC error by maanu2k (Novice) on Jun 06, 2012 at 02:40 UTC
Thanks choroba. Just after I posted the questioned I figured that out by going to the directory where the module was installed. However, thanks for the quick reply. :) Jeez, I started off with a blooper on Perlmonks ... :\|	[reply]
Re^3: Can't find <module> in @INC error by tobyink (Canon) on Jun 06, 2012 at 05:32 UTC
Any question that contains enough information for the first response to comprehensively answer, is a good one. `perl -E'sub Monkey::do{say$_,for@_,do{($monkey=[caller(0)]->[3])=~s{::}{ }and$monkey}}"Monkey say"->Monkey::do'`	[reply]
Re^4: Can't find <module> in @INC error by maanu2k (Novice) on Jun 06, 2012 at 16:30 UTC
Re: Can't find <module> in @INC error by toolic (Bishop) on Jun 06, 2012 at 13:55 UTC
I installed Term::ANSIColor through CPAN Since Term::ANSIColor is a Core module, you should not have had to install it: `corelist Term::ANSIColor Term::ANSIColor was first released with perl v5.6.0` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Can't find <module> in @INC error by maanu2k (Novice) on Jun 06, 2012 at 16:33 UTC
Thanks toolic. I was hitherto unaware of that. Forgive my ignorance as I am still learning the language.	[reply]