It's my fault for not being more specific. use lib is a Perl pragma
(like use strict and use warnings). Here is the relevant perldoc:
<snip href="perldoc lib">
NAME
lib - manipulate @INC at compile time
SYNOPSIS
use lib LIST;
no lib LIST;
DESCRIPTION
This is a small simple module which simplifies the manipu
lation of @INC at compile time.
It is typically used to add extra directories to perl's
search path so that later "use" or "require" statements
will find modules which are not located on perl's default
search path.
Adding directories to @INC
The parameters to "use lib" are added to the start of the
perl search path. Saying
use lib LIST;
is almost the same as saying
BEGIN { unshift(@INC, LIST) }
For each directory in LIST (called $dir here) the lib mod
ule also checks to see if a directory called $dir/$arch
name/auto exists. If so the $dir/$archname directory is
assumed to be a corresponding architecture specific direc
tory and is added to @INC in front of $dir.
To avoid memory leaks, all trailing duplicate entries in
@INC are removed.
Deleting directories from @INC
You should normally only add directories to @INC. If you
need to delete directories from @INC take care to only
delete those which you added yourself or which you are
certain are not needed by other modules in your script.
Other modules may have added directories which they need
for correct operation.
The "no lib" statement deletes all instances of each named
directory from @INC.
For each directory in LIST (called $dir here) the lib mod
ule also checks to see if a directory called $dir/$arch
name/auto exists. If so the $dir/$archname directory is
assumed to be a corresponding architecture specific direc
tory and is also deleted from @INC.
Restoring original @INC
When the lib module is first loaded it records the current
value of @INC in an array "@lib::ORIG_INC". To restore
@INC to that value you can say
@INC = @lib::ORIG_INC;
SEE ALSO
FindBin - optional module which deals with paths relative
to the source file.
AUTHOR
Tim Bunce, 2nd June 1995.
</snip>
On Tue, 2002-02-26 at 08:02, Dermot Paikkos wrote:
> Sorry for my ignorance but do you mean putting "use lib
> '/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl" in my perl script? Or into the httpd.conf?
>
> If it's that latter, where in the conf file would I put it?
>
> Sorry to harp on.
> Dp.
>
>
> On 26 Feb 2002 at 7:49, Chas Owens wrote:
>
> > use lib '/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/';
> >
> > will put it at the head of the lib search path.
> >
> > On Tue, 2002-02-26 at 06:59, Dermot Paikkos wrote:
> > > Hi gurus,
> > >
> > > I am trying to get mod_perl installed - yes I am about to get
> > > serious with perl - and have hit a very small snag.
> > >
> > > Apache will not re-start because there is a missing module, AuthDBI.
> > > However the module is installed, it is located at:
> > > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/Apache/AuthDBI.pm
> > >
> > > But it is looking for it in:
> > > Can't locate AuthDBI.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
> > > /usr/lib/perl5/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5
> > > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/i386- linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl
> > > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl . /usr/ /usr/lib/perl) at (eval 23) line 3.
> > >
> > > The location is not listed. How can I get the above path into @INC?
> > >
> > > I hope that was clear.
> > > Thanx.
> > > Dp.
> > >
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