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Why don my perl scripts run?

April 26, 2017Perl run scripts

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Why don my perl scripts run?

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It could be because Perl is not available. Check the error_log file. If /opt/hpws/apache/logs/error_log says “Apache.pm” failed to load then mod_perl has not loaded and all perl scripts will fail. This is usually due to perl binaries not being in the PATH or the PERL5LIB environment variable not being set to include following as a single line: /opt/hpws/apache/lib/perl/lib/site_perl/5.6.1/PA-RISC1.1-thread-multi:/opt/hpws/apache/lib/perl/lib SOLUTION: Verify that perl is installed in /opt/perl/bin and that /opt/perl/bin/perl and /opt/perl/lib/5.6.1 exist. Next specify where the mod_perl libraries are installed with the following command as a single line: export PERL5LIB=/opt/hpws/apache/lib/perl/lib/site_perl/5.6.1/PA-RISC1.1-thread-multi:/opt/hpws/apache/lib/perl/lib The PERL5LIB environment variable is preset by the shell running the Apache executable. If you experience problems, manually set this environment variable as shown above. To test whether you have the correct 5.6.1 on your