What is @INC and how to configure

[Jano_1]

What is @INC and how do I configure it?

I have been struggling for days now to get perl and some perl modules working with apache. When I start httpd I receive this error:
Can't locate Apache/DBI.pm in @INC
which is followed by a lot of paths.

The funny thing is that DBI.pm does exist in one of the paths as shown in the error.

I have reinstalled perl but I am still having the same problem.

Regards,
Jano

[Steven E. Protter]

Check your perl version number

/full_path/perl -v

Perl v4 had problems with these pluin modules, or so I have discovered the hard way on hpux.

SEP

[Jano_1]

Hi Steven,

perl -v

This is perl, v5.6.1 built for i386-linux

What more can I check?

Jano

[rmueller58]

Try getting the latest version 5.x stable.tar.gz of perl, compile and build it.

Then see if you get the same error.

Make sure when you compile apache you check your configure --help within apache, seems to me you have to enable a library or two when compiling. especially when using PHP/Mysql/Perl

I found a good document for compiling MYSQL/PHP/Apache for Snort/ACID.

http://www.internetsecurityguru.com/documents/snort_acid_rh9.pdf#search='SnortRH9mysqlPHP'

It makes a simple task out of a complex one.

[rmueller58]

configure --enable-so
allows enabling the PHP static objects.

[Jano_1]

I am using apt to install my packages. The great advantage is that it can automatically solve all the dependencies. So I assume it it always gets the latest stable packages.

Regards.

[Stuart Browne]

You're using mod_perl aren't you?

I'd double check your script and see where it says 'use "DBI";' (or similar) and review any path or ::'s in it..