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   Rinaldi to John Smith   
   Re: Missing perl module   
   27 Mar 22 12:10:44   
   
   From: rm@nunya.inv   
      
   On 3/27/22 11:51, John Smith wrote:   
   > On Sat, 26 Mar 2022 21:21:13 -0500, Rinaldi wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 3/26/22 17:35, John Smith wrote:   
   >>> 	I have a Perl application in 15.0 which, when invoked, returns   
   >>> the following diagnostic:   
   >>>   
   >>> Can't locate getopts.pl in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/local/lib64/perl5   
   >>> / usr/local/share/perl5 /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/share/perl5/   
   >>> vendor_perl /usr/lib64/perl5 /usr/share/perl5) at /usr/local/bin/xtt   
   >>> line 20   
   >>>   
   >>> 	Anybody know what Slackbuilds package must be installed in order   
   >>> to get this to work?   
   >>>   
   >> I don't know that it's in a slackware package but installing it is   
   >> pretty trivial if you use perl.   
   >>   
   >> # perl -MCPAN -e shell   
   >>   
   >> cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v2.28) Enter   
   >> 'h' for help.   
   >>   
   >> cpan[1]> install getopts ...........   
   >   
   > 	Thanks. The installed it all right, but the issue persists as   
   > described. When I check out the xtt Perl application, line 20 is the   
   > following:   
   >   
   > 	require "getopts.pl";   # &Getopts()   
   >   
   > The thing is, getopts.pl is indeed nowhere available in my system.   
   >   
   > 	The script that I am trying to execute is a bit old, but it still   
   > worked fine under Slackware 14.2. Might it be the case that, in 15.0, one   
   > must use a different Perl module here?   
      
   Old program?  See   
   https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/224716/perl-library-getopts-pl   
      
   Rinaldi   
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