[kw-pm] Perl CGI Scripts cannot find modules in library

[Justin Wheeler]

su to the user that the server runs as, and run the script from the 
commandline -- that will advise you if you're dealing with permissions, 
or a missing module, etc.

Justin

On 25/01/11 06:48 PM, Max wrote:
> Apache usually runs scripts as a special non-user, who likely would not
> find ~user's libraries.
>
> On 25/01/2011 6:27 PM, Tyler Slijboom wrote:
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> This is an Apache / Perl problem that I am having.
>>
>> I am using a CPAN Module in my perl CGI application. It is
>> Spreadsheet::ParseExcel
>>
>> I have installed the cpan module with tar.gz files.
>>
>> I have installed the dependencies.
>>
>> However, I did do so as a non-root user. The library that contains
>> these files is under a user folder, /home/user/lib
>>
>> Now, I have successfully configured Apache2 on this box. The html
>> directory is /var/www/html and the cgi folder is
>> /var/www/html/cgi-bin. I have verified they work because all of the
>> scripts in that folder that do not require the special modules work in
>> my firefox browser, ie. hello world, data dumps, simple forms.
>>
>> However, when I try to run the scripts that use
>> "Spreadsheet::ParseExcel", I get the error that the module cannot be
>> found in @INC. However, I have a "use lib" statement at the beginning
>> of the script that adds the library.
>>
>> The scripts can be run in PUTTY without problem. Only when running the
>> script from the browser am I getting the issue.
>>
>> This web application was written on another box and works fine on that
>> box. Because I developped there of course. I put Apache2 on my
>> personal Ubuntu machine, and installed the web application and modules
>> here, and it works on my local box.
>>
>> Any insights on the issue?
>>
>> Thank you all for your time!
>>
>> --
>> Sincerely,
>> Tyler Slijboom
>>
>>
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