SPUG: mod_perl Newbie Help

[Peter Darley]

Eric,
	I think that RH8 ships with a newer version of Apache and ModPerl 2.0 which
isn't set up the same way as older versions of ModPerl, which is probably
what your book is using for reference.  You could try using
ModPerl::Registery, rather than Apache::Registry.  Other than that, you
might try looking for a document that shows the differences between the old
and new versions of mod_perl on the web.  My two second search came up with
nothing, but I'm sure there's something out there.
Thanks,
Peter Darley

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:spug-list-bounces at mail.pm.org]On Behalf Of Eric Kahklen
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 10:16 AM
To: Perl-List (E-mail)
Subject: SPUG: mod_perl Newbie Help


This was originally posted on a Linux list but was suggested that I look
here for further help on the issue.  I've also included some suggestions for
others and the resulting errors. Sorry for the crude descriptions, but I am
still quite new to Perl in general.

I am trying to learn about mod_perl and seem to be having problems trying to
get it to work correctly.  I've been struggling with this for a few days and
am a beginner so please keep that in mind.  I am reading a book on Open
Source Web Development and am following the directions to configure
mod_perl.  The suggested perl script fails and says it cannot find the
Registry.pm.  From my understanding, the script is called from the
httpd.conf file to load modules needed for mod_perl. In addition, the
settings are also allowing the CGI scripts from the previous chapter to be
run without being re-written.  Here is what is being suggested by the
author:

#!/usr/bin/perl
#startup.pl

# Tell Perl where to find our modules
use lib '/var/www/mod_perl';

# use some common modules
use Apache::Registry();
use Apache::Constants();
use CGI ':standard';
use DBI;

# add other modules here..

# the file needs to end with 1;
1;



This is added to the end of the httpd.conf file

PerlRequire conf/startup.pl
PerlFreshRestart On


When I do a /etc/init.d/httpd graceful I get the following error:

[error] Can't locate Apache/Registry.pm in @INC (@INC
contains: /var/www/mod_perl
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at
/etc/httpd/conf/startup.pl line 7.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
/etc/httpd/conf/startup.pl line 7.
Compilation failed in require at (eval 1) line 1.

When I do perl -we 'use Apache::Registry();' I get this error:

Can't locate Apache/Registry.pm in @INC (@INC
contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at -e line 1.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at -e line 1.


I am running Red Hat 8 and as far as I can tell, I have everything
installed. A 'locate Registry.pm' results in this:

/root/.cpan/build/mod_perl-1.28/lib/Apache/Registry.pm
/root/.cpan/build/mod_perl-1.28/blib/lib/Apache/Registry.pm
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/ModPerl/Registry.pm

Any help would be appreciated on this.

Thanks,

Eric



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Eric Kahklen
System Administrator
Capitol Hill Housing Improvement Program
1406 10th Ave, Suite 101
Seattle, WA 98122
206-329-7303


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