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On Thursday 26 January 2006 17:32, you(Rich Signell) wrote: > How do I know what supporting packages I need? > > use lib qw(/export/home/nersc/Perl/lib/perl5 > /export/home/nersc/Perl/lib/perl5/site_perl); These are of course something I forgot to say, this is where *I* have *my* libraries. Remove them (or change them). There is also some other things to consider, please read the updated webpage. > use Date::Calc qw(Delta_Days); > use Data::Dumper; > use List::Util qw(min max); > use XML::Writer; > use IO::File; > use File::Glob ':glob'; > use Getopt::Long; > > So I tried serching my /usr/bin/perl5 directory tree: > > - I can find Data:Dumper > ./5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi/Data/Dumper.pm > > - I can find List::Util > ./5.8.5/List/Util.pm > > - I can find Getopt::Long > > > ./5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi/IO/File.pm > > but > > - I can NOT find Date::Calc > > Is this what I want: > http://guest.engelschall.com/~sb/download/pkg/Date-Calc-5.4.tar.gz Don't know. I mostly use cpan or linux-rpms. See further down to explanation. > - I can NOT find XML::Writer > > Is this what I want: > http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/J/JO/JOSEPHW/XML-Writer-0.600.tar.gz yes. Crash course in perl modules (on unix/linux): This is where to go for packages: cpan.org You can either install them as explained at cpan.org or use the cpan or cpanplus package. Try executing 'cpanp' or 'cpan' in a terminal. If you have never used them before, I recommend cpanplus. It usually installs with your standard linux repository or equivalent (yum,apt,rpm,etc.). Try googling if not. Your OS's repository might also have a lot of modules, try searching there as well. If you don't have root-access or want to install it on a windows/dos machine I recommend reading the install instructions at cpan.org. -- Bjørge Solli - Office:+47 55205847 cellph.:+47 91614343 Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center - Bergen, Norway http://www.nersc.no Reception: +47 55205800 Dept.: Mohn-Sverdrup Center for Global Ocean Studies and Operational Oceanography