Re: installing packages: can't locate file/glob.pm

[Kelly Corbin <kcorbin@theiqgroup.com>]

I had the same problem.  For some reason, perl-5.6-5.6 was not 
installing before the apps that needed it.  I downloaded the .deb 
manually, installed it, and the errors when away.

Kelly

Juergen Fiedler wrote:

> A 'dpkg --search Glob.pm' (it is case sensitive) gave me a:
>
> perl-5.005: /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/File/DosGlob.pm
> perl-5.6: /usr/lib/perl5/5.6/i386-linux/File/Glob.pm
> perl-5.6: /usr/lib/perl5/5.6/File/DosGlob.pm
>
> So I guess the relevant package for you would be perl-5.6.
> Is it possible that yours is corrupt? You could try to
> reinstall it. Btw, I found that when I am looking for a
> particular file, the search tool at 
> http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages
> is most useful. 
>
> Hope that helps,
> Juergen
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 07:09:52PM -0600, Chris Nestrud wrote:
>
> > Hello all. I'm trying to install the mime-support package and am getting
> > the following error. I recently installed perl-5.6, and also have
> > perl-5.004 and perl-5.005 installed, as various packages require different
> > perl versions. I'm running Woody with latest upgrades as brought on by
> > 'apt-get update'.
> >
> > (begin)
> > Unpacking mime-support (from .../mime-support_3.9-1_all.deb) ...
> > Setting up mime-support (3.9-1) ...
> > Can't locate File/Glob.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/lib/perl5/5.6/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.6 /usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local/lib/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.005 .) at /usr/sbin/update-mime line 48.
> > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/update-mime line 48.
> > dpkg: error processing mime-support (--configure):
> >  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> >  mime-support
> > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> > (end)
> >
> > Any ideas as-to what's broken would be appreciated. 
> > dpkg --search glob.pm' returns no matches.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Chris
> >
> >
> >
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