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Date:      Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:10:28 -0500 (EST)
From:      Andy Dills <andy@xecu.net>
To:        Jay Aikat <jaikat@email.unc.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: math:random
Message-ID:  <20071210130522.P48709@shell.xecu.net>
In-Reply-To: <475D781D.8020707@email.unc.edu>
References:  <475D781D.8020707@email.unc.edu>

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On Mon, 10 Dec 2007, Jay Aikat wrote:

> Hi,		When I run a perl script that uses math:random, I get the
> following:
> 
> Can't locate Math/Random.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
> /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/BSDPAN /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/mach
> /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl
> /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/mach /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8 .) at xyz.pl line
> 46.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at xyz.pl line 46.
> 
> This machine is a 4.10-RELEASE, with perl, version 5.005_03.  But I am getting
> this on several machines running different versions of FreeBSD with different
> perl versions as well.
> 
> How do I fix this?  Searched online a lot, but no resolution.  Thanks much for
> any help on fixing this,

You perhaps installed the module into the base perl distribution before 
installing the ports perl and doing a "use.perl ports", or perhaps you 
didn't install the module at all (Math::Random isn't part of the base 
perl distribution).

cd /usr/ports/math/p5-Math-Random && make install 

Andy

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