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initself has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I cannot understand why WWW::Mechanize::Sleepy does not find WWW::Mechanize on my machine.

Compiling from Scratch

root@jasmines:/usr/local/src/WWW-Mechanize-Sleepy-0.5# perl Makefile.P
+L

If you are testing:
- for 'make test' to work you must be connected to the Internet
- expect 'make test' to take some time since it tests sleepiness

Warning: prerequisite WWW::Mechanize 0.58 not found.
Writing Makefile for WWW::Mechanize::Sleepy
root@jasmines:/usr/local/src/WWW-Mechanize-Sleepy-0.5# locate Mechaniz
+e.pm
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/WWW/Mechanize.pm

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One-liner to Test 

root@jasmines:/usr/local/src/WWW-Mechanize-Sleepy-0.5# perl -wle 'use 
+WWW::Mechanize 99'
WWW::Mechanize version 99 required--this is only version 1.18 at -e li
+ne 1.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at -e line 1.

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Version 1.18 should be sufficient, right?

I've tried everything. Other modules are failing to install for CPAN for similar reasons. What might cause something like this?

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Re: Modules Not Found That Are Correctly Installed
by rinceWind (Monsignor) on Jul 14, 2006 at 06:40 UTC

    Could you try the following:

    perl -MWWW::Mechanize -e 'print WWW::Mechanize->VERSION,"\n"'

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    Also, see where you can find Mechanize.pm in any of the paths under @INC. You might have multiple copies floating around.

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Re: Modules Not Found That Are Correctly Installed
by Khen1950fx (Canon) on Jul 14, 2006 at 08:16 UTC
    I tried to install WWW::Mechanize::Sleepy. I went through all the steps that you went through. I got the same results. The tests failed every time. However, I tried something a little different. WWW::Mechanize-1.18 should work, theoretically, but it doesn't, so I compared 1.18 with 0.58---there are some radical differences between the two. I reinstalled WWW::Mechanize-0.58. After that, I reinstalled WWW::Mechanize::Sleepy, and all tests were successful! The installation was successful.

    As far as WWW::Mechanize::Sleepy's not finding WWW::Mechanize, that's a problem with the module---it's not your system. So, give this procedure a try. See:

    WWW::Mechanize-0.58

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      This sounds like a bug in Sleepy. Either you or the OP should report this as a bug on rt.cpan.org.

      Falling back to backpan is very much a last resort. You don't know what other code the OP has that relies on WWW::Mechanize.

      Also, if you upgrade WWW::Mechanize after installing WWW::Mechanize::Sleepy, do you get any operational failures, or was it just the tests that needed 0.58?

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      Oh Lord, won’t you burn me a Knoppix CD ?
      My friends all rate Windows, I must disagree.
      Your powers of persuasion will set them all free,
      So oh Lord, won’t you burn me a Knoppix CD ?
      (Missquoting Janis Joplin)

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        Thanx for the advice. Will do. I agree with you that falling back on BACKPAN is a last resort.
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        I had no operational failures. It seems that 0.58 was only needed by the tests:-)
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Re: Modules Not Found That Are Correctly Installed
by reneeb (Chaplain) on Jul 14, 2006 at 07:59 UTC
    Do you have two different Perl installations on your machine?
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      No, sir.
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