. When I look at the error messages, the error comes from executing /usr/local/test/lib/perl5/5.12.1/sun4-solaris/DynaLoader.pm at line 200 :

   my $libref = dl_load_file($file, $module->dl_load_flags) or 
        croak("Can't load '$file' for module $module: ".dl_error());
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where it tries to load /usr/local/test/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.12.1/Sybase/Simple.pm. This files starts with the following code where the last line is on line 19 (the line mentioned in the error).

package Sybase::Simple; 
 
use strict; 
use vars qw($VERSION @ISA @EXPORT @EXPORT_OK); 
 
require Exporter; 
require AutoLoader; 
 
use Carp; 
use Sybase::CTlib qw(:DEFAULT !ct_callback);
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This code generates error :

Can't load '/usr/local/test/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.12.1/sun4-solaris/auto/Sybase/CTlib/CTlib.so' for module Sybase::CTlib: ld.so.1: perl: fatal: libct.so: open failed

libct.so is the first library CTlib.so tries to open :

$ ldd /usr/local/test/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.12.1/sun4-solaris/auto/Syb
+ase/CTlib/CTlib.so
        libct.so =>      /local/sybase/sdk1251/OCS-12_5/lib//libct.so
        libcs.so =>      /local/sybase/sdk1251/OCS-12_5/lib//libcs.so
        libtcl.so =>     /local/sybase/sdk1251/OCS-12_5/lib//libtcl.so
        libcomn.so =>    /local/sybase/sdk1251/OCS-12_5/lib//libcomn.s
+o
        libintl.so =>    /local/sybase/sdk1251/OCS-12_5/lib//libintl.s
+o
        libblk.so =>     /local/sybase/sdk1251/OCS-12_5/lib//libblk.so
        libm.so.2 =>     /lib/libm.so.2
        libc.so.1 =>     /lib/libc.so.1
        libsocket.so.1 =>        /lib/libsocket.so.1
        libnsl.so.1 =>   /lib/libnsl.so.1
        libmp.so.2 =>    /lib/libmp.so.2
        libmd.so.1 =>    /lib/libmd.so.1
        libscf.so.1 =>   /lib/libscf.so.1
        libdoor.so.1 =>  /lib/libdoor.so.1
        libuutil.so.1 =>         /lib/libuutil.so.1
        libgen.so.1 =>   /lib/libgen.so.1
        /platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-V490/lib/libc_psr.so.1
        /platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-V490/lib/libmd_psr.so.1
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I've added 'use lib' statements for the directories mentioned in the error messages. My script now looks like :

#!/usr/local/test/bin/perl  
 
use lib "/usr/local/test/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.12.1"; 
use lib "/usr/local/test/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.12.1/Sybase"; 
use lib "/usr/local/test/lib/perl5/5.12.1/sun4-solaris"; 
use lib '/local/sybase/sdk1251/OCS-12_5/lib'; 
use lib "/usr/local/test/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.12.1/sun4-solaris/auto/
+Sybase/CTlib"; 
 
$ENV{'LD_LIBRARY_PATH'} = '/local/sybase/sdk1251/OCS-12_5/lib:/lib:/us
+r/openwin/lib:/usr/ccs/l\ 
ib:/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.12.1/sun4-solaris/auto/Sybase/CTli
+b';  

use Sybase::Simple; 
 
exit;
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I don't know what else to do, I can try to statically link CTlib.so, but would prefer a more general solution. many thanks, Luc.

If you need that setting of LD_LIBRARY_PATH, it won't have any effect, as you set it at run time, while the use happens at compile time. Try this instead:

BEGIN {
    $ENV{LD_LIBRARY_PATH} = "...your path goes here...";
}
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