You have a relative path in @INC: xyz/lib/site_perl/5.8.0 should probably be /xyz/lib/site_perl/5.8.0 (i.e. add a leading slash). Is that where utf8.pm lives?

If that doesn't solve your problem, please post the code so we can see what's happening at line 20.

I do not expect Perl to understand something like PERL2EXE_STORAGE/tmp.   Most likely this is intended to be a reference to a Shell environment-variable, but Perl will probably be looking for a directory, in the current-directory, that is named:   PERL2EXE_STORAGE.   (Undoubtedly, not what you want...)

The path-names in @INC should be absolute path-names.   Something that you can guarantee will work anywhere, no matter where you are.

A very handy command to remember is:   perl -V   (Note the capital “V”).   This will give you a complete dump of the search-path, among other things.

You can also use a handy one-liner, like:   perl -e 'use utf8;'.

“Wow!   I can do this in my sleep!”

I think PERL2EXE_STORAGE is perfectly normal. It's what perl2exe uses to access its packaged libs.

3. Testing your executable

Test the executable by running it from a command line prompt.

If it dies with a "Can't locate somemodule.pm in @INC ... " error message, then add an explicit use statement for the missing module to your script.

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