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Can't locate Cairo.pm in @INC

I'm new to perl and I try to run a script that uses Cairo package. When I run it, I get the following error:

Can't locate Cairo.pm in @INC

So, I tried to install it and it appears to already be installed:

?> sudo yum install cairo-devel
Package cairo-devel-1.8.8-3.fc12.x86_64 already installed and latest version
Nothing to do

I tried to find the file Cairo.pm manualy (using find -name Cairo.pm) but couldn't find it.

Finally, I've tried to find it using rpm -ql cairo-devel and also couldn't find it.

Any suggestions?

Solution

  • Some confusion about RPMs here.

    • The RPM that contains the Cairo library is called cairo
    • The RPM that contains the headers that you need in order to use Cairo in C programs is called cairo-dev

    In order to use Cairo from Perl you will need to install the CPAN module Cairo.pm. That may be pre-packaged for your distribution in an RPM called perl-Cairo. But you may need to install it using cpan (or, better if you have it, cpanm).