CGI.pm exists in two locations. # ls /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/CGI.pm /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/CGI.pm /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/CGI.pm /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/CGI.pm Which CGI.pm are we using? # perl -MCGI -le 'print $INC{"CGI.pm"}' /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/CGI.pm # perl -V | tail -10 @INC: /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8 .