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in reply to Error "Compilation failed in require" with "use" syntax

I get an error: "Compilation failed in require". This is the entire warning

I can't help you with eclipse , much, except to say this is surely a FAQ item (its @INC path management, its perl-faq)

One way to manage is File::FindLib or lib+FindBin

Absolute paths always work, you can even do the same thing using the shebang 

#!/usr/bin/perl -I/hardcoded/paths -I/and/another --

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Now to your shell attempt you've got typo

syntax error at -e line 1, near "use pmFile1." 
                                            ^
                                            ^
                                            ^
                                            ^

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that is a comma not a semicolon; 
$ perl -e " use strict. "
syntax error at -e line 1, near "use strict."
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.

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Generic advice :) On debugging, verify everything, talk to teddybear ... checklists and more

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Re^2: Error "Compilation failed in require" with "use" syntax (eclipse ide)
by SuzuBell (Acolyte) on Oct 03, 2013 at 22:40 UTC
    Thanks for your input.

    When you say: "its @INC path management"; I do not feel too confident working in the terminal. I do not have much experience working with these libraries and such. Is there anything I can do in Eclipse to solve this issue? The strange this is I believe this script was working earlier. I do not know what changed or how to determine that, and how this all relates to INC path management.

    Thanks.
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      Is there anything I can do in Eclipse to solve this issue?

      Change the shebang like I showed, it will work with every perl, regardless of where its embedded

      ...

      perlrun#-Idirectory, perlvar#@INC, require, use

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