SID-00099: Configure Error

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	4.2.0	Perl version:	5.8.8
Category:	CategoryInstallation	Server OS:	Windows 2003 Server	Last update:	16 years ago

When I open the Configure page it shows me the below error,

Software error: Failed to load the perl module CGI qw(:any). The module could not be found.

Please ensure that:

1. CGI qw(:any) is installed,
2. that the module is available on the @INC path,
3. that the webserver user (SYSTEM) has permission to read the CGI qw(:any).pm file.

The detailed error seen was: Use of uninitialized value in -d at C:/perl/site/lib/CGI.pm line 4083. Compilation failed in require at (eval 8) line 2. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 8) line 2.

Am I going wrong somewhere?

-- RajeshN - 13 Feb 2009

Discussion and Answer

Something is wrong with your Perl installation. Perl and TWiki can be tricky to get right on Windows. I don't have much experience with TWiki installation on Windoze, maybe someone else can help. Consider installing TWiki on Linux, running inside VMware on Windows.

-- PeterThoeny - 13 Feb 2009

Hi Peter,

I just had to remove the -w on the shebang line in the configure script and then my configure worked !!!

-- RajeshN - 16 Feb 2009

What do you mean by "remove the -w" RajeshN? I am receiving much the same error msg when I go to http://localhost/twiki/bin/configure:

Failed to load the perl module CGI qw(:any). The module could not be found.

Please ensure that:

1. CGI qw(:any) is installed,
2. that the module is available on the @INC path,
3. that the webserver user (SYSTEM) has permission to read the CGI qw(:any).pm file.

The detailed error seen was: Use of uninitialized value $_ in -d at D:/Perl/lib/CGI.pm line 4083. Compilation failed in require at (eval 9) line 2. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 9) line 2.

This is my first twiki install and I'm new at perl and apache, thanks in advance.

-- MichaelKerr - 2009-07-21

I had this same problem and this is how I solved it.

1. Go to twiki/bin directory. In my case it is C:\www\twiki\bin.

2. Open the file configure for editing. I used WordPad.

3. Edit the first line to remove the "-w" Line 1 before the edit: #!C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -w Line 1 after the edit: #!C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe

4. That's it. No need to restart apache server. Just go to http://localhost/twiki/bin/configure. I was following the installation instructions from http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki/TWiki04x02WindowsInstallationGuide

-- CarlosEscobar - 2009-07-23

-- RajeshN - 2009-08-07

#! /usr/bin/perl -w

This will generate warnings and tell you where the problems are in your script. Be sure to use it if you're a Perl beginner... and be doubly sure to use it if you're a Perl expert. The errors don't go away as you progress; they just grow smarter.

-- MartinAcevedo - 2009-12-28

having the same error, ... I install ActivePerl and then it works fine... mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.10.1 configured.

-- MartinAcevedo - 2009-12-28

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