[wplug] bp perl

[harrold at sage.che.pitt.edu]

On 21 May 2001, Doug Green wrote:

> Hey-
> Thanks for all the help! I have now installed it ok, following John's
> "make install" recommendation from the root directory after untarring in
> to /usr/local/. However, I still have a complaint that looks like this
> (after trying to run bibconv):
> 
> Can't locate bp.pl in @INC (@INC contains:
> /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at /usr/local/bin/bibconv line 4.
> 
> I realize that I can probably move /usr/local/bp-0.2.97/bin files over
> to /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/ and solve the problem. However, is there a way
> to include /usr/local/bpd-0.2.97/bin/ in my @INC?? It seems like adding
> a bunch of junk to my perl5 directory is a bad idea (is this right or
> wrong, I have no clue). Finally, WHAT the heck IS my @INC???! :) 
> 
that is what medley was suggesting here:
http://www.wplug.org/pipermail/wplug/2001-May/001252.html


in your .bash_profile putsomething like
export BPHOME="/usr/local/bpd-0.2.97/bin/"

to test it at the commandline type:
prompt$ export BPHOME="/usr/local/bpd-0.2.97/bin/"

that sets the BPHOME environment variable. then try running the command
again.

-- 
john
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