Ok so..

Which module do I download?
Where do I put it?

After I've downloaded it and put it somewhere, I just type:
perl -eshell -MCPAN?

Am I correct?

Again I'm very sorry.

Ok weird.. A CPAN dir is in /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 :/

No, first become root, then run perl -MCPAN -e shell then type install CGI::Carp (before you can do this, you will be prompted to set up how CPAN downloads and installs modules -- if in doubt, go with the defaults, they;re very reasonable). The perl -MCPAN -e shell command launches a little shell that allows you to easily update the Perl on your system and install new modules. This is what you need to do here.

[edit]

Just saw your last post -- the Carp may not be the same as CGI::Carp, particularly if it's not in a directory called CGI. Try the steps above anyhow.

As I said before, when I type perl -MCPAN -e shell I get this:

Can't locate CPAN.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0
.).
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.

So what do I do from here? I'm so totally lost.

I downloaded CPAN and put it all in the right directories.. I typed perl -MCPAN -e shell and I get this..

CPAN is the world-wide archive of perl resources. It consists of about
100 sites that all replicate the same contents all around the globe.
Many countries have at least one CPAN site already. The resources
found on CPAN are easily accessible with the CPAN.pm module. If you
want to use CPAN.pm, you have to configure it properly.

If you do not want to enter a dialog now, you can answer 'no' to this
question and I'll try to autoconfigure. (Note: you can revisit this
dialog anytime later by typing 'o conf init' at the cpan prompt.)

Are you ready for manual configuration? [yes]

Do I have to config it?

Probably, but don't worry, it's mostly painless (as I said, just accept the defaults if in doubt). Don't worry, you're almost there now . Of course, you can try your luck with the default configuration and go back and do it by hand if something goes wrong.

Okay.. cool.. so what now?

try running apache only and run the script

Have u done chmod on the script files? the x bit should be on
second try:

rename scripts with .pl extension, think doesnt make much difference.
r ur scripts running from ....\www?

try tweaking the httpd.conf

have u added
use CGI
in the first line of ur scripts.
if u dont have the CGI module, its everywhere on the net

have u added
use CGI

What do you mean? What should the first line of my scripts look like?

[Mon Jun 28 16:48:38 2004] [error] [client 203.18.0.2] Premature end of script headers: gm.cgi
[Mon Jun 28 16:48:39 2004] [error] [client 203.18.0.2] Premature end of script headers: gm.cgi
[Mon Jun 28 16:48:42 2004] [error] [client 203.18.0.2] Premature end of script headers: gm.cgi
[Mon Jun 28 16:48:47 2004] [error] [client 203.18.0.2] Premature end of script headers: links.pl
[Mon Jun 28 16:48:50 2004] [error] [client 203.18.0.2] Premature end of script headers: links.pl

That's from the error log.. this is so annoying! lol. What does that mean? I've downloaded and installed the module from the CPAN shell. Everything is setup, I think.

I see you managed to get CPAN installed. When you said in your last post that you got the modules installed - was that by running "install CGI::Carp" from teh "cpan>" prompt?

Yep.

Thanks for all your help guys, much appreciated.

Does the shebang line (first line in the script) point to your perl executable?

Ok, this is just crap.

I had CGI files in cgi-bin, deleted them, reinstalled them now I get that "Premature end of script headers: gm.cgi" error. Why?