Can't locate object method "freeze" via package "FS::dbdef" problem.

[John Lynch]

Hi I am getting the following error while tring to install Freeside:
Can't locate object method "freeze" via package "FS::dbdef" at
/usr/local/lib/site_perl/FS/dbdef.pm line 86, <STDIN> chun
k 2.

the FreezeThaw.pm is installed.

perl -V
Summary of my perl5 (5.0 patchlevel 5 subversion 3) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=2.0.36, archname=i386-linux
    uname='linux broca 2.0.36 #2 sun nov 29 02:38:59 pst 1998 i686 unknown '
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=undef useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='cc', optimize='-O2', gccversion=egcs-2.91.66 Debian GNU/Linux
(egcs-1.1.2 release)
    cppflags='-Dbool=char -DHAS_BOOL -D_REENTRANT -DDEBIAN
-I/usr/local/include'
    ccflags ='-Dbool=char -DHAS_BOOL -D_REENTRANT -DDEBIAN
-I/usr/local/include'
    stdchar='char', d_stdstdio=undef, usevfork=false
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12
    alignbytes=4, usemymalloc=n, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='cc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib
    libs=-lnsl -lndbm -lgdbm -ldbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lc -lposix -lcrypt
    libc=, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-rdynamic'
    cccdlflags='-fpic', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib'


Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
  Built under linux
  Compiled at Jul  7 1999 13:47:33
  @INC:
    /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux
    /usr/lib/perl5/5.005
    /usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux
    /usr/local/lib/site_perl
    /usr/lib/perl5

I had a preivious error saying I couldn't find the FreezeThaw.pm module but
I fixed this by creating a link
to it FreezeThaw.pm -> /usr/lib/perl5/MLDBM/Serializer/FreezeThaw.pm in the
@INC path, this seem to have worked
but I was wondering if it was possible to add more search paths to the
above @INC?
is it a file that definds this list, if so where ?

I am using fs-1.2.2 couldn't find the dbi etc versions, but cpan reports
they don't need up grading.
many thanks.


John Lynch
System Administrator
Wise Net