PERLIO=stdio error message- newbie doesnt have a clue

Scott Schappell archon at silvertree.org
Wed Sep 24 16:16:14 PDT 2003


suleyman wrote:

>I am trying to get dvdrip to run. This is the error message I get
>"bash-2.05b$ dvdrip
>
>You're using Perl 5.8.0 without PERLIO set to 'stdio'.
>Most Perl 5.008 installations currently have a bug.
>dvd::rip doesn't work with them if PERLIO isn't set.
>
>I will set PERLIO=stdio for you and restart dvd::rip...
>
>You can get rid of this messages, by setting PERLIO=stdio
>in your ~/.profile, or whatever your shell uses."
>
>I have added this line "PERLIO=stdio"
>
>in my .login .cshrc and my .profile files
>I usually get this in term $ 
>then type bash to get bash-2.05b$
>either way after typing dvdrip i get the same message.
>Could someone please direct me to info about this.
>Thanks,
>Suleyman
>p.s.-In the last 3 months I have used redhat, suse, gentoo & debian. Finally I 
>tried FreeBSD 4.8- I love it so far though I have a lot to learn :-)
>
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You're running bash, and that has to be in the environment. in your 
.bashrc and .bash_profile (or equivalent) use

PERLIO=stdio; export PERLIO

Try that.




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