Re: Correct way to install perl-anyevent-i3?

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Chris Keschnat via <help-guix@gnu.org> writes:

> Hello,
> I have =i3-wm= installed via a package under =operating-system=.
> Calling =i3-save-tree= gives the following error:
>
> #+begin_src sh
>
>   $ i3-save-tree
>   Can't locate AnyEvent/I3.pm in @INC (you may need to install the 
> AnyEvent::I3 module) (@INC contains: 
> /gnu/store/hy6abswwv4d89zp464fw52z65fkzr7h5-perl-5.34.0/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.34.0/x86_64-linux-thread-multi
>  
> /gnu/store/hy6abswwv4d89zp464fw52z65fkzr7h5-perl-5.34.0/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.34.0
>  
> /gnu/store/hy6abswwv4d89zp464fw52z65fkzr7h5-perl-5.34.0/lib/perl5/5.34.0/x86_64-linux-thread-multi
>  /gnu/store/hy6abswwv4d89zp464fw52z65fkzr7h5-perl-5.34.0/lib/perl5/5.34.0) at 
> /run/current-system/profile/bin/i3-save-tree line 19.
>   BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at 
> /run/current-system/profile/bin/i3-save-tree line 19
>
> #+end_src
>
>
> So I added =perl-anyevent-i3= to the package definition (in the 
> =operating-system=).
> After a =guix system reconfigure= and a reboot, =i3-save-tree= is still 
> giving the same error.
>
> There seems to be something wrong with the load path
> (I don't know perl terminology, but I hope it is clear what I mean).
>
> The locations are as follows:
>
> #+begin_src sh
>
>   $ which i3
>   /run/current-system/profile/bin/i3
>   $ ls -l /run/current-system
>   lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 50 27.07.2022 15:19 /run/current-system -> 
> /gnu/store/nv9h5bdfyz3hzv11c7c2kaxiiqkv84ds-system
>   $ locate I3.pm
>   
> /gnu/store/d3xis9wkrmi2lrpkb61cl31nsyrpm921-perl-anyevent-i3-0.17/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.34.0/AnyEvent/I3.pm
>
> #+end_src
>
> PS: I had started with installing =perl-anyevent-i3= under my normal user. 
> The errors were similar.
>
> I am unsure how to proceed and grateful for any hints.
>
> Thank you
> Chris

What happens if you also include perl in the packages field?