[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #59579] help load produces error Can't locate Data/Dumper.pm in @INC ...

[Kris De Volder]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59579>

                 Summary: help load produces error Can't locate Data/Dumper.pm
in @INC ...
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: kdvolder
            Submitted on: Mon 30 Nov 2020 07:27:39 PM UTC
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Unexpected Error or Warning
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: 5.2.0
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

I type 'help load' in the 'command window' and this is the output:

```
>> help load
Can't locate Data/Dumper.pm in @INC (you may need to install the Data::Dumper
module) (@INC contains: /usr/lib/texinfo
/snap/octave/30/usr/bin/../share/texinfo/lib/Unicode-EastAsianWidth/lib
/snap/octave/30/usr/bin/../share/texinfo/lib/libintl-perl/lib
/snap/octave/30/usr/bin/../share/texinfo
/snap/octave/30/usr/bin/../share/texinfo /etc/perl
/usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.26.1 /usr/local/share/perl/5.26.1
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.26 /usr/share/perl5
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.26 /usr/share/perl/5.26
/usr/local/lib/site_perl /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl-base) at
/snap/octave/30/usr/bin/../share/texinfo/Texinfo/Common.pm line 2427.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
/snap/octave/30/usr/bin/../share/texinfo/Texinfo/Common.pm line 2427.
Compilation failed in require at /snap/octave/30/usr/bin/makeinfo line 110.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /snap/octave/30/usr/bin/makeinfo line
110.
warning: help: Texinfo formatting filter exited abnormally; raw Texinfo source
of helptext follows...
'load' is a built-in function from the file libinterp/corefcn/load-save.cc



Additional help for built-in functions and operators is
available in the online version of the manual.  Use the command
'doc <topic>' to search the manual index.

Help and information about Octave is also available on the WWW
at https://www.octave.org and via the help@octave.org
mailing list.
```




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