Issues with Embperl/Zembperl on Ubuntu 24.04 – library not found and missing module

[sebastianotartaglione]

Hello,

I’m experiencing an issue while migrating a Perl-based application from Ubuntu 22.04 to Ubuntu 24.04.

On Ubuntu 22.04, everything works correctly:
I use Apache2 with the embperl and zembperl modules, along with the libembperl-perl library installed from the official Debian package. The application runs smoothly without errors.

However, on Ubuntu 24.04:

the libembperl-perl package is no longer available in the official repositories;

the Apache module zembperl is missing and seemingly no longer available;

even when manually compiling Embperl or installing it via cpanm, the application fails to run, as the library is not recognized or found by the web module.

I have tried multiple configurations and manual compilations, but without success.

I would like to know:

whether zembperl has been deprecated and if there is a compatible replacement for Apache on Ubuntu 24;

whether an updated or alternative version of libembperl-perl exists for Ubuntu 24.04;

whether there is any official guidance for running Embperl on Ubuntu 24, or if support is limited to Ubuntu 22.

I’m happy to provide logs, build details, or any other relevant information to help diagnose the issue.

Thank you in advance for your support.

Best regards,
Sebastiano Tartaglione

[Leont]

That is a known problem with that module. It's still referring to the old 5.005thread that have been evicted from core in 2007 (with a replacement being introduced in 2002). Maybe someone should fix the module.

[Leont]

On second inspection there may be more issues, also ones not related to threading. Maybe you should ask the Ubuntu people exactly why they evicted it, we only make perl here.

Also, there is a patch in the Embperl bugtracker that might be helpful to you.

[mauke]

I would like to know:

This is the bug tracker for the perl language/interpreter (plus core modules), not a general support forum.

That said:

whether zembperl has been deprecated and if there is a compatible replacement for Apache on Ubuntu 24;

whether an updated or alternative version of libembperl-perl exists for Ubuntu 24.04;

Those are Ubuntu support questions.

whether there is any official guidance for running Embperl on Ubuntu 24, or if support is limited to Ubuntu 22.

That's an Embperl question. See https://embperl.org/pod/doc/Embperl.-page-17-.htm for their support page.