Running 8.77 fails on OSX 10.5.8: "Open" is not exported by the Image::ExifTool

[Richard]

This situation involved the downloaded Image-ExifTool-8.77.tar.gz file. The build/install process (perl Makefile.PL, make, make test, sudo make install) seemed to work, though the output from the make test command included the following:

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t/PDF..............ok
        2/26 skipped: Requires Digest::SHA

Afterwards, however, invoking "exiftool" (without quotes) from the command line produced the following error:

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"Open" is not exported by the Image::ExifTool module
Can't continue after import errors at /usr/bin/exiftool line 33
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/bin/exiftool line 33.

From what one remembers, it was possible to install version 8.64 of the ExifTool software in the same manner on the same system. Also, after installing version 8.77, it may have been possible to run the ExifTool software by going to the directory where the make command had been used and entering ./exiftool from the command line.

[Phil Harvey]

Type "exiftool -ver".  I think you will find that you are running an older set of the libraries with a newer version of the application.

If so, your problem will be solved by deleting the old libraries.

Note that the exiftool application will look for the libraries first in the application directory before defaulting to the standard installed location.

- Phil

Edit:  I realized that "exiftool -ver" won't work because of the compile-time error you are getting.  But the reason must be that the application is using an older set of the libraries, so the solution is to remove them.

[Richard]

Thanks. For whatever reason, it was possible to install version 8.64, but exiftool -ver gave the response 8.64 [Warning: Library version is 8.00] Running sudo make uninstall gave the following output:

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Uninstall is unsafe and deprecated, the uninstallation was not performed.
We will show what would have been done.

unlink /Library/Perl/5.8.8/.DS_Store
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unlink /Library/Perl/5.8.8/File/RandomAccess.pod
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unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::PSP.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::Panasonic.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::PanasonicRaw.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::Pentax.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::PhotoMechanic.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::Photoshop.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::PostScript.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::PrintIM.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::QuickTime.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::RIFF.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::RSRC.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::RTF.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::Radiance.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::Rawzor.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::Real.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::Reconyx.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::Ricoh.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::Samsung.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::Sanyo.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::Shift.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::Shortcuts.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::Sigma.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::SigmaRaw.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::Sony.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::SonyIDC.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::Stim.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::TagInfoXML.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::TagLookup.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::TagNames.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::Theora.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::Unknown.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::Vorbis.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::WriteCanonRaw.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::WriteExif.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::WriteIPTC.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::WritePDF.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::WritePNG.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::WritePhotoshop.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::WritePostScript.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::WriteXMP.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::Writer.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::XMP.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::XMP2.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::XMPStruct.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::ZIP.3pm
unlink /usr/local/share/man/man3/Image::ExifTool::iWork.3pm
unlink /Library/Perl/5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level/auto/Image/ExifTool/.packlist

Uninstall is unsafe and deprecated, the uninstallation was not performed.
Please check the list above carefully, there may be errors.
Remove the appropriate files manually.
Sorry for the inconvenience.



The exiftool files were manually removed, along with the File and Image subdirectories under /usr/bin/lib, from what one remembers. Afterwards, version 8.78 was installed and seems to work.

[Phil Harvey]

Hi Richard,

It is unfortunate that the uninstall is deprecated now -- it will work fine for ExifTool since it is very independent of other modules.

You did the right thing.  I'm glad it solved your problem.

The problem was a result of installing ExifTool using two different techniques.  If you installed this time with "sudo make install", then it was the old version in /usr/bin/lib that was causing your problem.

- Phil