Can't locate file.pl in @INC

Hello,

Getting the following error from a perl script that I’ve used for 10 years moving it from various servers and sites without ever having any problems.

Can't locate setup.pl in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.24.1 /usr/local/share/perl/5.24.1 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.24 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.24 /usr/share/perl/5.24 /usr/local/lib/site_perl /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl-base) at search.pl line 4.

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Part of "search.pl" in cgi-bin: (755)

#!/usr/bin/perl

use CGI::Carp "fatalsToBrowser";
require "setup.pl";
require "main.pl";
push (@INC, "$homedir/");

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Part of Can’t Locate "setup.pl" in cgi-bin: (755)

$html="/var/www/clients/client0/web2/web";

$homedir="/var/www/clients/client0/web1/cgi-bin";

$home="http://mysite.com";

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Site.vhost

# cgi enabled
<Directory /var/www/clients/client0/web1/cgi-bin>
Require all granted
</Directory>
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /var/www/clients/client0/web1/cgi-bin/
<FilesMatch "\.(cgi|pl)$">
SetHandler cgi-script
</FilesMatch>
# suexec enabled
<IfModule mod_suexec.c>
SuexecUserGroup web1 client0
</IfModule>

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Site was working on Debian 8 - moved to Debian 9 not working.

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks

 

Al the pl files (33) are in cgi-bin. All with permission 755 and the vhost ScriptAlias is calling up the cgi-bin so that is what I can't understand.
and apparently it's not reading "push (@INC, "$homedir/");" which in the setu.pl is listed as "$homedir="/var/www/clients/client0/web1/cgi-bin";"

 

In the old server all the pl files were in the cgi-bin as they are in the new server.