in reply to Re^2: ADD directory to @INC using a string variable
in thread ADD directory to @INC using a string variable

use lib './somepath/';

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or 
BEGIN {
  my $path = 'somepath';
  push @INC, $path;
}

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or why not just let the user set his/her PERL5LIB environment variable?

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