How to pass options to Makefile.PL when using cpanm?

szabgab has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

How can I convince cpanm to run

perl Makefile.PL LIBS='-L/opt/libxml/lib/ -L/opt/zlib/lib' INC='-I/opt
+/libxml/include/libxml2 -I/opt/zlib/include'
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when it wants to run perl Makefile.PL ?

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Re: How to pass options to Makefile.PL when using cpanm? by McA (Priest) on Nov 28, 2013 at 18:07 UTC
Hi Gabor, the man page for `cpanm` shows some experimental parameters `--configure-args, --build-args, --test-args, --install-args` which probably help to solve your issue. Best regards McA	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: How to pass options to Makefile.PL when using cpanm? (export PERL_MM_OPT, PERL_MB_OPT) by Anonymous Monk on Nov 28, 2013 at 17:30 UTC
%ENV vars, for gcc, for ExtUtils::MakeMaker, for Module::Build App::cpanminus `=head2 Where does this install modules to? Do I need root access? It installs to wherever ExtUtils::MakeMaker and Module::Build are configured to (via C<PERL_MM_OPT> and C<PERL_MB_OPT>). So if you're using local::lib, then it installs to your local perl5 directory. Otherwise it installs to the site_perl directory that belongs to your perl.` [download] PERL_MM_OPT, PERL_MB_OPT, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, Re: perlbrew/cpanm on 64 bit Ubuntu Re: cpanm --sudo installs to /root/perl5 instead of /usr, http://perldoc.perl.org/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.html#LIBS, C_INCLUDE_PATH/LIBRARY_PATH... repeat	[reply] [d/l]