Re: CPAN Module help

Where cpan installs modules is decided based on various options, check

o conf
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in the cpan shell. You can configure the options directly from the shell. In particular, mbuildpl_arg and makepl_arg can contain prefix or install_base settings. Similarly, you can set the PERL_MB_OPT and PERL_MM_OPT environment variables, as local::lib does.

I wouldn't recommend moving the modules. A path might be hardcoded somewhere which would break. Just configure cpan properly and reinstall.

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Re^2: CPAN Module help by tman77 (Initiate) on Jan 08, 2015 at 16:42 UTC
OK, do you mind being very specific. I ran perl -MCPAN -e shell. o conf shows me that mbuildpl_arg and makepl_arg are not set. They are set to []. The build dir is set to /root/.cpan/build. So can you give me an example of how I would set the correct config options so that CPAN will install the modules into the /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl directory? Would I need to set more than the mbuild_install_arg?	[reply]
Re^3: CPAN Module help by tman77 (Initiate) on Jan 08, 2015 at 17:01 UTC
As a follow up, I tried setting the following via o conf and made sure I committed it `makepl_arg [INSTALL_BASE=/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl] mbuildpl_arg [--install_base=/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl]` [download] And I then tried to install a module, and it still installed to /root/perl5/lib/perl5/x86_64-linux-thread-multi	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: CPAN Module help by Anonymous Monk on Jan 08, 2015 at 22:19 UTC
Which cpan did you use? Which perl does it uses? How many perls do you have installed?	[reply]
Re^3: CPAN Module help by choroba (Cardinal) on Jan 08, 2015 at 16:59 UTC
Do you have the mentioned variables set? لսႽ† ᥲᥒ⚪⟊Ⴙᘓᖇ Ꮅᘓᖇ⎱ Ⴙᥲ𝇋ƙᘓᖇ	[reply]