Re^2: Module::Build- Overriding default $Config{installprefix} (cpan Distroprefs )

Thanks for the clue of install_path.

This did not work ...

--install_path /some/dir/perl/etc
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... needed to do ...

--install_path etc=/some/dir/perl/etc
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... "worked" in the sense installation did not fail due to permission error; have yet to try running the software. If that would still be a problem, then just /have to/ edit the damn installed file(s).

All in all, setting various paths is damn fucking fiddly to install software in a user-controlled directory. Much less irritating was building own perl (& installing in user-controlled directory) and using that perl to install everything else. But decision is not mine to make :-|

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Re^3: Module::Build- Overriding default $Config{installprefix} (cpan Distroprefs ) by Anonymous Monk on Aug 01, 2023 at 07:54 UTC
All that was for 💩 `_set_cfg_file` sub in Astro::Catalog::Query::SkyCat searches for configuration file in equivalent of `%ENV\|$HOME\|dirname($^X)/../etc` (there is nice comment there about the last one). No message is produced by App::SourcePlot to set up a catalog file in `HOME` on the first run. On subsequent runs, using the Tk widget to use "default" catalog results on console ... `Tk::Error: Unable to read catalog since no file specified and no defau +lt known. at /some/dir/perl/lib/perl5/Astro/Catalog.pm line 842. Tk callback for .toplevel1.frame1.menubutton.menu Tk::__ANON__ at /some/dir/perl/lib/perl5/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/Tk +.pm line 251 Tk::Menu::Invoke at /some/dir/perl/lib/perl5/x86_64-linux-thread-mult +i/Tk/Menu.pm line 532 <ButtonRelease> (command bound to event)` [download] 👍 Yes, I can _NOW_ shove the configuration files in `HOME` only after trying to debug the issue of not being able to specify a path for `etc` directory of *::Catalog.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Module::Build- Overriding default $Config{installprefix} (cpan Distroprefs ) by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop) on Aug 01, 2023 at 08:48 UTC
Much less irritating was building own perl (& installing in user-controlled directory) and using that perl to install everything else. But decision is not mine to make :-\| Why is this decision not yours to make? In case it helps you make a case for building your own Perl, you might make some of the arguments mentioned recently here.	[reply]