Re: perllocal EXE_FILES and %Config

Things listed in EXE_FILES will be copied to the INST_SCRIPT directory. To answer your question, no, they're not the same on all builds/configs. The defaults using the OS perl on CachyOS:

perl -MConfig -e 'foreach (sort keys %Config) { print "$_ => $Config{$
+_}\n" if /bin|script/ }'
bin => /usr/bin
bin_ELF => define
binexp => /usr/bin
d_vendorbin => define
d_vendorscript => define
installbin => /usr/bin
installscript => /usr/bin/core_perl
installsitebin => /usr/bin
installsitescript => /usr/bin/site_perl
installusrbinperl => 
installvendorbin => /usr/bin
installvendorscript => /usr/bin/vendor_perl
ld_can_script => define
scriptdir => /usr/bin/core_perl
scriptdirexp => /usr/bin/core_perl
sitebin => /usr/bin
sitebinexp => /usr/bin
sitescript => /usr/bin/site_perl
sitescriptexp => /usr/bin/site_perl
vendorbin => /usr/bin
vendorbinexp => /usr/bin
vendorscript => /usr/bin/vendor_perl
vendorscriptexp => /usr/bin/vendor_perl
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You can specify where you want these exe files to be copied:

perl Makefile.PL INSTALLSCRIPT=/opt/mybin
#cpanm
cpanm --make-args "INSTALLSCRIPT=/opt/mybin" Module::Name
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You could use your perlbrew configure stage to specify different paths for your perl builds if desired.

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Re^2: perllocal EXE_FILES and %Config by Anonymous Monk on May 08, 2026 at 18:37 UTC
Thank you marto! Your output is intriguing. It looks to me like your scripts from CPAN modules are probably all installed by default to /usr/bin/site_perl (sitescript) OR I guess possibly /usr/bin (sitebin). Assuming you have LWP installed what does "which lwp-request" say on your system? Is there one specific %Config var where cpan clients always put scripts regardless of what it says in EXE_FILES? Thanks for pointing out the options for INSTALLSCRIPT. I guess that throws a monkey wrench at the idea of reliably finding EXE_FILES in the %Config directories! I wonder if the value of perllocal EXE_FILES reflects a custom value for INSTALLSCRIPT? For example if you do this: cpanm --make-args "INSTALLSCRIPT=/opt/mybin" Module::Name Does perllocal look like this: EXE_FILES: /opt/mybin/module-name-script I woke up this morning are realized I could turn off perlbrew to check the values for system Perl on macos (v5.30.3): bin /usr/bin binexp /usr/bin initialinstalllocation /usr/bin installbin /usr/bin installscript /usr/bin installsitebin /usr/local/bin installsitescript /usr/local/bin scriptdir /usr/bin scriptdirexp /usr/bin sitebin /usr/local/bin sitebinexp /usr/local/bin sitescript /usr/local/bin sitescriptexp /usr/local/bin vendorbin /usr/local/bin vendorbinexp /usr/local/bin vendorscript /usr/local/bin vendorscriptexp /usr/local/bin PS - I missed vendorscript and vendorscriptexp in my test script: Read more... (667 Bytes)	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^2: perllocal EXE_FILES and %Config
by Anonymous Monk on May 08, 2026 at 18:37 UTC

marto

Is there one specific %Config var where cpan clients always put scripts regardless of what it says in EXE_FILES?

Thanks for pointing out the options for INSTALLSCRIPT. I guess that throws a monkey wrench at the idea of reliably finding EXE_FILES in the %Config directories! I wonder if the value of perllocal EXE_FILES reflects a custom value for INSTALLSCRIPT?

For example if you do this:

cpanm --make-args "INSTALLSCRIPT=/opt/mybin" Module::Name

EXE_FILES: /opt/mybin/module-name-script

bin                       /usr/bin                                                                                            
binexp                    /usr/bin                                                                                            
initialinstalllocation    /usr/bin                                                                                            
installbin                /usr/bin                                                                                            
installscript             /usr/bin                                                                                            
installsitebin            /usr/local/bin                                                                                      
installsitescript         /usr/local/bin                                                                                      
scriptdir                 /usr/bin                                                                                            
scriptdirexp              /usr/bin                                                                                            
sitebin                   /usr/local/bin                                                                                      
sitebinexp                /usr/local/bin                                                                                      
sitescript                /usr/local/bin                                                                                      
sitescriptexp             /usr/local/bin                                                                                      
vendorbin                 /usr/local/bin                                                                                      
vendorbinexp              /usr/local/bin                                                                                      
vendorscript              /usr/local/bin                                                                                      
vendorscriptexp           /usr/local/bin