direct CPAN to use a different version of Perl

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

I am new to Perl and the Programmers want me to install Text::CSV and File::Copy using CPAN. we have 2 versions of perl on the Linux server (5.10.1 and 5.14.1). we have a symbolic link to the perl 5.14.1 in /usr/bin. I have tried using the following CPAN commands

CPAN>o conf Makefile.PL INSTALL_BASE=/u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/client_2/perl/bin/perl

We are getting errors install File::Copy as

ERROR: Can't create '/u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/client_2/perl/bin/
+perl/lib/perl5'
mkdir /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/client_2/perl/bin/perl: File exis
+ts at /usr/share/perl5/ExtUtils/Install.pm line 483

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+!!
 at -e line 1
make: *** [pure_site_install] Error 17
  INGY/YAML-1.23.tar.gz
  /usr/bin/make install  -- NOT OK
Warning (usually harmless): 'YAML' not installed, will not store persi
+stent state
Failed during this command:
 TYEMQ/Algorithm-Diff-1.1903.tar.gz           : install NO
 NEILB/Text-Diff-1.44.tar.gz                  : install NO
 INGY/Spiffy-0.46.tar.gz                      : install NO
 INGY/Test-Base-0.88.tar.gz                   : install NO
 INGY/Test-YAML-1.06.tar.gz                   : install NO
 INGY/YAML-1.23.tar.gz                        : install NO
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Here is the perl version info.

-rwxr-xr-x. 2 root root  7184 Nov 10  2015 /usr/bin/perl
-rwxr-xr-x. 2 root root  7184 Nov 10  2015 /usr/bin/perl5.10.1
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root    53 Jan 27 12:22 /usr/bin/perl5141 -> /u01/a
+pp/oracle/product/12.1.0/client_2/perl/bin/perl
[oracle@peab ~]$ perl5141 -V
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 14 subversion 1) configuration
+:
<p>   
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=2.6.18-238.0.0.0.1.el5xen, archname=i686-linu
+x-thread-multi
    uname='linux adc2280111 2.6.18-238.0.0.0.1.el5xen #1 smp tue jan 4
+ 07:38:47 est 2011 i686 i686 i386 gnulinux '
    config_args='-Dprefix=/ade/smayer_perl_5141_32/perl -Dcc=icc -Dopt
+imize=-O3 -Dusethreads -Duseithreads -Duserelocatableinc -Uusemymallo
+c -des -Acppflags=-DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -Accflags=-mp1 -fPIC -fp_por
+t -Aldflags=-i-static -Alddlflags=-i-static -shared -O3 -L/usr/local/
+lib'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define
    useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=und
+ef
    use64bitint=undef, use64bitall=undef, uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='icc', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -we147 -mp -no-gcc 
+-mp1 -fPIC -fp_port -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_
+OFFSET_BITS=64',
    optimize='-O3',
    cppflags='-DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -we147
+ -mp -no-gcc -mp1 -fPIC -fp_port -I/usr/local/include'
    ccversion='10.1 20100527', gccversion='', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=1
+2
    ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t',
+ lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=4, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='icc', ldflags =' -i-static -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib
    libs=-lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc
    perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc
    libc=/lib/libc-2.5.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
    gnulibc_version='2.5'
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E'
    cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags=' -i-static -shared -O3 -L/usr/local/lib
+'

Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): 
  Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV
                        PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT PERL_MALLOC_WRAP
                        PERL_PRESERVE_IVUV USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILE
+S
                        USE_PERLIO USE_PERL_ATOF USE_REENTRANT_API
  Built under Linux
  Compiled at Dec 22 2011 10:18:48
  @INC:
    /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/client_2/perl/lib/site_perl/5.14.1/
+i686-linux-thread-multi
    /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/client_2/perl/lib/site_perl/5.14.1
    /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/client_2/perl/lib/5.14.1/i686-linux
+-thread-multi
    /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/client_2/perl/lib/5.14.1
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Thanks for any help Larry

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Re: direct CPAN to use a different version of Perl by marto (Cardinal) on Apr 12, 2017 at 13:32 UTC
Welcome. That's the perl which ships with Oracle. My advice would be to leave that alone, either use the system perl to install modules or install your own perl elsewhere on the system. The reason being ISTR Oracle updates being rather stupid, you may have modules blown away during patches/upgrades. Oracles perl has it's own cpan which you could run to install modules to this perl, if you insist on going that way. Update: Also your post was not formatted correctly, making it more difficult to read. Please read PerlMonks for the Absolute Beginner & How do I post a question effectively?.	[reply]
Re: direct CPAN to use a different version of Perl by Anonymous Monk on Apr 12, 2017 at 17:01 UTC
use perlbrew! `\wget -O - https://install.perlbrew.pl \| bash source ~/perl5/perlbrew/etc/bashrc perlbrew install perl-5.24.0 perlbrew switch perl-5.24.0 perlbrew install-cpanm cpanm install Text::CSV` [download] And then later in your perl script: `#!/usr/bin/env perl` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]