Re: Modules that get along with use lib

There's almost always a way. The methods just get more interesting with certain modules.

Modules like Image::Magick (which is just an interface to some C programs, image libraries, and whatnot) will get *quite* interesting.

Most straight Perl modules should work just fine with the 'use lib' directive. If the module needs to load other modules, the @INC array is globally prepended by your 'use lib' line, right Monks? So as long as all the required modules live in your own personal module directory, you're fine.

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Re: Re: Modules that get along with use lib by Biker (Priest) on Oct 24, 2001 at 20:15 UTC
...the @INC array is globally prepended by your 'use lib' line, right Monks? I honestly don't know, but otherwise the following should do it: BEGIN{unshift(@INC,'.');} f--k the world!!!! /dev/world has reached maximal mount count, check forced.	[reply]
Re: Re: Modules that get along with use lib by Aighearach (Initiate) on Oct 25, 2001 at 12:18 UTC
Modules like Image::Magick (which is just an interface to some C programs, image libraries, and whatnot) will get quite* interesting.* I would imagine that the C libs wouldn't be there, and that you'd have to build imagemagick with `./configure --prefix=$HOME make make install` [download] Then of course, the system doesn't know where to find your libs... `export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:${HOME}/lib ldconfig` [download] Then you'd need to build the Perl interface... `cd /path/to/Image_Magick perl Makefile.pl PREFIX=${HOME}/lib/perl5 make make install` [download] Of course then when the webserver (probably user nobody) tries to run it... might not find the libs... depending... So the CGI might start: `#!/usr/bin/perl -t use strict; use lib '/home/myhome/lib/perl5'; $ENV{LD_LIBRARY_PATH} = $ENV{LD_LIBRARY_PATH}.'/home/myhome/lib'; use Image::Magick;` [download] Yeah, that might be... "interesting." -- Snazzy tagline here	[reply] [d/l] [select]