Putting a directory in the search path

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

Hello oh great Perl Monks. I have a dilemma.
Since I am using a server that doesn't have the module HTML::Template (by the great Sam Treger), is there a way I can add one of my directories to the search path of the Perl interpreter? Could I add a directory path to @INC?

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Re: Putting a directory in the search path by Kanji (Parson) on May 14, 2002 at 01:37 UTC
`use lib '/your/directory';` ... is one of the most common ways, but you might find the following questions from perlfaq8 interesting, too ... How do I keep my own module/library directory? How do I add a directory to my include path at runtime? How do I add the directory my program lives in to the module/library search path? --k.	[reply]
Re: Putting a directory in the search path by cLive ;-) (Prior) on May 14, 2002 at 01:48 UTC
If you're installing the module using Makefile, you may also need to add the prefix of the dir explicitly: `perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/your/home/dir/lib` [download] for it to install correctly. cLive ;-) -- seek(JOB,$$LA,0);	[reply] [d/l]