MakeMaker and the .so

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

Oh All-knowing All-seeing All-dancing Monks. Please see fit to bestow upon this humble citizen the knowledge... How do I force MakeMaker to put an .so in the /usr/lib directory? I know that if you want something to go into the /usr/bin directory (all based on the perl install of course) you use

EXE_FILE => ['myFoo.bin','bar']
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Is there an equivalent "LIB_FILE"? I didn't see that in the documentation and it doesn't work when I try it, either.

Thank you,
habit

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Re: MakeMaker and the .so by habit_forming (Monk) on Jul 17, 2003 at 15:43 UTC
I have figured out how to do it. Well I didn't figure it out I kind of found it. Anyway, here is the solution. `# --- Stolen shamelessly from XML::SAX package MY; # so that "SUPER" works right sub MY::install { package MY; my $script = shift->SUPER::install(@_); $script =~ s/install :: (.*)$/install :: $1 install_libmyfoo/m; $script .= <<"INSTALL"; install_libmyfoo : \t\@mkdir -p \$(PREFIX)\/lib && cp libmyfoo.so \$(PREFIX)\/lib INSTALL return $script; }` [download] That goes below the "WriteMakefile" function. It modifies the install target (it actually adds a install_libmyfoo target) to move the .so into its proper position. Cheers! --habit	[reply] [d/l]
Re: MakeMaker and the .so by smalhotra (Scribe) on Jul 17, 2003 at 12:46 UTC
Take a look at the PREFIX and LIB options. http://search.cpan.org/author/JHI/perl-5.8.0/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm#PREFIX_and_LIB_attribute `$will->code for @food or $$;`	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: MakeMaker and the .so by habit_forming (Monk) on Jul 17, 2003 at 13:54 UTC
Thanks for your response. But... How do I tell MakeMaker "Hey take this .so and put it over there." I really have tried everything I can think of. Thanks anyway though =)	[reply]