running a Perl extension not in the perl bin

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

Hi

I need to run Image::IPTCInfo extension but my hosting company say they can't install it for me:

"Unfortunately we are unable to add this to the server in general. However you can install these in your webspace if they are compiled and then call on them in your script."

Basically I need to knwo how I can call the extension from my script as this doesn't work:

use Image::IPTCInfo;

I assume because the extension is not in the perl bin, just the local directory

can anyone help?

thanks

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Re: running a Perl extension not in the perl bin by gellyfish (Monsignor) on Aug 14, 2003 at 10:18 UTC
You probably want to see How do I keep my own module/library directory? in perlfaq8. /J\	[reply]
Re: running a Perl extension not in the perl bin by bm (Hermit) on Aug 14, 2003 at 10:28 UTC
TMTOWTDI `use lib '/my/webspace/perl_modules'; use Image::IPTCInfo;` [download] -- bm	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: running a Perl extension not in the perl bin by Anonymous Monk on Aug 14, 2003 at 11:07 UTC
perfecto! work like a charm thanks!	[reply]
Re: running a Perl extension not in the perl bin by Skeeve (Parson) on Aug 14, 2003 at 10:06 UTC
I think you'll have to set the environment variable PERLLIB to point to the directory where you got your modules.	[reply]