Using uninstalled modules

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Re: Using uninstalled modules by PotPieMan (Hermit) on Sep 03, 2000 at 20:49 UTC
From the `libnet` documentation, as an example: `If you want to install a private copy of libnet in your home directory, then you should try to produce the initial Makefile with something like this command: perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=~/perl` [download] This will install libnet in a directory called perl in your home directory. -ppm	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Using uninstalled modules by chromatic (Archbishop) on Sep 03, 2000 at 20:53 UTC
I had to install Template-Toolkit on an NT machine a few weeks ago. There's no ppm bundle for it, but I was able to download the tarball from the CPAN, unbundle it, and just put the .pm files in a directory of my choosing. With a simple `use lib "e:/perl/extralib/";` statement, things just worked. This works on modules that don't have XS components -- that is, they're written in straight Perl that doesn't have C or other code that needs to be compiled. Your mileage may vary.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Using uninstalled modules by cianoz (Friar) on Sep 04, 2000 at 18:07 UTC
The first question is: Do you have a shell account on the remote server? if so you can bould the module with perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/where/you/can/put/it as someone other suggested I you just have an ftp account you should build and install on your machine, setting PREFIX accordingly and then ftp the whole directory tree on the server. if you are lucky (eg. the module is a pure perl one or you compile it on the same architecture) it should work (provided you put `use lib "/directory/where/module/is";` [download] before `use Your::Brand::NewModule;` [download] )	[reply] [d/l] [select]