The INSTALL file has directions for this.
By default, for most systems, perl will be installed in /usr/local/{bin, lib, man}. (See L<"Installation Directories"> and L<"Coexistence with earlier versions of perl5"> below for further details.)

You can specify a different 'prefix' for the default installation directory, when Configure prompts you or by using the Configure command line option -Dprefix='/some/directory', e.g.

sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl

If your prefix contains the string "perl", then the suggested directory structure is simplified. For example, if you use prefix=/opt/perl, then Configure will suggest /opt/perl/lib instead of /opt/perl/lib/perl5/. Again, see L<"Installation Directories"> below for more details.

NOTE: You must not specify an installation directory that is the same as or below your perl source directory. If you do, installperl will attempt infinite recursion.

In reply to Re: 'Dual-boot' Perl by unixdown
in thread 'Dual-boot' Perl by nysus

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