Echoing some other ideas here, I recommend putting all your utility code into modules in your own namespace (in a version-controlled directory) and then:

  1. Quick and dirty option: add a symlink to your modules into an existing perl include path
  2. More robust option: use Dist::Zilla to build actual packages of your modules, which you might even decide to publish on cpan

The first option will get you up and running the quickest, and even help transfer your modules around (along with bug fixes for your modules) from computer to computer with the help of git. You use the existing perl lib path, so no need to clutter your scripts with "use lib ..." boilerplate. If package management looses your symlink you can put it back easily. You can also add your modules to every lib path of every perl you use while only maintaining one copy.

Later, when you find time to learn Dist::Zilla and clean up your APIs, you can make them into official perl packages which you can install into system-perl or into per-user perlbrew using "cpanm MyPackage-version.tar.gz".

In reply to Re: Best practices for local libraries by NERDVANA
in thread Best practices for local libraries by Barrabas

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