I have taken great strides ahead with the help of fellow Perl Monks, moving from a no-go ISP to a Cobal RAQ host server! I am using the CPAN module on Linux to install perl modules via SSH. I am using several modules with dependencies and have installed all but one in the following way:
1) Made a lib directory off my home directory.
2) Enter cpan interactive mode.
3) Typed o conf makepl_arg "LIB=~/lib".to pass an argument to perl Makefile.PL.
4) Then install Package::abc..
Many of the modules had dependencies but after I installed the required modules they installed OK. When I try to install DBD::mysql it asks for DBI. I installed DBI successfully and looked to see that DBI.pm is in my ~/lib directory (actually in ~lib/i386-linux). When I install DBD::mysql again it fails to find the package and I get the following: 
Warning: prerequisite DBI failed to load: Can't locate DBI.pm in @INC 
+(@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0 
+/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.
+6.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_per
+l/5.005 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at (eval 4) line 3.

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What I find peculiar is that my ~/lib directory is not in the path. Why did it work for the other modules and not for this one? What is the standard method of resolving dependencies when you do not have root priveleges? Thanks again Perl Monks!

In reply to Problem with search path and CPAN install by DearHeart

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