I'm trying to install Spreadsheet::WriteExcel.
This package has prerequisites of
File::Spec and File::Temp.
So I download the following files...
File-Spec-0.82.tar.gz
File-Temp-0.12.tar.gz
Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-0.40.tar.gz
and do a gunzip and tar xf on all three.

For purposes of testing (so I don't have to bother
the sysadmins) I create a directory called perllib in
my home directory and start with File::Spec.
I do..
1. perl Makefile.PL LIB=~/perllib
2. make test
3. make install
everything is fine to this point. (except for complaints
about trying to install man pages in the real perl
directories)
Then I go to install File::Temp (which needs File::Spec).
I do..
1. perl Makefile.PL LIB=~/perllib
but I get a warning...
Warning: prerequisite File::Spec 0.8 not found at (eval 1) line 220.
Writing Makefile for File::Temp
so I continue with...
2. make test
but I get multiple errors from perl stating "File::Spec version 0.8 required"

So the question is, what do I change in the File::Temp
Makefile.PL (listed below) to make it look for File::Spec
in my library directory and not perl's?

contents of File::Temp Makefile.PL

use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;

# Write the makefile
WriteMakefile(
'NAME' => 'File::Temp',
'VERSION_FROM' => 'Temp.pm', # finds $VERSION

'PREREQ_PM' => {
File::Spec => 0.8,
Fcntl => 1.03,
File::Path => undef,
},
'dist' => { COMPRESS => "gzip -9f" },
($] >= 5.005 ? ## Add these new keywords supported since 5.005
(ABSTRACT_FROM => 'Temp.pm',
AUTHOR => 'Tim Jenness <t.jenness@jach.hawaii.edu>') : ()),
);

In reply to make install problems by mifflin

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