Data::Compare in Debian testing is antique, sigh. I started to look into things like Debian's dh-make-perl, etc.

I tried to use the standard way to install in another dir.

The Perlmonk FAQ answer is old, or something. See the relevant Perl FAQ.

(You really need to set LIB too and not only PREFIX. Sorry for asking this here.)

Could someone with the relevant access bits on fix the FAQ and remove this, please?

(-: Or, more likely, tell me why it is right and should be that way. :-)

(In the end, I renamed Data::Compare. Loading seemed confused if I had two modules with the same name in different places. But never mind, it is only for testing. :-)

In reply to Stale FAQ on how to install modules in different dir? by BerntB

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