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Hi,
I am attempting to install a CPAN module, Tree::Suffix in my local home directory. First of all I have installed the required libstree library in my particular home directory, namely $HOME/MyBioTool/libstree-0.4.2.

I have also set the environment like the following in my .bash_profile, so that the module can call it. The bash_profile looks like this:

# .bash_profile

# Get the aliases and functions 
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
    . ~/.bashrc          
fi

# My path to the C library program
export CFLAGS="-I $HOME/MyBioTool/libstree-0.4.2/include"
export LDFLAGS="-L $HOME/MyBioTool/libstree-0.4.2/lib"

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:    

export PATH              
unset USERNAME           
export PERL5LIB=/home/monkfan/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i686-linux:/ho
+me/monkfan/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5
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However, when I tried installing the Tree::Suffix module using CPAN shell, I found error message that seems to fail to recognize where does my C library is stored. It returns something like this in the end:

Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
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Besides, I also tried a manual method to install the module:

~/.cpan/build/Tree-Suffix-0.12$ perl Makefile.pl CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -I$HO
+ME/MyBioTool/libstree-0.4.2/include" LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$HOME/MyBioT
+ool/libstree-0.4.2/lib"
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Which also leads me nowhere.
Did I miss anything here?

Update: I repositioned the Makefile.PL in front, as suggested by fizbin. It gives: doesn't recognize CFLAGS as MakeMaker parameter name.
Update 2: Finally I managed to get it installed

What I did is the following steps: 1. Add this line in my .bash_profile:

 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/monkfan/MyBioTool/libstree-0.4.2/lib:${L
+D_LIBRARY_PATH}
    export CFLAGS="-I $HOME/MyBioTool/libstree-0.4.2/include";
    export LDFLAGS="-L $HOME/MyBioTool/libstree-0.4.2/lib";
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2. Add this line in my .bashrc :

    export LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/MyBioTool/libstree-0.4.2/lib
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3. Add this line in my Makefile.PL:

__BEGIN__
use strict;
use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;

WriteMakefile(
  NAME          => 'Tree::Suffix',
  VERSION_FROM  => 'lib/Tree/Suffix.pm',
  ABSTRACT_FROM => 'lib/Tree/Suffix.pm',
  AUTHOR        => 'gray <gray@cpan.org>',
  PREREQ_PM     => { 'Test::More' => 0 },
  LIBS          => [ '-L/home/monkfan/MyBioTool/libstree-0.4.2/lib -ls
+tree' ],
  INC           =>  '-I/home/monkfan/MyBioTool/libstree-0.4.2/include'
+ ,
  clean         => { FILES => 'Tree-Suffix-*' },
  dist          => { COMPRESS => 'gzip -9f', SUFFIX => 'gz', },
);


__END__
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4. Do this:

$ perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=~/lib/   LIB=~/lib/
  OR
$ perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=~/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5 LIB=~/lib/perl5/
+site_perl/5.8.5
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Depending on the location you wish to install.
5. Followed by standard: make, make test, make install

Regards,
Edward

In reply to Installing Perl Wrapper Module for a C Library (Tree::Suffix) Locally by monkfan

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