A couple things -
  1. You say installing manually leads you nowhere - can you give more details? Like what specific error messages, etc...
  2. I think if the variables are set correctly, as it seems they are in your ~/.bashrc, you can just run
    perl Makefile.PL make make test
  3. If you aren't sure, you can type
     source ~/.bashrc
    then type printenv, and check that the variables are set correctly.

    Also, I was able to download and install libstree from the link in your post, after which I was able to install Tree::Suffix without a problem, using the default settings. I didn't need to set of the settings like you did in your .bashrc file. Do you need to install in your home directory? If not, you can try with the default settings suggested in the docs, and see if that works.

    -- Burvil


    In reply to Re: Installing Perl Wrapper Module for a C Library (Tree::Suffix) Locally by bowei_99
    in thread Installing Perl Wrapper Module for a C Library (Tree::Suffix) Locally by monkfan

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