Just as an additional note: instead of the use lib you can set your PERL5LIB (or PERLLIB) environment variable to the directory where your modules are installed. I use $HOME/lib/perl. So when you run Makefile.PL on a new module, do it like this: 
perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=$HOME/lib/perl

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and it will automagically install everything under that directory. If you want to use the CPAN module, during the first run, you can configure it so it automatically passes the PREFIX argument to Makefile.PL.

--ZZamboni

In reply to Re: Re: Seeking wisdom again... by ZZamboni
in thread Getting a self-referencing script URL (was: Seeking wisdom again...) by akm2

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