PREFIX sets a poor default for LIB, so I use 

perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=~ LIB=~/lib/perl5   (Old and new MM::EU)

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or the equivalent 

perl Makefile.PL INSTALL_BASE=~             (Newer MM::EU only)

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and set PERL5LIB to 

~/lib/perl5

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If you used 

perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=~/perl_mods LIB=~/perl_mods/lib/perl5

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you'd set PERL5LIB to 

~/perl_mods/lib/perl5

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With the options you *did* choose, it seems you should be setting PERL5LIB to 

~/perl_mods/lib/site_perl/5.8.4

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or maybe just 

~/perl_mods/lib/site_perl

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Don't forget to use /home/... instead of ~ in places where ~ isn't expanded.

If you're still having problems, please provide the output of perl -V (uppercase "V"), if only the part near the bottom that lists %ENV and @INC.

In reply to Re: Error during manual local module install by ikegami
in thread Error during manual local module install by madorb

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