Hi

I'm new to both Perl and linux so I'm struggling a little bit at the moment. I've used Perl ActiveState for windows a little bit and I know how to use the 'use' directive to include modules in Windows because I know where windows installs the Perl packages and if I install a package manually myself i can use the 'use lib' directive like so 

use lib 'C:\Perl\site\lib\ensembl-api\ensembl-variation\modules';

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However I don't know what to do in Umbuntu. Where does umbuntu put perl modules it installs? I presume they will be put in a path that is part of the Perl5Lib environment variable. Can i still install modules myself manually by simply copying the files to my machine and using the 'use lib' command to point to their location? If so, is there a place where perl modules should be located by convention

many thanks

In reply to How to use 'use' statement on Umbuntu by Anonymous Monk

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