The FAQ How do I keep my own module/library directory? is very relevant to your question.

Basically you pass PREFIX=/the/directory/you/keep/your/modules/in to Makefile.PL (you can make the CPAN module do this by typing o conf makepl_arg PREFIX=... at its prompt (presuming you're using perl -MCPAN -e shell or similar)). And to make your scripts atuomatically use your copy of the module you can put a use lib at the top of your script, or set the PERL5LIB environment variable to tell perl to look at your directory first (see perlrun on that).

In reply to Re: How to install CPAN modules? by wog
in thread How to install CPAN modules? by goldfish

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