modules not found

grahamser has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

hi, I'm totally new to this so bear with me. I have downloaded and installed various modules in my perl 5.8 installation. I can do a perl Makefile.PL, then make, then make install problem free. Everything seems to be fine. However when I try to list the newly installed module, its not found. I have installed perl5.8 in a non default location (my home dir as I don't have root permissions). Each time I try to view the installed modules, mine isn't there. The module in question is Checking for AppConfig (v1.52) not found Are there any variables/settings I need to change. I have changed the DESTDIR variable in the Makefile generated to; DESTDIR = /home/gwalsh/perl5/usr/local/lib and DESTDIR = /home/gwalsh/perl5 Neither helped the situation. I'm feeling I'm gonna get a rap on the knuckles here... I've done something very silly haven't i??? thanks much G

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Re: modules not found by gaal (Parson) on Oct 27, 2004 at 17:21 UTC
When you have multiple perls installed, you must run `perl Makefile.PL` with the perl you want to later install the module on. Probably that wasn't the first one in your path, so you were installing your module on another instance.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: modules not found by jacques (Priest) on Oct 27, 2004 at 21:23 UTC
I have installed perl5.8 in a non default location (my home dir as I don't have root permissions). Is Perl not on the system? If Perl is there, as I suspect, you could install the modules in your home directory since you do not have root. Then in your Perl program, you would specify their location with: `use lib "/home/gwalsh/module-name"`.	[reply]