Problem in installation of a Perl Module

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

Hi Monks,
I had to install the module Test::Simple on Unix machine, so I downloaded it from CPAN and tried to install it. When I gave the command "perl Makefile.PL", the following warning appeared "Warning: prerequisite Test::Harness 2.03 not found at /opt/perl/lib/5.6.1/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm line 3.". So, now I downloaded the Test::Harness 2.47_03 from CPAN and successfully installed it on the Unix machine. Since, I do not had permission to install the modules, I installed the Test::Harness 2.47_03 on the ~/lib directory. Now, I again tried to make the Test::Simple module by giving the command "perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=~/lib LIB=~/lib", it again gave me the same error as before.
How can I resolve this? Do I need to specifically install version 2.03 of Test::Harness or is there any other problem. Please help, I have to install other perl modules also in ~/lib directory only.
Thanks
Akhil

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Re: Problem in installation of a Perl Module by InfiniteLoop (Hermit) on Mar 31, 2005 at 07:04 UTC
just do this, in your shell (I assume bash): `export PERL5LIB=~/lib` [download] and then do the perl Makefile.PL	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Problem in installation of a Perl Module by monkfan (Curate) on Mar 31, 2005 at 07:03 UTC
Use CPAN Shell (can be as root or client) `$ perl -MCPAN -e 'shell'` [download] You will be prompted to specify or confirm the location you want to install your module. This will most probably be : "home/yourname/perl" Then do this: `CPAN> install Module::Name` [download] It'll do everything for you. Then you call the module from your script like this: `#!/usr/bin/perl -w use lib "/home/yourname/perl"; use Module::Name;` [download] Regards, Edward	[reply] [d/l] [select]