Installing mod_perl without root access

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

I want to install a mod_perl enabled apache version into my home directory /home/andrew

I unpack apache and mod_perl and then issue:

perl Makefile.PL APACHE_SRC=../apache_1.3.33/src APACHE_PREFIX=/home/andrew/apache DO_HTTPD=1 USE_APACI=1

make and make test work fine but when I go to make install it complains:

Warning: You do not have permissions to install into /usr/lib/perl5/si
+te_perl/i386-linux at /home/andrew/cpan/lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm line 
+114.
Cannot forceunlink /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/i386-linux/auto/Apache/Sym
+bol/Symbol.so: Permission denied at /usr/lib/perl5/File/Find.pm line 
+495
make: *** [pure_site_install] Error 255
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It looks like it is trying to install perl modules into the system-wide directory and not in my home directory.

When I cpan install modules they go to /home/andrew/cpan just fine.

How do I tell the mod_perl installer to put its modules into my home directory and not the system-wide one?

Moreover, is there a generalized way to do this from a perl Makefile.PL?

-Andrew.

Andrew Tomazos | andrew@tomazos.com | www.tomazos.com

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Re: Installing mod_perl without root access by davorg (Chancellor) on Aug 01, 2005 at 13:37 UTC
Add the option `PREFIX=/home/andrew/cpan` [download] when you run Makefile.PL. -- <http://www.dave.org.uk> "The first rule of Perl club is you do not talk about Perl club." -- Chip Salzenberg	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Installing mod_perl without root access by bepi (Deacon) on Aug 01, 2005 at 14:49 UTC
You could find useful the docs about that at: - mod_perl 1.x installation - mod_perl 2.x installation BTW, if you can, I suggest you to install mod_perl 2.x generation :-) - Enrico	[reply]
Re^2: Installing mod_perl without root access by kutsu (Priest) on Aug 01, 2005 at 15:28 UTC
If he want to use mod_perl 2.x he's going to have to upgrade apache too (Wrong Apache mod_perl combo). "Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum - I think that I think, therefore I think that I am." Ambrose Bierce	[reply]