Creating my own CPAN directory

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Re: Creating my own CPAN directory by Zaxo (Archbishop) on Apr 18, 2006 at 03:39 UTC
To use CPAN to install modules in a library in your home directory, you need to set up a private CPAN working directory in `~/.cpan`. Place a CPAN configuration file under `~/.cpan/CPAN/MyConfig.pm` with all the correct paths for your home, scripts, and library. Set up the `PERL5LIB` env. variable to look in that library for modules. If you're hosting cgi, arrange for the server to look there, too. That's all it takes. Here are a series of shell commands (mod version numbers and such) which will set it up for you in about five minutes: `$ mkdir ~/.cpan $ mkdir ~/.cpan/CPAN $ cd ~/.cpan/CPAN $ cp /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.4/CPAN/Config.pm MyConfig.pm $ perl -pi -e's!/root/\.cpan!$ENV{HOME}/.cpan!' MyConfig.pm $ perl -pi -e'/makepl_arg/ && s!\]! PREFIX=$ENV{HOME}]!' MyConfig.pm $ echo "export PERL5LIB=${HOME}/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4/i686-linux:$ +{HOME}/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4" >> ~/.bash_profile $ source ~/.bash_profile $ cpan cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.7601) ReadLine support enabled cpan>` [download] I 've posted similar before, but it's always fresh. After Compline, Zaxo	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Creating my own CPAN directory by saintmike (Vicar) on Apr 17, 2006 at 22:50 UTC
1. Download tarball from http://search.cpan.org 2. Install with `perl Makefile.PL LIB=/home/mike/perl_modules make make test make install` [download] 3. Use with `use lib '/home/mike/perl_modules'; use Some::Module;` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Creating my own CPAN directory by salva (Canon) on Apr 17, 2006 at 22:48 UTC
For modules using ExtUtils::MakeMaker: `perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/foo/bar` [download] BTW, you can use CPAN::Mini to create a small CPAN mirror in some computer with full Internet access, burn it into a CD or DVD and then configure the CPAN module on your development machine to use that CD as its CPAN "mirror".	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Creating my own CPAN directory by rinceWind (Monsignor) on Apr 18, 2006 at 10:57 UTC
I'm doing quite a lot of this at the moment, and on this installation I don't have root. In my case, there are extra complications, including multi platform code bases (Solaris and Windows) and some Clearcase voodoo involved. I use a combination of PREFIX= and LIB= which others have mentioned. LIB= gives me a flatish directory structure that I can point my PERL5LIB to, and PREFIX deals with all the other files that `make install` installs. It is important to set PERL5LIB to be the lib directory if you are installing multiple modules with dependencies, as indeed on your final run environment. When it comes to Module::Build, the mechanism is cleaner - you should just be able to set install_base= to the same place as you would set PREFIX= to. Module::Build does use its own install mechanism, and yes, you can put this under your own CPAN directory tree in PERL5LIB's path list. Hope this helps -- Oh Lord, won’t you burn me a Knoppix CD ? My friends all rate Windows, I must disagree. Your powers of persuasion will set them all free, So oh Lord, won’t you burn me a Knoppix CD ? (Missquoting Janis Joplin)	[reply] [d/l]