Instal perl module remotely

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Re: Instal perl module remotely by Zaxo (Archbishop) on May 08, 2006 at 04:39 UTC
You'll need to set up a directory under your home tree to install the modules in. `~/lib/perl5` is canonical and convenient. Then you can either upload the module tarballs and do the `$ tar -xzf Foo.tar.gz $ cd Foo $ perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=${HOME} $ make $ make test $ make install` [download] dance, or you can follow Re: Creating my own CPAN directory to produce a private non-root CPAN setup for your home directory. I recommend the second for convenience. In either case you need to tell perl to search your private lib for modules. Setting the PERL5LIB environment variable will do that for you. Update: Oops, thanks, bart++. Repaired. I knew there was something fishy about that! After Compline, Zaxo	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Instal perl module remotely by bart (Canon) on May 08, 2006 at 08:13 UTC
`perl Configure.PL PREFIX=${HOME}` "Configure.PL"?? What kind of distribution is that? Are you sure this isn't supposed to be `Makefile.PL` instead?	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Instal perl module remotely by timotheus (Novice) on May 08, 2006 at 13:31 UTC
I've been using Module::Build for some CPAN modules recently and I've have had to do non-root installs. Here's the Build.PL equivalent to Zaxo's post about using Makefile.PL. `$ tar -xzf Foo.tar.gz $ cd Foo $ perl Build.PL $ ./Build install_base=${HOME} $ ./Build test $ ./Build install` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Instal perl module remotely by Polonius (Friar) on May 08, 2006 at 10:56 UTC
Dangit! Only last week, I decided I had to use CGI::Session over Apache::Session because my webhost's server didn't have Apache::Session installed. It was an easy decision - a no-brainer in fact, because I thought I had no other (easy) option. And now you go and tell me how to install Apache::Session myself! Now I'm going to have to do some research to find out what's best. What a nuisance! ;-) But seriously, thanks Zaxo. Polonius	[reply]
Re: Instal perl module remotely by moklevat (Priest) on May 08, 2006 at 04:31 UTC
Because you have shell access you should look at Zaxo's excellent node on non-root use of CPAN. Update: Alternatively you could look at Zaxo's excellent node below... :-)	[reply]
Re: Instal perl module remotely by tweetiepooh (Hermit) on May 08, 2006 at 10:39 UTC
Does the host also have the tools you need to build the module? Compilers etc. You may need to build locally and then send the built stuff up. Maybe create the library in home/programme directory and then tar it up, transfer the whole bundle to the host and unpack it. Other posts give pointer to building modules not in the perl directories. Also with non-Perl modules you may need to ensure that any dependant libs are also present.	[reply]