in reply to Where to unpack CPAN modules

It doesn't matter where you unpack and build the module - you should run make install to install them properly. If you want to install the module into a specific directory do it like this: 
perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=~/somewhere
make
make test
make install

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update: read ExtUtils::MakeMaker's section on "PREFIX and LIB attribute"
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Re^2: Where to unpack CPAN modules
by rinceWind (Monsignor) on Dec 15, 2006 at 12:27 UTC

    I recommend using a combination of PREFIX= and LIB= as in:

    perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=~/perl LIB=~/perl/lib
make
make test
make install

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    If you have any modules that use Module::Build, the mantra is different: (presented here for completeness)

    perl Build.PL install_base=~/perl
./Build
./Build test
./Build install

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