Perl module installation as NON-ROOT

kprasanna_79 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi Revered Monks,

I am using HP-UNIX and i am trying to install Test::Simple module in my home directory. I am not a root, so i follow the below steps to install it.

perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=~/lib/perl5
make
make test
make install
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i am getting the following error

Warning: You do not have permissions to install into /web/perlsite/PA-
+RISC2.0 at /web/perl5/lib/5.00503/ExtUtils/Install.pm line 61.
mkdir /web/perlsite/Test: Permission denied at /web/perl5/lib/5.00503/
+ExtUtils/Install.pm line 114
*** Error exit code 2

Stop.
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Please advice....Am i missing something here...Upto my knowledge ...no....

-Prasanna.K

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Re: Perl module installation as NON-ROOT by ercparker (Hermit) on Apr 24, 2007 at 06:35 UTC
cpan FAQ: You need to set PREFIX and LIB when you run the Makefile.PL. LIB is where the module files will go PREFIX is the stub directory for everything else. For example: `shell$ perl Makefile.PL LIB=/home/foobar/mylib PREFIX=/home/foobar/myl +ib` [download] good luck	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Perl module installation as NON-ROOT by dana (Monk) on Apr 24, 2007 at 01:58 UTC
Assuming you have lib and lib/perl5 in your home directory, have you tried the full path rather than using '~'? perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/home/XXX/lib/perl5 At times, I've run into problems using '~' to specify a home directory.	[reply]
Re^2: Perl module installation as NON-ROOT by kprasanna_79 (Hermit) on Apr 24, 2007 at 02:46 UTC
dana, i have tried but no use....	[reply]
Re: Perl module installation as NON-ROOT by wjw (Priest) on Apr 24, 2007 at 03:04 UTC
HPUX is problematic in my experience. Anything you want to do that has a standard approach on other nix systems, has to be dealt with differently on HPUX. I don't know why you are seeing the problem you describe, but a quick google search using these parameters "installing perl modules on HPUX" pointed to some spots you may want to check out. CPAN Ports Based on the version of Perl that is being reported in the warning you posted, I am guessing that you are running an older version of HPUX. You might also want to talk to the sys admin (assuming it is not you) and see if there is a binary install available from one of the depots out there... . I know it is not much, but hope this little bit helps. Good luck :-) ...the majority is always wrong, and always the last to know about it...*	[reply]
Re^2: Perl module installation as NON-ROOT by MidLifeXis (Monsignor) on Apr 24, 2007 at 18:01 UTC
I work with HP-UX exclusively for my $employer. I have a custom Perl installation, and commonly specify PREFIX=/foo/bar on the Makefile.PL invocation. `~`, IIRC, is a shell meta character, and does not get expanded in the middle of a line. Use `/home/foo` instead of `~foo` when calling the Makefile.PL file. --MidLifeXis	[reply] [d/l] [select]