Changing @INC

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

I would like to know how to change the @INC file for everyone who uses the perl on our server. Is there a way to add another path to it? c:\perl\lib c:\perl\site\lib I would like to add c:\our_priv_lib so that anyone who uses perl can get automatic access to a central lib repository that is generic for us.

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Re: Changing @INC by Corion (Patriarch) on Jul 09, 2007 at 19:20 UTC
Just set `$ENV{PERLLIB}` or `$ENV{PERL5LIB}` for everybody in their profile. Also see perlrun.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Changing @INC by wind (Priest) on Jul 09, 2007 at 22:41 UTC
Also from perlrun -f Disable executing $Config{sitelib}/sitecustomize.pl at startup. Perl can be built so that it by default will try to execute $Config{sitelib}/sitecustomize.pl at startup. This is a hook that allows the sysadmin to customize how perl behaves. It can for instance be used to add entries to the @INC array to make perl find modules in non-standard locations. - Miller	[reply]
Re: Changing @INC by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jul 09, 2007 at 19:18 UTC
It is my understanding that the list for `@INC` is created when `perl` is compiled, so adding a path to `@INC` globally would have to be done when compiling `perl`.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Changing @INC by sago (Scribe) on Jul 10, 2007 at 07:21 UTC
The following two methods may be used to append to Perl's @INC array: 1. Add the directory to the PERL5LIB environment variable. 2. Add use lib 'directory'; in your Perl script.	[reply]