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Re: (jeffa) Re: Perl Modules vs generalization
by converter (Priest) on Apr 13, 2001 at 19:05 UTC

    It's not necessary to have root access in order to install a module. You can install modules in any directory you like as long as you have read/write permissions. All that's required is to supply the proper PREFIX value to make at build time. You may then use:

    use lib 'mydir';

    to add the install directory to @INC.

    Update:

    Added 'use'. I knew I should have taken the day off. Thank you, merlyn.