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

How can I install modules on my home directory? When I run 'make install', I get permission denied as it tried to install into the perl lib.

How can I include the self-installed modules in @INC?

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Re: Installation of modules in home directory
by Eureka_sg (Monk) on May 07, 2001 at 13:12 UTC

    To include your own path, you can use one of the following:

    1) change the environment variable,PERL5LIB
    2)  use lib 'path/to/module_folder';
    3) #!/path/to/perl -w -I/path/to/module_folder

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Re: Installation of modules in home directory
by chipmunk (Parson) on May 07, 2001 at 18:00 UTC
    Here's another way to do it: 
    perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=$HOME/dir
make
make test
make install

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      or better yet (for the final step)
      make pure_install
      which will (as I understand it) keep it from trying to install PODs in places you can't write to. In any case, it works (or rather, it works for me) and it emits fewer error messages in the process, which is a nice bonus.


      If God had meant us to fly, he would *never* have given us the railroads.
          --Michael Flanders

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Re: Installation of modules in home directory
by wardk (Deacon) on May 07, 2001 at 17:46 UTC
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