Re^2: Basic - Perl5lib

..and typically you'd set that environment variable so that all your processes/scripts had access to that additional module directory. otherwise just add an additional module directory directly in a perl script by pushing it onto @INC in a begin section. example for modules in specified directory and/or current directory

BEGIN {
  $my_module_dir = '~/myperl_modules/`;
  push(@INC, ('.',"$my_module_dir"));
}
  use mymodule;
...
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oracle installs (and embedded) perl and it's own set of modules, and sets perl5lib. so not a good idea to modify perl5lib on oracle systems unless you really know what you're doing.

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Re^3: Basic - Perl5lib by dsheroh (Monsignor) on Oct 28, 2010 at 08:06 UTC
The more common way to add to `@INC` from within your program is with `use lib`. The following is equivalent to (more concise than) the code above: `use lib qw( . ~/myperl_modules/ ); use mymodule;` [download] ...except that `use lib` puts the extra dirs at the start of @INC (giving them precedence over system modules, which is normally what you want) while your use of `push` puts them at the end (giving system modules precedence, which is normally not what you want).	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Basic - Perl5lib by Anonymous Monk on Oct 28, 2010 at 12:04 UTC
Thanks for your replies. How can I set the PERL5LIB environment variable if I don't have one? If I do manage to find my missing PERL5LIB, is it shared by all my Perl installations?	[reply]