Install (register) a custom module

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

Hello, I developed a custom Perl module.
I wouldn't like to put things like:

      use lib qw(/dir01/dir02/dir03/perlLibsRepo);
      use myPerlModule;
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in all the pages that use the module.

The best thing would be to "call" the module as any other module installed with cpan:

      use myPerlModule;
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Is there any way to make cpan "register" my module even if it's not available in CPAN but only in the server's filesystem?

Thank you very much
Regards
P_Newby

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Re: Install (register) a custom module by moritz (Cardinal) on May 07, 2012 at 08:04 UTC
You just have to install your module. There is a list of paths that perl search when it tries to load a module, and it must be one of them. You can write a Build.PL file (using Module::Build) or a Makefile.PL (using Module::Install), and then call `cpan .` inside your module's root directory to have CPAN.pm install it for you. Here's an example Build.PL. Perl 6 - the future is here, just unevenly distributed	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Install (register) a custom module by Corion (Patriarch) on May 07, 2012 at 08:05 UTC
See perlrun on PERL5LIB, which can be used to expand the module search path of Perl.	[reply]