I need to test what happens when a module is installed at a non-standard location.

So I installed HTML::Template using:

cpanm -l "C:/Users/Me/SecretModules" HTML::Template

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And installation was successful.

When I go to use it (from Eclipse), like this:

Package::DummyModule;

use lib 'C:/Users/Me/SecretModules/lib/perl5';

use Text::HTML;

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It says that it can't find the module:


Can't locate Text/HTML.pm in @INC (you may need to install the Text::H
+TML module) (@INC contains: C:/Users/Me/SecretModules/lib/perl5/MSWin
+32-x64-multi-thread [etc]

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So I'm confused. The module is installed at C:/Users/Me/SecretModules/lib/perl5 and there's a packlist file in C:/Users/Me/SecretModules/lib/perl5/MSWin32-x64-multi-thread/auto — but why can't Strawberry Perl find the module? Why does it automatically append the multi-thread directory? Can I install in such a way that it's non-multi-thread compatible?

TIA

In reply to Strawberry Perl can't find a module installed at a non-standard location by LittleJack

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