You can use "lib" to extend where Perl looks for libraries:

use lib "/path/to/your/lib";

HTH

Paco Zarabozo


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Curtis Leach 
  To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 2:07 PM
  Subject: General Perl Linking Question


  I'm using Perl v5.8.8 on AIX, and I have a question about how Perl
  locates libraries (*.a & *.so files) used by it's modules.

  I know Perl looks in the following directories for these libraries on my
  machine.

  > perl -V:libpth
  libpth='/lib /usr/lib /usr/ccs/lib /usr/local/lib';

  But one of the libraries I need to link to for a module isn't located in
  one of these 4 locations & since I don't own the machine, the Unix admin
  doesn't want to reinstall the library in one of these locations.

  Is there any environment variable that can be set to add that additional
  directory?  Or am I screwed until I can build a new Perl release that
  includes that directory?  (Luckily I do own the Perl Install)

  Or is there some option I can add to "perl Makefile.PL" that would help
  during the build/test/install?

  Curtis

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