> I am accessing CPAN as an un-priviledged user and run into a problem during > make install. CPAN quits suggesting I su to run make install. >
Do you have 'su' permissions or not? The easiest thing to do is to become a privileged user and let CPAN install the modules where it will... this isn't always possible. > Do I have to su before I do "perl _MCPAN -e shell" ? > If you are allowed to, then yes that is the easiest way... > Can I continue the process in $HOME/.cpan ? > Depends... with 'su' I believe you are going to have $HOME set to /root rather than /home/<user> so it may not work and you will have to reconfigure CPAN, etc. With something like 'sudo' on the other hand you are getting a privileged <user> rather than a root login, so it should work without changes (this is probably the easiest way to do things). This is probably OS dependent, and is my *understanding* not necessarily *fact* :-)... > Will this go to the main @INC somewhere, or be an orphan in my $HOME ? > As long as you have privileges to write to the @INC then it will go there. If you do not, you can configure CPAN to install into a directory of your choosing. Then in your scripts you can either add a 'use lib' line, or in your environment you can set the PERL5LIB variable. If you do not have privileges and need more help come back and we can straighten out your CPAN config. http://danconia.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
