The Cunctator [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] quoth: *> *>So how *does* one configure CPAN.pm to install modules to a private *>directory?
One reads the documentation. 'perldoc CPAN' or http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/perl/CPAN.html "5) I am not root, how can I install a module in a personal directory? You will most probably like something like this: o conf makepl_arg "LIB=~/myperl/lib \ INSTALLMAN1DIR=~/myperl/man/man1 \ INSTALLMAN3DIR=~/myperl/man/man3" install Sybase::Sybperl You can make this setting permanent like all o conf settings with o conf commit. You will have to add ~/myperl/man to the MANPATH environment variable and also tell your perl programs to look into ~/myperl/lib, e.g. by including use lib "$ENV{HOME}/myperl/lib"; or setting the PERL5LIB environment variable. " e.
