Matisse Enzer wrote: > I was following the comments in http://use.perl.org/~Alias/journal/34680 > and came across something that was new to me, and seemed worthy of > repeating here - if only one other person learns this it'll be worth it: > > In comment http://use.perl.org/comments.pl?sid=37249&cid=58370 brian d > foy points out that these days there is a really easy way to run CPAN as > a normal user, and install as root. Here's how to set your CPAn config > to do this: > > > From your shell prompt: > > sudo cpan > > Then from the cpan shell: > > o conf make_install_make_command 'sudo make' > o conf mbuild_install_build_command 'sudo ./Build' > o conf commit > quit > > From now on, run cpan as a regular user: > > cpan Some::New::Module > > That will build as you, and install as root. > > You may also need to change the permissions on your cpan_home directory > so that your regular user can write to it. > > Brian points out that Normal first-time configuration these days offers > that, but if you are like me and have been upgrading CPAN on an old > configuration you may have overlooked this very useful addition. > > This public service announcement brought to you while I should be > working for The Man. > > -M
Thanks for posting this and reminding me about it. I'll stand up as at least one other person realizing this so I can clean up my new perl install on OSX/Ubuntu this evening. -=Chris
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