Installing modules in personal lib directory

Andre_br has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello my esteemed code-friends,

I am in need of some modules my host staff says it would be better if I install them in a personal lib directory, like this:


> 1. pick a location for your personally installed and created perl mo
+dules
> such as /home/username/perl
> 2. build a module tree such as
> /home/username/perl/
>     Greg/MyModule.pm
>     XML/RSS.pm
>     HTML/Template.pm
>     CGI/Session.pm
> then in your code add a new path to @INC using the line:
> use lib "/home/username/perl";
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Isn´t this a dirty installation? I mean, just copying the .pm files to their tree? Here, at development, I always install modules through the PPM3 shell. Can I do that in this case too? How to specify to PPM3 that the specific target isn´t my host's central module repository?

Thanks a lot

André

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Re: Installing modules in personal lib directory by Joost (Canon) on Aug 30, 2005 at 00:20 UTC
Isn´t this a dirty installation? Meh, it's what I do for all my locally developed modules. Who cares if it's "dirty"? update: I don't usually just copy them, I run `PREFIX=DIRECTORY perl Makefile.PL; make test; make install;` As for PPM3, I haven't used PPM in years, but glancing at the docs, you might want to try `target set root DIRECTORY`. "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Installing modules in personal lib directory by Andre_br (Pilgrim) on Aug 30, 2005 at 00:41 UTC
Sorry, I made a mess: ppm3 is for win's Active Perl, and my host is Linux. Forget about the ppm3 installation. Maybe using CPAN module, but I´m not sure on how to set the installation path to my personal lib directory... As for the procedure you mentioned, Joost, please give me more details.	[reply]
Re^3: Installing modules in personal lib directory by Joost (Canon) on Aug 30, 2005 at 01:25 UTC
`PREFIX=DIRECTORY perl Makefile.PL; make test; make install;` should work for most CPAN libs you download yourself ( I haven't tried it with the CPAN shell - try "`PREFIX=DIRECTORY perl -MCPAN -e'install Module::Name`" on the command line). "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Installing modules in personal lib directory by eXile (Priest) on Aug 30, 2005 at 14:50 UTC
Re: Installing modules in personal lib directory by jimX11 (Friar) on Aug 30, 2005 at 00:52 UTC
Maybe I don't understand your question, but it seems that you just need some experience install modules using CPAN. In this node I found a link to a CPAN faq.	[reply]
Re: Installing modules in personal lib directory by chas (Priest) on Aug 30, 2005 at 01:38 UTC
If the module doesn't have other dependencies, I have usually just downloaded it and then used `perl Makefile.PL LIB=/home/myusername/somedirectory PREFIX=/home/myusername/somedirectory` and that has always worked well. Things seemed to work better when I set both PREFIX and LIB. (I spent some time trying to figure out if both were really necessary and what the difference is; I think I was never absolutely certain...even though I did read the docs.) Using the CPAN module seems to be a recommended way, but I often had a lot of trouble with that. chas	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Installing modules in personal lib directory by polettix (Vicar) on Aug 30, 2005 at 10:24 UTC
Probably overkill for your case, but you could take a glance to PAR (see brief definition). Flavio perl -ple'$_=reverse' <<<ti.xittelop@oivalf Don't fool yourself.	[reply]


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