SPUG: non-Root CPAN Config; easier way?

[Jim Ludwig]

SPUG-list-owner wrote:
>> I guess I've led a charmed life, because I
>> never had to install any CPAN modules as a
>> non-root user before.  And I can't believe how
>> inconvenient the setup is, which probably means
>> I'm doing it the hard way:
>> 
>> [...]
>> 
>> Is this as good as it gets?  Or is there an
>> easier way?

Given the constraints, the easiest way of all
would be to install Perl itself as a non-root user
into your home directory, then to make sure the
perl in your home directory comes before the
system-wide perl in your PATH.

Or, heh, perhaps that's not seen as easier at all,
but it's what I would do.

  jim

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