APM: Installing modules locally on a shared server

[Goldilox]

I did read this, and I honestly get lost many times reading these types of
documents when they assume a certain comfort level. I guess I confused myself
by trying to search for other more specific instructions (like how to add items
to the MANPATH env variable?) and do I want to do "o conf commit" if I will
always be installing modules to my local area (I don't want to mess something
else up in the process)? And I assume I would type it: 
>o conf 
commit 
>makepl_arg
...

I'll see if I can do a little more research.

Thanks for the feedback.

Rhett

Tim Peoples <tim at toolman.org> writes:
>
>The FAQ section of "perldoc CPAN" says:
>
>       5)  I am not root, how can I install a module in a per­
>           sonal 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 envi­
>           ronment 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.
> 
>           Another thing you should bear in mind is that the
>           UNINST parameter should never be set if you are not
>           root.
>
>
>Tim.
>
>
>On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 19:12, Goldilox wrote:
>> I need to install some modules locally on a shared server. I do not have
>access
>> to root and it is a pay service with no support, especially with this issue.
>I
>> have figured out I need to add my local dir to @INC
>> 
>> PERL5LIB=/path/to/my/perl-lib; export PERL5LIB;
>> 
>> but now I try to run: perl -MCPAN -e shell
>> 
>> and it basically tells me I am not root
>> 
>> so I need to get the modules installed to: /path/to/my/perl-lib
>> 
>> Can anyone point me to a tutorial?
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Rhett
>> 
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>                                                      Timothy E. Peoples
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