Thanks Jeremiah. I downloaded local-lib-1.004009, from CPAN. (I had already installed the latest CPAN module myself into a local directory that I gave higher precedence than the default Perl search paths. This is CPAN-1.9402. Also, my local install directory is: /u/shankar/my_test/perltools/MyLibs/lib/perl5/).
Upon executing: perl Makefile.PL in the local-lib-1.004009 directory, I got the following error: Undefined subroutine &CPAN::HandleConfig::output called at /u/shankar/my_test/perltools/MyLibs/lib/perl5/CPAN/HandleConfig.pm line 564. As a result, no Makefile was produced, so I c'd not 'build' and locally install local::lib. Any reason why I might be getting such an error? Shankar On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Jeremiah Foster < jerem...@jeremiahfoster.com> wrote: > > On Dec 30, 2009, at 16:05, Shankar wrote: > > > On Dec 30, 9:39 am, shlo...@iglu.org.il (Shlomi Fish) wrote: > >> On Wednesday 30 Dec 2009 08:12:24 Shankar wrote: > > > > Thanks a lot for the replies. > > I'll check to see if I may update perl. > > > > If I'm unable, is it okay to do the following: > > 1. Run the first two steps of the installation process (perl > > Makefile.PL and make) for each module I manually uncompress the > > tarball and install. This populates the blib/lib directory for each > > module. > > 2. Simply manually put all the various contents of each of the above > > populated blib/lib directories (one for each module I install) into a > > common "lib" directory that I'll create on my home directory. > > 3. Give the above commnon "lib" directory higher precedence than the > > default perl paths. > > > > Will the above effectively accomplish what is needed to use these > > modules from my home directory? > > Yes it should - but this is not a sustainable practice, you won't be able > to install dozens of modules this way. > > I strongly recommend looking into local::lib which will help you automate > this process. It is designed for the installation of modules when you don't > have admin rights. http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/dist/local-lib > > Jeremiah
