Mandar: Download the module's source code and install the module manually but modify the installation location by providing Makefile.PL the PREFIX=... argument. i.e.,
%> perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/your/home/dir %> make %> make test %> make install Eric P. Sunnyvale, CA On Sat, 2005-11-26 at 14:18 -0600, Mandar Rahurkar wrote: > Hi All, > I am trying to install perl modules locally since I dont have a > root aceess. I installed a local version of perl. However I > am having problems installing modules: > > ExtUtils::AutoInstall 0.49 required. Install it from CPAN? [Y/n] y > *** Installing ExtUtils::AutoInstall > Password: > > It asks me for the password when I use MCPAN (perl -MCPAN -e shell) to > install it. > > this is what my male_pl_arg looks like: > > makepl_arg PREFIX=/ws/ifp-22/scratch/Perl > INSTALLPRIVLIB=/ws/ifp-22/scratch/Perl/lib/perl5 > INSTALLSCRIPT=/ws/ifp-22/scratch/Perl/bin > INSTALLSITELIB=/ws/ifp-22/scratch/Perl/lib/perl5/site_perl > INSTALLBIN= /ws/ifp-22/scratch/Perl/bin > INSTALLMAN1DIR=/ws/ifp-22/scratch/Perl/man/man1 > INSTALLMAN3DIR=/ws/ifp-22/scratch/Perl/man/man3 > > Whats is going wrong ?? > > thanks, > Mandar > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>