How can I install a CPAN module into a local directory?

Question

I\'m using a hosted Linux machine so I don\'t have permissions to write into the /usr/lib directory.

When I try to install a CPAN module by doing the us

Answer 1

I had a similar problem, where I couldn't even install local::lib

I created an installer that installed the module somewhere relative to the .pl files

The install goes like:

perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=./modulos
make
make install

Then, in the .pl file that requires the module, which is in ./

use lib qw(./modulos/share/perl/5.8.8/); # You may need to change this path
use module::name;

The rest of the files (makefile.pl, module.pm, etc) require no changes.

You can call the .pl file with just

perl file.pl