ch0wned. adj. This is the state when you are a Linux user and don't have root access.

Intro

This tutorial is for people wanting to install perl modules using CPAN who do not have root access or wish to keep a network-central module repository that is separated from the local install.

Downloads

• lib::local module on CPAN

Installing

1. Unpackage lib::local

   tar xvfz local-lib-1.008004.tar.gz

2. Choose a library directory

   I use a value of $HOME which installs the modules into $HOME/lib/perl5

3. Install lib::local into the above spot

   cd lib-local-1.008004
   perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap=$HOME
   make 
   make install

Running CPAN

eval `perl -I$HOME/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib=$HOME`
perl -I$HOME/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib=$HOME -MCPAN -e shell
cpan[1]> install Awesome::Module::From::CPAN

Now you can install modules from CPAN as normal as shown above. You might want to put the first two lines into a shell script named “my_cpan” or something.

Specifying your library path in your Perl scripts

use lib '/home/you/lib/perl5';
use Awesome::Module::From::CPAN;