NAME

LocalModInstall - Install Perl modules locally (into your home directory)

SYNOPSIS

perl -S LocalModInstall.pl
make
make test
make install

DESCRIPTION

Install the "LocalModInstall" package using the usual incantation

perl Makefile.PL
make install

or move the file "LocalModInstall.pl" into one of the directories in your $PATH and make it executable ("chmod a+x LocalModInstall.pl").

Then use

perl -S LocalModInstall.pl

instead of

perl Makefile.PL

whenever you want to install a module locally.

After that, use

make
make test
make install

as usual.

The script "LocalModInstall.pl" will print out the correct settings to use for the "use lib" statement in your scripts or the "PERL5LIB" environment variable, as well as the "MANPATH" environment variable.

SEE ALSO

lib(3), perlfaq8(1): "How do I keep my own module/library directory?"

VERSION

This man page documents "LocalModInstall" version 1.0.

AUTHOR

Steffen Beyer
mailto:sb@engelschall.com
http://www.engelschall.com/u/sb/download/
http://www.perl.com/CPAN/authors/id/S/ST/STBEY/

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2001 by Steffen Beyer. All rights reserved.

LICENSE

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, i.e., under the terms of the "Artistic License" or the "GNU General Public License".

DISCLAIMER

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

See the "GNU General Public License" for more details.