[Israel.pm] Problem with cpan for regular user

[Omer Zak]

Sorry, does not really answer my question.

Configuring cpan (if possible) to install stuff in user's home directory
and then invoking cpan to install modules is much easier (as in
'no-brainer') than invoking LocalModInstall.pl.

On Thu, 2008-05-22 at 17:00 +0300, sawyer x wrote:
> http://search.cpan.org/~stbey/LocalModInstall-1.0/LocalModInstall.pl
> This module creates a configuration to use with the environment
> variable PERL5LIB and MANPATH as well without needing to hack CPAN
> module.
> 
> Hope it helps.
> 
> On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 4:50 PM, Omer Zak <w1 at zak.co.il> wrote:
> >
> > My environment is Linux Debian Etch, using "Perl 5.8.8 built for
> > i486-linux-gnu-thread-multi".
> > I want to install, for a single user, Perl modules which are not already
> > Debian packages, using cpan.
> >
> > I start with clean slate (after rm -rf ~/.cpan), invoke 'cpan' and
> > configure it, accepting defaults (the chosen mirror is
> > http://mirror.mirimar.net/cpan/).
> >
> > When trying to install modules, I get error messages when trying to
> > mkdir system directories such as
> > /usr/local/lib/perl, /usr/local/man/man1, etc.
> >
> > Neither '?' inside cpan nor 'perldoc cpan' provided me with answers to
> > the following question:
> >
> >    How do I configure cpan to create those directories in user's
> >    home directory (or preferably somewhere inside ~/.cpan), and
> >    then use them when installing stuff?
> >
> > I tried also the following, unsuccessfully:
> > * http://www.perl.com/pub/a/CPAN/misc/cpan-faq.html
> > * http://perldoc.perl.org/5.8.8/cpan.html
> >
> > http://perldoc.perl.org/5.8.8/perlfaq8.html#How-do-I-keep-my-own-module/library-directory%3F
> > expects me to invoke
> > 'perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/mydir/perl LIB=/mydir/perl/lib'
> > But it seems to require me to run Makefile.PL separately for each module
> > to be installed, rather than let cpan manage all this automatically.
> > Also, it does not document any prefix for /usr/local/man/man1.
> >
> > So:
> > Where can I find answer to my question?
> >
> >                                       Thanks,
> >                                            --- Omer
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