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Asked: 2026-05-11T06:51:25+00:00

I’m using a hosted Linux machine so I don’t have permissions to write into

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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 usual:

perl Makefile.PL make test make install

That module is extracted to a blib/lib/ folder. I have kept use blib/lib/ModuleName but it still the compiler says module can not be found. I have tried copying the .pm file into local directory and kept require ModuleName but still it gives me some error.

How can I install a module into some other directory and use it?

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  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
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