note Anonymous Monk <P><I>Sorry if I wasn't clear, its because one needs to use local::lib "$FindBin::Bin/../extlib" to be able to include and use these bundled dependencies therefore local::lib cannot be bundled </i> <P>?? <P>Maybe you want to study [mod://local::lib] a little closer? <C> $ perl Makefile.PL purchasing clue ... Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good Writing Makefile for ... Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json $ make test ... $ make install ... Installing /home/username/perl5/lib/perl5/bin/clue $ cat /home/username/perl5/lib/perl5/bin/clue #!/usr/bin/perl -- use lib '/home/username/perl5/lib/perl5/i386-linux', '/home/username/perl5/lib/perl5', ; use MyClues; MyClues->run; __END__ $ perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib -e 1 export PERL_MB_OPT='--install_base /home/username/perl5' export PERL_MM_OPT='INSTALL_BASE=/home/username/perl5' export PERL5LIB='/home/username/perl5/lib/perl5/i386-linux:/home/username/perl5/lib/perl5' export PATH="/home/username/perl5/bin:$PATH" $ echo 'eval $(perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib)' >>~/.bashrc </C> <P>Now this clue preparation can be generating scripts/clue from template, it can "bootstrapping" local::lib, or instructing your users to append to bashrc <P>I don't see a problem 933700 938149 5