cpan installing modules outside of the @INC path

macrobat has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Folks,

Somehow, when I run cpan -i Some::Module, (or run cpan interactively, for that matter), it installs the module somewhere outside my @INC path. The first time it did that, I was really confused, but I found I could move the module (and the docs) to the right places manually.

That kinda thwarts the whole point of automating the install, though.

Anyone know where you change the setting where cpan installs modules?

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Re: cpan installing modules outside of the @INC path by naikonta (Curate) on Apr 27, 2007 at 18:42 UTC
Check your makepl_arg config from cpan shell, macrobat. `$ cpan cpan>o conf makepl_arg` [download] If it contains something, that's why. Open source softwares? Share and enjoy. Make profit from them if you can. Yet, share and enjoy!	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: cpan installing modules outside of the @INC path by macrobat (Beadle) on Apr 29, 2007 at 00:09 UTC
Alas, that key is empty. Still, if I install from the cpan shell, it goes somewhere outside my @INC path. If I then go into the ~/.cpan/build/Some-Module directory and do a `perl Makefile.PL make make test make install` [download] --it goes to the right place.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: cpan installing modules outside of the @INC path by naikonta (Curate) on Apr 30, 2007 at 07:35 UTC
Just where does cpan install the module? Open source softwares? Share and enjoy. Make profit from them if you can. Yet, share and enjoy!	[reply]
Re^4: cpan installing modules outside of the @INC path by macrobat (Beadle) on Apr 30, 2007 at 19:57 UTC
Re^5: cpan installing modules outside of the @INC path by naikonta (Curate) on May 01, 2007 at 01:15 UTC
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Re: cpan installing modules outside of the @INC path by shigetsu (Hermit) on Apr 27, 2007 at 19:07 UTC
In case you're wondering what these options (queried with `o conf 'option'`) mean: Config Variables Concerning the detailed usage, above link also has the specifics.	[reply] [d/l]


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