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Re: using CPAN to install in custom location

by ciderpunx (Vicar)
on Feb 21, 2011 at 17:38 UTC ( [id://889430]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to using CPAN to install in custom location

Like this? (obviously substitute /home/charlie for your directory of choice)
perl -MCPAN -e'shell' cpan[1]> o conf mbuildpl_arg "--install_base /home/charlie" mbuildpl_arg [--install_base /home/charlie] Please use 'o conf commit' to make the config permanent! cpan[2]> o conf makepl_arg "PREFIX=/home/charlie" makepl_arg [PREFIX=/home/charlie] Please use 'o conf commit' to make the config permanent! cpan[3]> install Expect


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Re^2: using CPAN to install in custom location
by ISAI student (Scribe) on Feb 21, 2011 at 18:03 UTC

    Yes! That's working great.

    Many many thanks.

    BTW, do you have a quick link to this?

    -Lior

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