Re: CPAN won't install into personal directory; probably an o conf problem

[zentara]

What am I doing wrong?

You are not using local::lib :-) It's as easy as this:

How to use the local::lib module:

Use the --bootstrap method to install local::lib according to its inst
+allation instructions and then

echo 'eval $(perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib)' >>~/.bashrc

then run cpan shell this way

perl -MCPAN -Mlocal::lib -e shell

you may need to
cpan> reload cpan
cpan> o conf init connect_to_internet_ok urllist

cpan> install Crypt::Rijndael  # for example

[throop]

Thanks! that worked wonderfully.

BTW, something I found only through trial and error: I downloaded and untarred local::lib, and connected to the directory it created ( local-lib-1.008004). I created the makefile:

perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap=/home/dthroop

and followed the directions.

When all was said and done, this resulted in

$ cpan
> install Data::Table

placing its code in

/home/dthroop/perl5/lib/perl5/Data/Table.pm