How do I tell CPAN to use a local lib?

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

I'm struggling to install code on a server with an old Perl and no root access.

I go to install HTML::Template -- I can't because it requires a newer version of ExtUtils::MakeMaker. So I update ExtUtils::MakeMaker in a local modules folder.

So now I need to run the cpan prompt again and tell it where the never version of MakeMaker is. How do I do that?

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Re: How do I tell CPAN to use a local lib? by frozenwithjoy (Priest) on May 26, 2013 at 03:08 UTC
This blog post describes how to easily install and use Perl modules w/o root access by installing cpanm and local::lib.	[reply]
Re: How do I tell CPAN to use a local lib? () by Anonymous Monk on May 26, 2013 at 02:43 UTC
perl -Iblahblah -S cpan see PERLLIB/PERL5LIB/PERL5OPTS in perlrun, see Re: cpanm --sudo installs to /root/perl5 instead of /usr BUT consider fatpack, http://www.cavapackager.com/, http://www.citrusperl.com/helpweb/createdistribution.htm, ...Installing modules without root and shell / http://cgipan.sf.net/	[reply]
Re^2: How do I tell CPAN to use a local lib? (perllib/perl5lib/perl5opt/-Idirectory/-Mblib/sitecustomize.pl ) by Anonymous Monk on May 26, 2013 at 02:59 UTC
PERL5LIB trumps PERLLIB -Idirectory trumps PERL5LIB -Mblib trumps PERL5LIB/PERLLIB/-I PERL5OPT=-Mlib=shecky trumps -Mblib/PERL5LIB/PERLLIB/-I and they all trump sitecustomize.pl (sitecustomize processed before they are) PERL5LIB TRUMPS PERLLIB, -I trumps PERL5LIB, -Mblib TRUMPS PERL5LIB/PERLLIB/-I, PERL5OPT=-Mlib=shecky trumps -Mblib/PERL5LIB/PERLLIB/-I and they all trump sitecustomize.pl	[reply]

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