Perl module installation as NON-ROOT

[kprasanna_79]

Hi Revered Monks,

I am using HP-UNIX and i am trying to install Test::Simple module in my home directory. I am not a root, so i follow the below steps to install it.

perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=~/lib/perl5
make
make test
make install

i am getting the following error

Warning: You do not have permissions to install into /web/perlsite/PA-
+RISC2.0 at /web/perl5/lib/5.00503/ExtUtils/Install.pm line 61.
mkdir /web/perlsite/Test: Permission denied at /web/perl5/lib/5.00503/
+ExtUtils/Install.pm line 114
*** Error exit code 2

Stop.

Please advice....Am i missing something here...Upto my knowledge ...no....

-Prasanna.K

[ercparker]

cpan FAQ:
You need to set PREFIX and LIB when you run the Makefile.PL.

LIB is where the module files will go
PREFIX is the stub directory for everything else.

For example:


shell$ perl Makefile.PL LIB=/home/foobar/mylib PREFIX=/home/foobar/myl
+ib


good luck

[dana]

Assuming you have lib and lib/perl5 in your home directory, have you tried the full path rather than using '~'?

perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/home/XXX/lib/perl5

At times, I've run into problems using '~' to specify a home directory.

[kprasanna_79]

dana,

i have tried but no use....

[wjw]

HPUX is problematic in my experience. Anything you want to do that has a standard approach on other *nix systems, has to be dealt with differently on HPUX. I don't know why you are seeing the problem you describe, but a quick google search using these parameters "installing perl modules on HPUX" pointed to some spots you may want to check out.
• CPAN Ports

Based on the version of Perl that is being reported in the warning you posted, I am guessing that you are running an older version of HPUX. You might also want to talk to the sys admin (assuming it is not you) and see if there is a binary install available from one of the depots out there... . I know it is not much, but hope this little bit helps.

Good luck :-)

[MidLifeXis]

I work with HP-UX exclusively for my $employer. I have a custom Perl installation, and commonly specify PREFIX=/foo/bar on the Makefile.PL invocation.

~, IIRC, is a shell meta character, and does not get expanded in the middle of a line. Use /home/foo instead of ~foo when calling the Makefile.PL file.