On Mon Oct 05 2009 @ 8:46, Charles Smith wrote: > I'm trying to install UR-v0.12 - and encountered a great wizard. But I don't > have root access on my machine. I get > > You are not allowed to write to the directory > '/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8' > > even though I'd entered > > Your choice: [] PREFIX=~/lib/perl > > > Can somebody please explain to me how I can use ~/lib/perl instead of > something in superuser areas?
Different modules build scripts will sometimes require different variables be set in order to override the default installation locations. A good general solution is Local::Lib: http://search.cpan.org/~apeiron/local-lib/ Hope this helps. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
