On Mon, Dec 30, 2002 at 11:34:44PM +1100, Louis Selvon wrote: > I am downloading some Perl modules via "perl -MCPAN -e shell". > > My problem is when installing using the standard > > perl Makefile.PL > make > make test > make install > > All the modules are getting installed to "/usr/local/bin/perl/perl5/5.8.0" > > In "Makefile" after "perl Makefile.PL" I can see all the paths are pointing to > "/usr/local/bin/perl/perl5/5.8.0". > > I want all install(s) to go to "/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0" base directory. What do > I have to change to make all CPAN install go to this directory instead ?
Do a 'which perl'. You probably have /usr/local/bin before /usr/bin in your PATH, so doing the 'perl Makefile.PL' picks up the /usr/local/bin one instead of the /usr/bin one. If this looks right, either change your path around or just do '/usr/bin/perl -MCPAN -e shell' instead. Cheers, Gavin -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
