Re: CPAN cannot install modules locally

Hi,

Have you looked at the local::lib distribution? It was designed for
this purpose and can be bootstrapped outside of the CPAN shell (so
that you can just download the tarball and install it).

See: http://search.cpan.org/dist/local-lib/

Cheers,

Jonathan

On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Alok <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am trying to install MediaWiki::Bot module locally on my server (I am n=
ot
> the admin).
> I am trying to use cpan command line interface for this.
>
> I used following options before beginning installation:
> o conf makepl_args "LIBS=3D-L/home/foo/local/lib INC=3D-I/home/foo/local/=
include
> PREFIX=3D/home/foo/local/"
> o conf commit
>
> It turned out that MediaWiki::Bot requires bunch of other modules that cp=
an
> tries to install. But I see that many =C2=A0of them fail test cases becau=
se they
> cannot detect each other. For example,
>
> # =C2=A0 Failed test at t/warnings_exist.t line 36.
> # =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0got: 'Base class package "Tree::DAG_N=
ode" is empty.'
>
> Or they are getting incorrect version (possibly the one thats installed i=
n
> /usr/lib/perl)
>
> #.HTML::Entities version 3.28 required--this is only version 1.35 at
> /home/foo/.cpan/build/MediaWiki-Bot-3.4.0-X3wY3E/blib/lib/MediaWiki/Bot.p=
m
> line 7.
>
> And due to failed test cases cpan does not install anything.
>
> How do I ensure that cpan uses the modules from /home/foo/local ?
> Essentially, I want to override the library preference order. I thought I
> was doing that using the o conf makepl_args option. But apparently it is =
not
> working.
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Alok
>