[Catalyst] CPAN, Module::Build, and "Sorry, PREFIX is not supported"

[Matt S Trout]

On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 08:39:02PM -0800, David Christensen wrote:
> catalyst:
> 
> I am attempting to install Bundle::Catalyst per Catalyst::Manual::Intro
> (http://search.cpan.org/~mramberg/Catalyst-5.56/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Intro.pod)
> into my user account.  While I might be able to install it as root on my
> development server, I don't have this option on my shared hosting account
> production server.

I added my technique for shared hosting installs to the wiki some time ago.

http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/wiki/SolvedIssues#si.70 -

nstalling MakeMaker? *and* Module::Build modules to your homedir with CPAN

In .bashrc:

    export PATH=$HOME/local/bin:$HOME/local/script:$PATH

    perlversion=`perl -v | grep 'built for' | awk '{print $4}' | sed -e 's/v//;'`

    export PERL5LIB=$HOME/local/share/perl/$perlversion:$HOME/local/lib/perl/$perlversion:$HOME/local/lib:$PERL5LIB

In .cpan/CPAN/MyConfig?.pm (configure first then add this):

    'make_install_arg' => qq[SITEPREFIX=$ENV{HOME}/local],

    'makepl_arg' => qq[INSTALLDIRS=site install_base=$ENV{HOME}/local],


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