[Bioperl-l] bioperl-live install issue on unix

[Sean O'Keeffe]

ok will try this out.
thanks all so far.

2008/12/10 Dave Messina <David.Messina at sbc.su.se>:
> Following on to what Dave H. said, cpan itself needs to know that you want
> to install in a personal module area; it, too, defaults to the system
> location.
>
> From the CPAN man page:
>  5)  I am not root, how can I install a module in a personal directory?
>
>            You will most probably like something like this:
>
>              o conf makepl_arg "LIB=~/myperl/lib \
>                                INSTALLMAN1DIR=~/myperl/man/man1 \
>                                INSTALLMAN3DIR=~/myperl/man/man3"
>              install Sybase::Sybperl
>
>            You can make this setting permanent like all "o conf" settings
> with "o conf commit".
>
>            You will have to add ~/myperl/man to the MANPATH environment
> variable and also tell your perl programs to look into
>            ~/myperl/lib, e.g. by including
>
>              use lib "$ENV{HOME}/myperl/lib";
>
>            or setting the PERL5LIB environment variable.
>
>            Another thing you should bear in mind is that the UNINST
> parameter should never be set if you are not root.
>
>
> So, now that you've wiped your cpan configuration parameters, you need to
> set some new ones, even before you update CPAN.
>
> Actually, the advice on the BioPerl Installation page is better than the
> above. Do the following:
>
> % cpan
> cpan>o conf makepl_arg PREFIX=/home/users/dag/My_Local_Perl_Modules
> cpan>o conf mbuildpl_arg "--prefix /home/users/dag/My_Local_Perl_Modules"
> cpan>o conf commit
>
>
> Here's the whole section of the installation instructions that deal with
> personal installations:
> http://www.bioperl.org/wiki/Installing_Bioperl_for_Unix#INSTALLING_BIOPERL_IN_A_PERSONAL_MODULE_AREA
>
> By the way, just a bit below that section are the instructions on how to set
> your PERL5LIB environmental variable.
>
>
> Dave
>
>