PerlOnSDF

Perl on SDF Systems

In trying to use CPAN on SDF systems, there are two problems to overcome.

• The `make` command must be run from inside /tmp.
• Perl modules need to be installed somewhere in your $HOME where you have write access.

This is solved by bootstrapping local::lib and setting up CPAN so that it uses a directory under /tmp to do its work.

bootstrap local::lib

    cd /tmp
    wget https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/H/HA/HAARG/local-lib-2.000029.tar.gz
    tar zxvf local-lib-2.000029.tar.gz
    cd local-lib-2.000029
    perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap
    eval "$(perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib)"

configure cpan

    perl -MCPAN -e shell
    o conf build_dir /tmp/username-cpan-build
    o conf commit

(Replace "username" with your own username so that your build directory doesn't collide with another user's build directory.)

add this to your .profile or .bashrc or .zshrc

    eval "$(perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib)"
    export PATH="$HOME/perl5/bin:$PATH"

Using Your Local Perl Libraries

    # Run the CPAN shell
    perl -MCPAN -e shell

    # Run the CPAN shell (assuming your PATH is setup right)
    cpan

    # See what modules you've installed locally.
    tree $HOME/perl5/lib/perl5

    # See what scripts were installed locally.
    ls -l $HOME/perl5/bin