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Customizing include path with CPAN install Alain 11-22-2004
Posted by Alain on November 22, 2004, 9:46 am
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 Hi,

I'm trying to install some module using the install command in CPAN.
The module requires some external .h file which I just added to a new
directory (/usr/local2/include). However I can't find any
documentation on how to get the make program to look in this directory
as well as the default /usr/local/include. Anyone knows where perl
looks for this information, and how to modify it?

Thanks,

Alain


Posted by Jim Keenan on November 23, 2004, 4:28 am
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 Alain wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to install some module using the install command in CPAN.

I take it you mean the CPAN shell ... which is used to install modules
from CPAN.

> The module requires some external .h file

Which module? Modules uploaded to CPAN which require C-code usually
have that as part of their distribution. *You*, the user shouldn't have
to install anything separate from the distribution ... unless the
distribution itself is defective (which would probably be revealed by
test failures at testers.cpan.org) ... or unless you're using the shell
to install from someplace other than CPAN.

I have installed many modules from CPAN via the shell and manually ...
but have never had to separately install any C-header files. So I don't
understand why you have to do so in this instance. Can you elaborate?

Jim Keenan


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