Perl interpreter (which runs your perl program) will use a special array called @INC to search for a file containing the module. Each value in the @INC array is a directory name (but see note below); Perl will search within those directories in a loop using the rules specified below. (Please refer to this SO … Read more
NOTE This advice is out of date. Module::Build has been removed from the Perl core but lives on as a CPAN module. The pros and cons still stand, and my opinions about MakeMaker still stand. As the former maintainer of ExtUtils::MakeMaker, I like to recommend Module::Build because MakeMaker is a horror show. Module::Build is so … Read more
JSON module works like a champ, but if you need a faster parser, use this one: JSON::XS, which requires a native compilation. Note that JSON version 2.0 and above is merely a front end for JSON::XS (if installed) or JSON::PP (fallback).
Use this recipe for manually installing perl modules: tar zxf Digest-SHA1-2.13.tar.gz cd Digest-SHA1-2.13 perl Makefile.PL make make test make install Note that some distributions will have a Build.PL file instead of Makefile.PL. In that case use this recipe: tar zxf … cd … perl Build.PL ./Build ./Build test ./Build install (You may be able to … Read more
We will look at how the contents of this array are constructed and can be manipulated to affect where the Perl interpreter will find the module files. Default @INC Perl interpreter is compiled with a specific @INC default value. To find out this value, run env -i perl -V command (env -i ignores the PERL5LIB … Read more