Module::Install::CustomInstallationPath A Module::Install extension that allows the user to interactively specify custom installation directories NEW IN THIS VERSION Version 0.1030: Tue Dec 21 2004 - Fixed version numbers, which were incompatible with some modules. (Thanks to Tassilo von Parseval for the bug report) - Improved the language in the prompt so that it isn't as confusing (Thanks to Randal L. Schwartz for the suggestion.) - Added a warning in the docs about whether one should use this module or not, given that there are other known methods for setting custom installation options. MODULE DEPENDENCIES To use this module, you will need to install: - File::HomeDir - Module::Install You should be prompted to install this module automatically when you run "perl Makefile.PL". INSTALLATION To install this package, change to the directory where you unarchived this distribution and type the following: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install You can install this package into a non-default location by appending one of the following to the "perl Makefile.PL" command: - "PREFIX=/installation/path" (for installation into a custom location), - "INSTALLDIRS=site" (for installation into site-specific Perl directories) - "INSTALLDIRS=perl" (for installation into standard Perl directories). If you make the installation into your own directory, then remember that you must tell perl where to search for modules before trying to 'use' them. For example: use lib '/home/userid/lib'; use ext::Module::Install; ... Check_Custom_Installation(); INSTALLATION PROBLEMS If "make test" fails, run make test TEST_VERBOSE=1 and see which test(s) are failing. Please email the results to the address below, or submit a bug report on the project website as described in the section REPORTING BUGS below. For other bugs, see the section REPORTING BUGS below. DOCUMENTATION Just "perldoc Module::Install::CustomInstallationPath". After installation on Unix systems, you can also do "man Module::Install::CustomInstallationPath". HOMEPAGE Visit http://coppit.org/code/ for the latest version. REPORTING BUGS Send email to David Coppit . COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 2004 David Coppit. All rights reserved, save those granted by the license. LICENSE This code is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). See http://www.opensource.org/gpl-license.html and http://www.opensource.org/. AUTHOR David Coppit