Add a --deactivate-all flag as well
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b5cc15f7 1use strict;
2use warnings;
3
4package local::lib;
5
c1441fb6 6use 5.008001; # probably works with earlier versions but I'm not supporting them
7 # (patches would, of course, be welcome)
b5cc15f7 8
9use File::Spec ();
10use File::Path ();
11use Carp ();
12use Config;
13
45fa6ab3 14our $VERSION = '1.008001'; # 1.8.1
1f8043c8 15
15f79556 16our @KNOWN_FLAGS = qw(--self-contained --deactivate --deactivate-all);
17
18sub DEACTIVATE_ONE () { 1 }
19sub DEACTIVATE_ALL () { 2 }
b5cc15f7 20
21sub import {
0fb70b9a 22 my ($class, @args) = @_;
23
e4892f2b 24 # Remember what PERL5LIB was when we started
ea0824e7 25 my $perl5lib = $ENV{PERL5LIB} || '';
e4892f2b 26
b9c94c15 27 my %arg_store;
28 for my $arg (@args) {
29 # check for lethal dash first to stop processing before causing problems
30 if ($arg =~ /−/) {
d4dbe584 31 die <<'DEATH';
32WHOA THERE! It looks like you've got some fancy dashes in your commandline!
33These are *not* the traditional -- dashes that software recognizes. You
34probably got these by copy-pasting from the perldoc for this module as
35rendered by a UTF8-capable formatter. This most typically happens on an OS X
36terminal, but can happen elsewhere too. Please try again after replacing the
37dashes with normal minus signs.
38DEATH
b9c94c15 39 }
40 elsif(grep { $arg eq $_ } @KNOWN_FLAGS) {
41 (my $flag = $arg) =~ s/--//;
42 $arg_store{$flag} = 1;
43 }
44 elsif($arg =~ /^--/) {
45 die "Unknown import argument: $arg";
46 }
47 else {
48 # assume that what's left is a path
49 $arg_store{path} = $arg;
50 }
d4dbe584 51 }
b9c94c15 52
b10fc4d4 53 if($arg_store{'self-contained'}) {
1f8043c8 54 die "FATAL: The local::lib --self-contained flag has never worked reliably and the original author, Mark Stosberg, was unable or unwilling to maintain it. As such, this flag has been removed from the local::lib codebase in order to prevent misunderstandings and potentially broken builds. The local::lib authors recommend that you look at the lib::core::only module shipped with this distribution in order to create a more robust environment that is equivalent to what --self-contained provided (although quite possibly not what you originally thought it provided due to the poor quality of the documentation, for which we apologise).\n";
0fb70b9a 55 }
b9c94c15 56
15f79556 57 my $deactivating = 0;
58 if ($arg_store{deactivate}) {
59 $deactivating = DEACTIVATE_ONE;
60 }
61 if ($arg_store{'deactivate-all'}) {
62 $deactivating = DEACTIVATE_ALL;
63 }
64
b9c94c15 65 $arg_store{path} = $class->resolve_path($arg_store{path});
15f79556 66 $class->setup_local_lib_for($arg_store{path}, $deactivating);
0fb70b9a 67
6e5079df 68 for (@INC) { # Untaint @INC
69 next if ref; # Skip entry if it is an ARRAY, CODE, blessed, etc.
70 m/(.*)/ and $_ = $1;
71 }
b5cc15f7 72}
73
5b94dce5 74sub pipeline;
b5cc15f7 75
5b94dce5 76sub pipeline {
b5cc15f7 77 my @methods = @_;
78 my $last = pop(@methods);
79 if (@methods) {
80 \sub {
81 my ($obj, @args) = @_;
5b94dce5 82 $obj->${pipeline @methods}(
b5cc15f7 83 $obj->$last(@args)
84 );
85 };
86 } else {
87 \sub {
88 shift->$last(@_);
89 };
90 }
91}
92
275c9dae 93=begin testing
94
95#:: test pipeline
b5cc15f7 96
97package local::lib;
98
99{ package Foo; sub foo { -$_[1] } sub bar { $_[1]+2 } sub baz { $_[1]+3 } }
100my $foo = bless({}, 'Foo');
4c375968 101Test::More::ok($foo->${pipeline qw(foo bar baz)}(10) == -15);
b5cc15f7 102
275c9dae 103=end testing
104
b5cc15f7 105=cut
106
a9489cb0 107sub _uniq {
108 my %seen;
109 grep { ! $seen{$_}++ } @_;
110}
111
b5cc15f7 112sub resolve_path {
113 my ($class, $path) = @_;
5b94dce5 114 $class->${pipeline qw(
b5cc15f7 115 resolve_relative_path
116 resolve_home_path
117 resolve_empty_path
118 )}($path);
119}
120
121sub resolve_empty_path {
122 my ($class, $path) = @_;
123 if (defined $path) {
124 $path;
125 } else {
126 '~/perl5';
127 }
128}
129
275c9dae 130=begin testing
131
132#:: test classmethod setup
b5cc15f7 133
134my $c = 'local::lib';
135
275c9dae 136=end testing
137
138=begin testing
b5cc15f7 139
275c9dae 140#:: test classmethod
b5cc15f7 141
142is($c->resolve_empty_path, '~/perl5');
143is($c->resolve_empty_path('foo'), 'foo');
144
275c9dae 145=end testing
146
b5cc15f7 147=cut
148
149sub resolve_home_path {
150 my ($class, $path) = @_;
151 return $path unless ($path =~ /^~/);
152 my ($user) = ($path =~ /^~([^\/]+)/); # can assume ^~ so undef for 'us'
153 my $tried_file_homedir;
154 my $homedir = do {
8c6c886f 155 if (eval { require File::HomeDir } && $File::HomeDir::VERSION >= 0.65) {
b5cc15f7 156 $tried_file_homedir = 1;
157 if (defined $user) {
158 File::HomeDir->users_home($user);
159 } else {
dc8ddd06 160 File::HomeDir->my_home;
b5cc15f7 161 }
162 } else {
163 if (defined $user) {
164 (getpwnam $user)[7];
165 } else {
166 if (defined $ENV{HOME}) {
167 $ENV{HOME};
168 } else {
169 (getpwuid $<)[7];
170 }
171 }
172 }
173 };
174 unless (defined $homedir) {
175 Carp::croak(
176 "Couldn't resolve homedir for "
177 .(defined $user ? $user : 'current user')
178 .($tried_file_homedir ? '' : ' - consider installing File::HomeDir')
179 );
180 }
181 $path =~ s/^~[^\/]*/$homedir/;
182 $path;
183}
184
185sub resolve_relative_path {
186 my ($class, $path) = @_;
53699c99 187 $path = File::Spec->rel2abs($path);
b5cc15f7 188}
189
275c9dae 190=begin testing
191
192#:: test classmethod
b5cc15f7 193
194local *File::Spec::rel2abs = sub { shift; 'FOO'.shift; };
195is($c->resolve_relative_path('bar'),'FOObar');
196
275c9dae 197=end testing
198
b5cc15f7 199=cut
200
201sub setup_local_lib_for {
4c718913 202 my ($class, $path, $deactivating) = @_;
203 $path = $class->ensure_dir_structure_for($path) unless $deactivating;
b5cc15f7 204 if ($0 eq '-') {
4c718913 205 $class->print_environment_vars_for($path, $deactivating);
b5cc15f7 206 exit 0;
207 } else {
4c718913 208 $class->setup_env_hash_for($path, $deactivating);
a9489cb0 209 @INC = _uniq(split($Config{path_sep}, $ENV{PERL5LIB}), @INC);
b5cc15f7 210 }
211}
212
b5cc15f7 213sub install_base_bin_path {
214 my ($class, $path) = @_;
215 File::Spec->catdir($path, 'bin');
216}
217
218sub install_base_perl_path {
219 my ($class, $path) = @_;
220 File::Spec->catdir($path, 'lib', 'perl5');
221}
222
223sub install_base_arch_path {
224 my ($class, $path) = @_;
225 File::Spec->catdir($class->install_base_perl_path($path), $Config{archname});
226}
227
228sub ensure_dir_structure_for {
229 my ($class, $path) = @_;
230 unless (-d $path) {
231 warn "Attempting to create directory ${path}\n";
232 }
233 File::Path::mkpath($path);
53699c99 234 # Need to have the path exist to make a short name for it, so
235 # converting to a short name here.
236 $path = Win32::GetShortPathName($path) if $^O eq 'MSWin32';
53699c99 237
238 return $path;
b5cc15f7 239}
240
c2447f35 241sub INTERPOLATE_ENV () { 1 }
242sub LITERAL_ENV () { 0 }
b5cc15f7 243
c4e3c83b 244sub guess_shelltype {
0353dbc0 245 my $shellbin = 'sh';
246 if(defined $ENV{'SHELL'}) {
247 my @shell_bin_path_parts = File::Spec->splitpath($ENV{'SHELL'});
248 $shellbin = $shell_bin_path_parts[-1];
249 }
1bc71e56 250 my $shelltype = do {
251 local $_ = $shellbin;
b42496e0 252 if(/csh/) {
1bc71e56 253 'csh'
b42496e0 254 } else {
1bc71e56 255 'bourne'
256 }
257 };
258
f58534b1 259 # Both Win32 and Cygwin have $ENV{COMSPEC} set.
260 if (defined $ENV{'COMSPEC'} && $^O ne 'cygwin') {
53699c99 261 my @shell_bin_path_parts = File::Spec->splitpath($ENV{'COMSPEC'});
262 $shellbin = $shell_bin_path_parts[-1];
263 $shelltype = do {
264 local $_ = $shellbin;
265 if(/command\.com/) {
266 'win32'
267 } elsif(/cmd\.exe/) {
268 'win32'
269 } elsif(/4nt\.exe/) {
270 'win32'
271 } else {
272 $shelltype
273 }
274 };
275 }
c4e3c83b 276 return $shelltype;
277}
278
279sub print_environment_vars_for {
4c718913 280 my ($class, $path, $deactivating) = @_;
281 print $class->environment_vars_string_for($path, $deactivating);
8cc924b8 282}
283
284sub environment_vars_string_for {
4c718913 285 my ($class, $path, $deactivating) = @_;
286 my @envs = $class->build_environment_vars_for($path, $deactivating, LITERAL_ENV);
c4e3c83b 287 my $out = '';
288
289 # rather basic csh detection, goes on the assumption that something won't
290 # call itself csh unless it really is. also, default to bourne in the
291 # pathological situation where a user doesn't have $ENV{SHELL} defined.
292 # note also that shells with funny names, like zoid, are assumed to be
293 # bourne.
294
295 my $shelltype = $class->guess_shelltype;
53699c99 296
b5cc15f7 297 while (@envs) {
298 my ($name, $value) = (shift(@envs), shift(@envs));
4c718913 299 $value =~ s/(\\")/\\$1/g if defined $value;
1bc71e56 300 $out .= $class->${\"build_${shelltype}_env_declaration"}($name, $value);
b5cc15f7 301 }
8cc924b8 302 return $out;
b5cc15f7 303}
304
1bc71e56 305# simple routines that take two arguments: an %ENV key and a value. return
306# strings that are suitable for passing directly to the relevant shell to set
307# said key to said value.
308sub build_bourne_env_declaration {
309 my $class = shift;
310 my($name, $value) = @_;
4c718913 311 return defined($value) ? qq{export ${name}="${value}";\n} : qq{unset ${name};\n};
1bc71e56 312}
313
314sub build_csh_env_declaration {
315 my $class = shift;
316 my($name, $value) = @_;
4c718913 317 return defined($value) ? qq{setenv ${name} "${value}"\n} : qq{unsetenv ${name}\n};
1bc71e56 318}
319
53699c99 320sub build_win32_env_declaration {
321 my $class = shift;
322 my($name, $value) = @_;
4c718913 323 return defined($value) ? qq{set ${name}=${value}\n} : qq{set ${name}=\n};
53699c99 324}
325
b5cc15f7 326sub setup_env_hash_for {
4c718913 327 my ($class, $path, $deactivating) = @_;
328 my %envs = $class->build_environment_vars_for($path, $deactivating, INTERPOLATE_ENV);
b5cc15f7 329 @ENV{keys %envs} = values %envs;
330}
331
332sub build_environment_vars_for {
4c718913 333 my ($class, $path, $deactivating, $interpolate) = @_;
334
15f79556 335 if ($deactivating == DEACTIVATE_ONE) {
4c718913 336 return $class->build_deactivate_environment_vars_for($path, $interpolate);
15f79556 337 } elsif ($deactivating == DEACTIVATE_ALL) {
338 return $class->build_deact_all_environment_vars_for($path, $interpolate);
4c718913 339 } else {
340 return $class->build_activate_environment_vars_for($path, $interpolate);
341 }
342}
343
344sub build_activate_environment_vars_for {
b5cc15f7 345 my ($class, $path, $interpolate) = @_;
346 return (
393c618d 347 PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT => join($Config{path_sep},
348 (($ENV{PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT}||()) ?
349 ($interpolate == INTERPOLATE_ENV
350 ? ($ENV{PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT}||())
351 : (($^O ne 'MSWin32') ? '$PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT'
352 : '%PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT%' ))
353 : ()),
354 $path
355 ),
e322149f 356 PERL_MB_OPT => "--install_base ${path}",
b5cc15f7 357 PERL_MM_OPT => "INSTALL_BASE=${path}",
53699c99 358 PERL5LIB => join($Config{path_sep},
b5cc15f7 359 $class->install_base_arch_path($path),
1b2a57eb 360 $class->install_base_perl_path($path),
03b91976 361 (($ENV{PERL5LIB}||()) ?
c2447f35 362 ($interpolate == INTERPOLATE_ENV
363 ? ($ENV{PERL5LIB})
53699c99 364 : (($^O ne 'MSWin32') ? '$PERL5LIB' : '%PERL5LIB%' ))
c2447f35 365 : ())
b5cc15f7 366 ),
53699c99 367 PATH => join($Config{path_sep},
b5cc15f7 368 $class->install_base_bin_path($path),
c2447f35 369 ($interpolate == INTERPOLATE_ENV
03b91976 370 ? ($ENV{PATH}||())
53699c99 371 : (($^O ne 'MSWin32') ? '$PATH' : '%PATH%' ))
b5cc15f7 372 ),
373 )
374}
375
4c718913 376sub build_deactivate_environment_vars_for {
377 my ($class, $path, $interpolate) = @_;
378
379 my @active_lls = split /\Q$Config{path_sep}/, $ENV{PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT} || '';
380
381 if (!grep { $_ eq $path } @active_lls) {
382 warn "Tried to deactivate inactive local::lib '$path'\n";
383 return ();
384 }
385
386 my @new_ll_root = grep { $_ ne $path } @active_lls;
387 my @new_perl5lib = grep {
388 $_ ne $class->install_base_arch_path($path) &&
389 $_ ne $class->install_base_perl_path($path)
390 } split /\Q$Config{path_sep}/, $ENV{PERL5LIB};
391
392 my %env = (
393 PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT => (@new_ll_root ?
394 join($Config{path_sep}, @new_ll_root) : undef
395 ),
396 PERL5LIB => (@new_perl5lib ?
397 join($Config{path_sep}, @new_perl5lib) : undef
398 ),
399 PATH => join($Config{path_sep},
400 grep { $_ ne $class->install_base_bin_path($path) }
401 split /\Q$Config{path_sep}/, $ENV{PATH}
402 ),
403 );
404
405 # If removing ourselves from the "top of the stack", set install paths to
406 # correspond with the new top of stack.
407 if ($active_lls[-1] eq $path) {
408 if (@active_lls > 1) {
409 my $new_top = $active_lls[-2];
410 %env = (%env,
411 PERL_MB_OPT => "--install_base ${new_top}",
412 PERL_MM_OPT => "INSTALL_BASE=${new_top}",
413 );
414 } else {
415 %env = (%env,
416 PERL_MB_OPT => undef,
417 PERL_MM_OPT => undef,
418 );
419 }
420 }
421
422 return %env;
423}
424
15f79556 425sub build_deact_all_environment_vars_for {
426 my ($class, $path, $interpolate) = @_;
427
428 my @active_lls = split /\Q$Config{path_sep}/, $ENV{PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT} || '';
429
430 my @new_perl5lib = split /\Q$Config{path_sep}/, $ENV{PERL5LIB};
431 my @new_path = split /\Q$Config{path_sep}/, $ENV{PATH};
432
433 for my $path (@active_lls) {
434 @new_perl5lib = grep {
435 $_ ne $class->install_base_arch_path($path) &&
436 $_ ne $class->install_base_perl_path($path)
437 } @new_perl5lib;
438
439 @new_path = grep {
440 $_ ne $class->install_base_bin_path($path)
441 } @new_path;
442 }
443
444 my %env = (
445 PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT => undef,
446 PERL_MM_OPT => undef,
447 PERL_MB_OPT => undef,
448 PERL5LIB => (@new_perl5lib ?
449 join($Config{path_sep}, @new_perl5lib) : undef
450 ),
451 PATH => join($Config{path_sep}, @new_path),
452 );
453
454 return %env;
455}
456
275c9dae 457=begin testing
458
459#:: test classmethod
b5cc15f7 460
461File::Path::rmtree('t/var/splat');
462
4c375968 463$c->ensure_dir_structure_for('t/var/splat');
b5cc15f7 464
465ok(-d 't/var/splat');
466
275c9dae 467=end testing
468
898f36cf 469=encoding utf8
470
b5cc15f7 471=head1 NAME
472
473local::lib - create and use a local lib/ for perl modules with PERL5LIB
474
475=head1 SYNOPSIS
476
477In code -
478
479 use local::lib; # sets up a local lib at ~/perl5
480
481 use local::lib '~/foo'; # same, but ~/foo
482
1bc71e56 483 # Or...
484 use FindBin;
485 use local::lib "$FindBin::Bin/../support"; # app-local support library
486
b5cc15f7 487From the shell -
488
359329d3 489 # Install LWP and its missing dependencies to the '~/perl5' directory
490 perl -MCPAN -Mlocal::lib -e 'CPAN::install(LWP)'
0fb70b9a 491
0fb70b9a 492 # Just print out useful shell commands
b5cc15f7 493 $ perl -Mlocal::lib
e322149f 494 export PERL_MB_OPT='--install_base /home/username/perl5'
c4e3c83b 495 export PERL_MM_OPT='INSTALL_BASE=/home/username/perl5'
496 export PERL5LIB='/home/username/perl5/lib/perl5/i386-linux:/home/username/perl5/lib/perl5'
497 export PATH="/home/username/perl5/bin:$PATH"
b5cc15f7 498
322b0a0d 499=head2 The bootstrapping technique
bc30e1d5 500
730f5dda 501A typical way to install local::lib is using what is known as the
502"bootstrapping" technique. You would do this if your system administrator
503hasn't already installed local::lib. In this case, you'll need to install
898f36cf 504local::lib in your home directory.
505
506If you do have administrative privileges, you will still want to set up your
507environment variables, as discussed in step 4. Without this, you would still
508install the modules into the system CPAN installation and also your Perl scripts
509will not use the lib/ path you bootstrapped with local::lib.
510
04f8efde 511By default local::lib installs itself and the CPAN modules into ~/perl5.
512
898f36cf 513Windows users must also see L</Differences when using this module under Win32>.
715c31a0 514
730f5dda 5151. Download and unpack the local::lib tarball from CPAN (search for "Download"
516on the CPAN page about local::lib). Do this as an ordinary user, not as root
517or administrator. Unpack the file in your home directory or in any other
518convenient location.
715c31a0 519
730f5dda 5202. Run this:
715c31a0 521
730f5dda 522 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap
715c31a0 523
730f5dda 524If the system asks you whether it should automatically configure as much
525as possible, you would typically answer yes.
526
04f8efde 527In order to install local::lib into a directory other than the default, you need
528to specify the name of the directory when you call bootstrap, as follows:
898f36cf 529
530 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap=~/foo
531
5323. Run this: (local::lib assumes you have make installed on your system)
730f5dda 533
534 make test && make install
535
898f36cf 5364. Now we need to setup the appropriate environment variables, so that Perl
537starts using our newly generated lib/ directory. If you are using bash or
538any other Bourne shells, you can add this to your shell startup script this
539way:
730f5dda 540
541 echo 'eval $(perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib)' >>~/.bashrc
542
543If you are using C shell, you can do this as follows:
544
545 /bin/csh
546 echo $SHELL
618272fe 547 /bin/csh
730f5dda 548 perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib >> ~/.cshrc
dc8ddd06 549
898f36cf 550If you passed to bootstrap a directory other than default, you also need to give that as
551import parameter to the call of the local::lib module like this way:
8b1e8e69 552
730f5dda 553 echo 'eval $(perl -I$HOME/foo/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib=$HOME/foo)' >>~/.bashrc
618272fe 554
aab64481 555After writing your shell configuration file, be sure to re-read it to get the
898f36cf 556changed settings into your current shell's environment. Bourne shells use
557C<. ~/.bashrc> for this, whereas C shells use C<source ~/.cshrc>.
aab64481 558
b9c94c15 559If you're on a slower machine, or are operating under draconian disk space
560limitations, you can disable the automatic generation of manpages from POD when
561installing modules by using the C<--no-manpages> argument when bootstrapping:
562
730f5dda 563 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap --no-manpages
b9c94c15 564
898f36cf 565To avoid doing several bootstrap for several Perl module environments on the
566same account, for example if you use it for several different deployed
567applications independently, you can use one bootstrapped local::lib
568installation to install modules in different directories directly this way:
977a9ca3 569
730f5dda 570 cd ~/mydir1
571 perl -Mlocal::lib=./
572 eval $(perl -Mlocal::lib=./) ### To set the environment for this shell alone
898f36cf 573 printenv ### You will see that ~/mydir1 is in the PERL5LIB
730f5dda 574 perl -MCPAN -e install ... ### whatever modules you want
575 cd ../mydir2
576 ... REPEAT ...
577
578For multiple environments for multiple apps you may need to include a modified
579version of the C<< use FindBin >> instructions in the "In code" sample above.
580If you did something like the above, you have a set of Perl modules at C<<
581~/mydir1/lib >>. If you have a script at C<< ~/mydir1/scripts/myscript.pl >>,
582you need to tell it where to find the modules you installed for it at C<<
583~/mydir1/lib >>.
977a9ca3 584
585In C<< ~/mydir1/scripts/myscript.pl >>:
586
730f5dda 587 use strict;
588 use warnings;
589 use local::lib "$FindBin::Bin/.."; ### points to ~/mydir1 and local::lib finds lib
590 use lib "$FindBin::Bin/../lib"; ### points to ~/mydir1/lib
977a9ca3 591
592Put this before any BEGIN { ... } blocks that require the modules you installed.
593
53699c99 594=head2 Differences when using this module under Win32
595
76f30678 596To set up the proper environment variables for your current session of
597C<CMD.exe>, you can use this:
598
730f5dda 599 C:\>perl -Mlocal::lib
e322149f 600 set PERL_MB_OPT=--install_base C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5
730f5dda 601 set PERL_MM_OPT=INSTALL_BASE=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5
602 set PERL5LIB=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\lib\perl5;C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\lib\perl5\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
603 set PATH=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\bin;%PATH%
604
898f36cf 605 ### To set the environment for this shell alone
730f5dda 606 C:\>perl -Mlocal::lib > %TEMP%\tmp.bat && %TEMP%\tmp.bat && del %TEMP%\temp.bat
607 ### instead of $(perl -Mlocal::lib=./)
53699c99 608
609If you want the environment entries to persist, you'll need to add then to the
76f30678 610Control Panel's System applet yourself or use L<App::local::lib::Win32Helper>.
53699c99 611
612The "~" is translated to the user's profile directory (the directory named for
613the user under "Documents and Settings" (Windows XP or earlier) or "Users"
9bc0788f 614(Windows Vista or later)) unless $ENV{HOME} exists. After that, the home
53699c99 615directory is translated to a short name (which means the directory must exist)
616and the subdirectories are created.
617
730f5dda 618=head1 RATIONALE
619
620The version of a Perl package on your machine is not always the version you
621need. Obviously, the best thing to do would be to update to the version you
622need. However, you might be in a situation where you're prevented from doing
623this. Perhaps you don't have system administrator privileges; or perhaps you
624are using a package management system such as Debian, and nobody has yet gotten
625around to packaging up the version you need.
626
627local::lib solves this problem by allowing you to create your own directory of
628Perl packages downloaded from CPAN (in a multi-user system, this would typically
629be within your own home directory). The existing system Perl installation is
630not affected; you simply invoke Perl with special options so that Perl uses the
631packages in your own local package directory rather than the system packages.
632local::lib arranges things so that your locally installed version of the Perl
633packages takes precedence over the system installation.
634
635If you are using a package management system (such as Debian), you don't need to
636worry about Debian and CPAN stepping on each other's toes. Your local version
637of the packages will be written to an entirely separate directory from those
638installed by Debian.
639
618272fe 640=head1 DESCRIPTION
641
642This module provides a quick, convenient way of bootstrapping a user-local Perl
643module library located within the user's home directory. It also constructs and
644prints out for the user the list of environment variables using the syntax
645appropriate for the user's current shell (as specified by the C<SHELL>
730f5dda 646environment variable), suitable for directly adding to one's shell
647configuration file.
648
649More generally, local::lib allows for the bootstrapping and usage of a
650directory containing Perl modules outside of Perl's C<@INC>. This makes it
651easier to ship an application with an app-specific copy of a Perl module, or
652collection of modules. Useful in cases like when an upstream maintainer hasn't
653applied a patch to a module of theirs that you need for your application.
1bc71e56 654
655On import, local::lib sets the following environment variables to appropriate
656values:
657
658=over 4
659
e322149f 660=item PERL_MB_OPT
1bc71e56 661
662=item PERL_MM_OPT
663
664=item PERL5LIB
665
666=item PATH
667
668PATH is appended to, rather than clobbered.
669
670=back
671
672These values are then available for reference by any code after import.
673
b0c48f8e 674=head1 CREATING A SELF-CONTAINED SET OF MODULES
675
a949ebcd 676See L<lib::core::only> for one way to do this - but note that
d8b1a404 677there are a number of caveats, and the best approach is always to perform a
678build against a clean perl (i.e. site and vendor as close to empty as possible).
b0c48f8e 679
480e6e85 680=head1 METHODS
681
a949ebcd 682=head2 ensure_dir_structure_for
480e6e85 683
684=over 4
685
a949ebcd 686=item Arguments: $path
687
688=item Return value: None
480e6e85 689
690=back
691
692Attempts to create the given path, and all required parent directories. Throws
693an exception on failure.
694
695=head2 print_environment_vars_for
696
697=over 4
698
a949ebcd 699=item Arguments: $path
700
701=item Return value: None
480e6e85 702
703=back
704
705Prints to standard output the variables listed above, properly set to use the
706given path as the base directory.
707
a949ebcd 708=head2 build_environment_vars_for
709
710=over 4
711
712=item Arguments: $path, $interpolate
713
714=item Return value: \%environment_vars
715
716=back
717
291b5a3a 718Returns a hash with the variables listed above, properly set to use the
719given path as the base directory.
720
480e6e85 721=head2 setup_env_hash_for
722
723=over 4
724
a949ebcd 725=item Arguments: $path
726
727=item Return value: None
480e6e85 728
729=back
730
731Constructs the C<%ENV> keys for the given path, by calling
a949ebcd 732L</build_environment_vars_for>.
480e6e85 733
734=head2 install_base_perl_path
735
736=over 4
737
a949ebcd 738=item Arguments: $path
739
740=item Return value: $install_base_perl_path
480e6e85 741
742=back
743
744Returns a path describing where to install the Perl modules for this local
745library installation. Appends the directories C<lib> and C<perl5> to the given
746path.
747
748=head2 install_base_arch_path
749
750=over 4
751
a949ebcd 752=item Arguments: $path
753
754=item Return value: $install_base_arch_path
480e6e85 755
756=back
757
758Returns a path describing where to install the architecture-specific Perl
759modules for this local library installation. Based on the
760L</install_base_perl_path> method's return value, and appends the value of
761C<$Config{archname}>.
762
763=head2 install_base_bin_path
764
765=over 4
766
a949ebcd 767=item Arguments: $path
768
769=item Return value: $install_base_bin_path
480e6e85 770
771=back
772
773Returns a path describing where to install the executable programs for this
774local library installation. Based on the L</install_base_perl_path> method's
775return value, and appends the directory C<bin>.
776
480e6e85 777=head2 resolve_empty_path
778
779=over 4
780
a949ebcd 781=item Arguments: $path
782
783=item Return value: $base_path
480e6e85 784
785=back
786
787Builds and returns the base path into which to set up the local module
788installation. Defaults to C<~/perl5>.
789
790=head2 resolve_home_path
791
792=over 4
793
a949ebcd 794=item Arguments: $path
795
796=item Return value: $home_path
480e6e85 797
798=back
799
800Attempts to find the user's home directory. If installed, uses C<File::HomeDir>
801for this purpose. If no definite answer is available, throws an exception.
802
803=head2 resolve_relative_path
804
805=over 4
806
a949ebcd 807=item Arguments: $path
808
809=item Return value: $absolute_path
480e6e85 810
811=back
812
813Translates the given path into an absolute path.
814
815=head2 resolve_path
816
817=over 4
818
a949ebcd 819=item Arguments: $path
820
821=item Return value: $absolute_path
480e6e85 822
823=back
824
825Calls the following in a pipeline, passing the result from the previous to the
826next, in an attempt to find where to configure the environment for a local
827library installation: L</resolve_empty_path>, L</resolve_home_path>,
828L</resolve_relative_path>. Passes the given path argument to
829L</resolve_empty_path> which then returns a result that is passed to
830L</resolve_home_path>, which then has its result passed to
831L</resolve_relative_path>. The result of this final call is returned from
832L</resolve_path>.
833
0fb70b9a 834=head1 A WARNING ABOUT UNINST=1
835
836Be careful about using local::lib in combination with "make install UNINST=1".
837The idea of this feature is that will uninstall an old version of a module
838before installing a new one. However it lacks a safety check that the old
839version and the new version will go in the same directory. Used in combination
840with local::lib, you can potentially delete a globally accessible version of a
381738d7 841module while installing the new version in a local place. Only combine "make
0fb70b9a 842install UNINST=1" and local::lib if you understand these possible consequences.
843
dc8ddd06 844=head1 LIMITATIONS
845
47e70ca1 846The perl toolchain is unable to handle directory names with spaces in it,
a8e981cf 847so you cant put your local::lib bootstrap into a directory with spaces. What
848you can do is moving your local::lib to a directory with spaces B<after> you
849installed all modules inside your local::lib bootstrap. But be aware that you
850cant update or install CPAN modules after the move.
47e70ca1 851
618272fe 852Rather basic shell detection. Right now anything with csh in its name is
853assumed to be a C shell or something compatible, and everything else is assumed
53699c99 854to be Bourne, except on Win32 systems. If the C<SHELL> environment variable is
855not set, a Bourne-compatible shell is assumed.
dc8ddd06 856
857Bootstrap is a hack and will use CPAN.pm for ExtUtils::MakeMaker even if you
858have CPANPLUS installed.
859
e322149f 860Kills any existing PERL5LIB, PERL_MM_OPT or PERL_MB_OPT.
dc8ddd06 861
e423efce 862Should probably auto-fixup CPAN config if not already done.
863
dc8ddd06 864Patches very much welcome for any of the above.
bc30e1d5 865
53699c99 866On Win32 systems, does not have a way to write the created environment variables
867to the registry, so that they can persist through a reboot.
868
9a021b2b 869=head1 TROUBLESHOOTING
870
871If you've configured local::lib to install CPAN modules somewhere in to your
872home directory, and at some point later you try to install a module with C<cpan
873-i Foo::Bar>, but it fails with an error like: C<Warning: You do not have
874permissions to install into /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux at
875/usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/Foo/Bar.pm> and buried within the install log is an
876error saying C<'INSTALL_BASE' is not a known MakeMaker parameter name>, then
877you've somehow lost your updated ExtUtils::MakeMaker module.
878
879To remedy this situation, rerun the bootstrapping procedure documented above.
880
881Then, run C<rm -r ~/.cpan/build/Foo-Bar*>
882
883Finally, re-run C<cpan -i Foo::Bar> and it should install without problems.
884
618272fe 885=head1 ENVIRONMENT
886
887=over 4
888
889=item SHELL
890
53699c99 891=item COMSPEC
892
618272fe 893local::lib looks at the user's C<SHELL> environment variable when printing out
894commands to add to the shell configuration file.
895
53699c99 896On Win32 systems, C<COMSPEC> is also examined.
897
618272fe 898=back
899
cc19e8d4 900=head1 SUPPORT
901
902IRC:
903
904 Join #local-lib on irc.perl.org.
905
b5cc15f7 906=head1 AUTHOR
907
908Matt S Trout <mst@shadowcat.co.uk> http://www.shadowcat.co.uk/
909
d6b71a2d 910auto_install fixes kindly sponsored by http://www.takkle.com/
911
b5c1154d 912=head1 CONTRIBUTORS
913
914Patches to correctly output commands for csh style shells, as well as some
915documentation additions, contributed by Christopher Nehren <apeiron@cpan.org>.
916
cc19e8d4 917Doc patches for a custom local::lib directory, more cleanups in the english
a949ebcd 918documentation and a L<german documentation|POD2::DE::local::lib> contributed by Torsten Raudssus
8b1e8e69 919<torsten@raudssus.de>.
920
be160790 921Hans Dieter Pearcey <hdp@cpan.org> sent in some additional tests for ensuring
9a021b2b 922things will install properly, submitted a fix for the bug causing problems with
923writing Makefiles during bootstrapping, contributed an example program, and
924submitted yet another fix to ensure that local::lib can install and bootstrap
925properly. Many, many thanks!
926
927pattern of Freenode IRC contributed the beginnings of the Troubleshooting
928section. Many thanks!
be160790 929
53699c99 930Patch to add Win32 support contributed by Curtis Jewell <csjewell@cpan.org>.
931
03b91976 932Warnings for missing PATH/PERL5LIB (as when not running interactively) silenced
933by a patch from Marco Emilio Poleggi.
934
1f8043c8 935Mark Stosberg <mark@summersault.com> provided the code for the now deleted
936'--self-contained' option.
937
76f30678 938Documentation patches to make win32 usage clearer by
939David Mertens <dcmertens.perl@gmail.com> (run4flat).
940
a949ebcd 941Brazilian L<portuguese translation|POD2::PT_BR::local::lib> and minor doc patches contributed by Breno
ccf362c0 942G. de Oliveira <garu@cpan.org>.
943
7c0db165 944=head1 COPYRIGHT
945
cc19e8d4 946Copyright (c) 2007 - 2010 the local::lib L</AUTHOR> and L</CONTRIBUTORS> as
7c0db165 947listed above.
948
b5cc15f7 949=head1 LICENSE
950
7c0db165 951This library is free software and may be distributed under the same terms
952as perl itself.
b5cc15f7 953
954=cut
955
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