fix cmd and powershell output
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b5cc15f7 1use strict;
2use warnings;
3
4package local::lib;
5
387f8022 6use 5.006;
b5cc15f7 7
8use File::Spec ();
b5cc15f7 9use Config;
10
7c0e6b54 11our $VERSION = '1.008026'; # 1.8.26
d04dfa50 12$VERSION = eval $VERSION;
1f8043c8 13
b5cc15f7 14sub import {
0fb70b9a 15 my ($class, @args) = @_;
16
e4b5a839 17 my @steps;
db6f44a9 18 my %opts;
e4892f2b 19
e4b5a839 20 while (@args) {
21 my $arg = shift @args;
b9c94c15 22 # check for lethal dash first to stop processing before causing problems
5eff9c24 23 # the fancy dash is U+2212 or \xE2\x88\x92
24 if ($arg =~ /\xE2\x88\x92/ or $arg =~ /−/) {
d4dbe584 25 die <<'DEATH';
26WHOA THERE! It looks like you've got some fancy dashes in your commandline!
27These are *not* the traditional -- dashes that software recognizes. You
28probably got these by copy-pasting from the perldoc for this module as
29rendered by a UTF8-capable formatter. This most typically happens on an OS X
30terminal, but can happen elsewhere too. Please try again after replacing the
31dashes with normal minus signs.
32DEATH
b9c94c15 33 }
e4b5a839 34 elsif ($arg eq '--self-contained') {
35 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";
36 }
939821af 37 elsif( $arg =~ /^--deactivate(?:=(.*))?$/ ) {
38 my $path = defined $1 ? $1 : shift @args;
e4b5a839 39 push @steps, ['deactivate', $path];
b9c94c15 40 }
e4b5a839 41 elsif ( $arg eq '--deactivate-all' ) {
42 push @steps, ['deactivate_all'];
43 }
db6f44a9 44 elsif ( $arg =~ /^--shelltype(?:=(.*))?$/ ) {
45 my $shell = defined $1 ? $1 : shift @args;
46 $opts{shelltype} = $shell;
47 }
80816e53 48 elsif ( $arg eq '--no-create' ) {
49 $opts{no_create} = 1;
50 }
e4b5a839 51 elsif ( $arg =~ /^--/ ) {
b9c94c15 52 die "Unknown import argument: $arg";
53 }
54 else {
e4b5a839 55 push @steps, ['activate', $arg];
b9c94c15 56 }
d4dbe584 57 }
e4b5a839 58 if (!@steps) {
59 push @steps, ['activate', undef];
60 }
61
db6f44a9 62 my $self = $class->new(%opts);
e4b5a839 63
64 for (@steps) {
65 my ($method, @args) = @$_;
66 $self = $self->$method(@args);
67 }
68
69 if ($0 eq '-') {
70 $self->print_environment_vars_for;
71 exit 0;
72 }
73 else {
74 $self->setup_local_lib_for;
75 }
76}
77
78sub new {
79 my $class = shift;
80 bless {@_}, $class;
81}
82
83sub clone {
84 my $self = shift;
85 bless {%$self, @_}, ref $self;
86}
87
88sub inc { $_[0]->{inc} ||= \@INC }
89sub libs { $_[0]->{libs} ||= [ \'PERL5LIB' ] }
90sub bins { $_[0]->{bins} ||= [ \'PATH' ] }
91sub roots { $_[0]->{roots} ||= [ \'PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT' ] }
92sub extra { $_[0]->{extra} ||= {} }
93sub shelltype { $_[0]->{shelltype} ||= $_[0]->guess_shelltype }
80816e53 94sub no_create { $_[0]->{no_create} }
e4b5a839 95
96my $_archname = $Config{archname};
97my $_version = $Config{version};
98my @_inc_version_list = reverse split / /, $Config{inc_version_list};
99my $_path_sep = $Config{path_sep};
100
101sub _as_list {
102 my $list = shift;
103 grep length, map {
104 !(ref $_ && ref $_ eq 'SCALAR') ? $_ : (
105 defined $ENV{$$_} ? split(/\Q$_path_sep/, $ENV{$$_})
106 : ()
107 )
108 } ref $list ? @$list : $list;
109}
110sub _remove_from {
111 my ($list, @remove) = @_;
112 my %remove = map { $_ => 1 } @remove;
113 grep !$remove{$_}, _as_list($list);
114}
115
116my @_lib_subdirs = (
117 [$_version, $_archname],
118 [$_version],
119 [$_archname],
120 (@_inc_version_list ? \@_inc_version_list : ()),
121 [],
122);
123
124sub install_base_bin_path {
125 my ($class, $path) = @_;
126 return File::Spec->catdir($path, 'bin');
127}
128sub install_base_perl_path {
129 my ($class, $path) = @_;
130 return File::Spec->catdir($path, 'lib', 'perl5');
131}
132sub install_base_arch_path {
133 my ($class, $path) = @_;
134 File::Spec->catdir($class->install_base_perl_path($path), $_archname);
135}
136
137sub lib_paths_for {
138 my ($class, $path) = @_;
139 my $base = $class->install_base_perl_path($path);
140 return map { File::Spec->catdir($base, @$_) } @_lib_subdirs;
141}
142
143sub _mm_escape_path {
144 my $path = shift;
145 $path =~ s/\\/\\\\\\\\/g;
146 if ($path =~ s/ /\\ /g) {
147 $path = qq{"\\"$path\\""};
148 }
149 return $path;
150}
151
152sub _mb_escape_path {
153 my $path = shift;
154 $path =~ s/\\/\\\\/g;
155 return qq{"$path"};
156}
157
158sub installer_options_for {
159 my ($class, $path) = @_;
160 return {
161 PERL_MM_OPT => defined $path ? "INSTALL_BASE="._mm_escape_path($path) : undef,
162 PERL_MB_OPT => defined $path ? "--install_base "._mb_escape_path($path) : undef,
163 };
164}
b9c94c15 165
e4b5a839 166sub active_paths {
167 my ($self) = @_;
168 $self = ref $self ? $self : $self->new;
169
170 return grep {
171 # screen out entries that aren't actually reflected in @INC
172 my $active_ll = $self->install_base_perl_path($_);
173 grep { $_ eq $active_ll } @{$self->inc};
174 } _as_list($self->roots);
175}
176
177
178sub deactivate {
179 my ($self, $path) = @_;
180 $self = $self->new unless ref $self;
181 $path = $self->resolve_path($path);
182
183 my @active_lls = $self->active_paths;
184
185 if (!grep { $_ eq $path } @active_lls) {
186 warn "Tried to deactivate inactive local::lib '$path'\n";
fe125a69 187 return $self;
0fb70b9a 188 }
b9c94c15 189
e4b5a839 190 my %args = (
191 bins => [ _remove_from($self->bins, $self->install_base_bin_path($path)) ],
192 libs => [ _remove_from($self->libs, $self->install_base_perl_path($path)) ],
193 inc => [ _remove_from($self->inc, $self->lib_paths_for($path)) ],
194 roots => [ _remove_from($self->roots, $path) ],
195 );
196
197 $args{extra} = $self->installer_options_for($args{roots}[0]);
198
199 $self->clone(%args);
200}
201
202sub deactivate_all {
203 my ($self) = @_;
204 $self = $self->new unless ref $self;
205
206 my @active_lls = $self->active_paths;
207
208 my %args = (
209 bins => [ _remove_from($self->bins,
210 map $self->install_base_bin_path($_), @active_lls) ],
211 libs => [ _remove_from($self->libs,
212 map $self->install_base_perl_path($_), @active_lls) ],
213 inc => [ _remove_from($self->inc,
214 map $self->lib_paths_for($_), @active_lls) ],
215 roots => [ _remove_from($self->roots, @active_lls) ],
216 );
217
218 $args{extra} = $self->installer_options_for(undef);
219
220 $self->clone(%args);
221}
222
223sub activate {
224 my ($self, $path) = @_;
225 $self = $self->new unless ref $self;
226 $path = $self->resolve_path($path);
80816e53 227 $self->ensure_dir_structure_for($path)
228 unless $self->no_create;
e4b5a839 229
b209481c 230 $path = ( Win32::GetShortPathName($path) || $path )
231 if $^O eq 'MSWin32';
232
e4b5a839 233 my @active_lls = $self->active_paths;
234
235 if (grep { $_ eq $path } @active_lls) {
236 $self = $self->deactivate($path);
15f79556 237 }
e4b5a839 238
239 my %args = (
240 bins => [ $self->install_base_bin_path($path), @{$self->bins} ],
241 libs => [ $self->install_base_perl_path($path), @{$self->libs} ],
242 inc => [ $self->lib_paths_for($path), @{$self->inc} ],
243 roots => [ $path, @{$self->roots} ],
244 );
245
246 $args{extra} = $self->installer_options_for($path);
247
248 $self->clone(%args);
249}
250
251sub _legacy {
42c70458 252 my ($self, $path) = @_;
e4b5a839 253 $self = $self->new unless ref $self;
42c70458 254 if (defined $path) {
255 $self = $self->activate($path);
256 }
e4b5a839 257 $self;
258}
259
260sub build_environment_vars_for {
261 my ($self) = _legacy(@_);
262 (
263 PATH => join($_path_sep, _as_list($self->bins)),
264 PERL5LIB => join($_path_sep, _as_list($self->libs)),
265 PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT => join($_path_sep, _as_list($self->roots)),
266 %{$self->extra},
267 );
268}
269
270sub setup_local_lib_for {
271 my ($self) = _legacy(@_);
272 $self->setup_env_hash_for;
273 @INC = @{$self->inc};
274}
275
276sub setup_env_hash_for {
277 my $self = shift;
278 my %env = $self->build_environment_vars_for(@_);
279 for my $key (keys %env) {
280 if (defined $env{$key}) {
281 $ENV{$key} = $env{$key};
282 }
283 else {
284 delete $ENV{$key};
285 }
15f79556 286 }
e4b5a839 287}
15f79556 288
e4b5a839 289sub print_environment_vars_for {
290 my $self = shift;
291 print $self->environment_vars_string_for(@_);
292}
293
294sub environment_vars_string_for {
295 my $self = _legacy(@_);
296
297 my $build_method = 'build_' . $self->shelltype . '_env_declaration';
298
299 my @envs = (
300 PATH => $self->bins,
301 PERL5LIB => $self->libs,
302 PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT => $self->roots,
303 %{$self->extra},
304 );
305 my $out = '';
306 while (@envs) {
307 my ($name, $value) = (shift(@envs), shift(@envs));
308 if (
309 ref $value
310 && @$value == 1
311 && ref $value->[0]
312 && ref $value->[0] eq 'SCALAR'
313 && ${$value->[0]} eq $name) {
314 next;
315 }
f643299c 316 if (!ref $value
b01292d6 317 && defined $value ? $value eq $ENV{$name} : !defined $ENV{$name}
318 ) {
f643299c 319 next;
320 }
e4b5a839 321 $out .= $self->$build_method($name, $value);
322 }
323 return $out;
324}
325
326sub build_bourne_env_declaration {
327 my ($class, $name, $args) = @_;
328 my $value = $class->_interpolate($args);
35f4f261 329 defined $value
330 ? qq{export ${name}="${value}";\n}
331 : qq{unset ${name};\n};
e4b5a839 332}
333sub build_csh_env_declaration {
334 my ($class, $name, $args) = @_;
35f4f261 335 my ($value, @vars) = $class->_interpolate($args, undef, undef, '"', qq{"\\"});
336 (join '', map qq{if ! \$?$_ setenv $_ "";\n}, @vars)
337 . defined $value
e4b5a839 338 ? qq{setenv $name "$value";\n}
35f4f261 339 : qq{unsetenv $name;\n};
e4b5a839 340}
341sub build_cmd_env_declaration {
342 my ($class, $name, $args) = @_;
35f4f261 343 my $value = $class->_interpolate($args, '%', '%', qr([()!^"<>&|]), '^');
344 defined $value
345 ? qq{set $name=$value\n}
346 : qq{set $name=\n};
e4b5a839 347}
fbbea0e7 348sub build_powershell_env_declaration {
349 my ($class, $name, $args) = @_;
35f4f261 350 my $value = $class->_interpolate($args, '$env:', '', '"', '`');
351 defined $value
352 ? qq{\$env:$name = "$value"\n}
353 : "Remove-Item Env:\\$name\n";
fbbea0e7 354}
355
e4b5a839 356
357sub _interpolate {
35f4f261 358 my ($class, $args, $start, $end, $escape, $escape_char) = @_;
e4b5a839 359 return
360 unless defined $args;
361 return $args
362 unless ref $args;
363 return
364 unless @$args;
365 $start = '$' unless defined $start;
366 $end = '' unless defined $end;
35f4f261 367 $escape = '"' unless defined $escape;
368 $escape_char = "\\" unless defined $escape_char;
e4b5a839 369 my @vars;
370 my $string = join($Config{path_sep}, map {
35f4f261 371 if (ref $_ && ref $_ eq 'SCALAR') {
372 push @vars, $$_;
373 $start.$$_.$end;
374 }
375 else {
376 my $str = $_;
377 $str =~ s/($escape)/$escape_char$1/g;
378 $str;
379 }
e4b5a839 380 } @$args);
381 return wantarray ? ($string, @vars) : $string;
b5cc15f7 382}
383
5b94dce5 384sub pipeline;
b5cc15f7 385
5b94dce5 386sub pipeline {
b5cc15f7 387 my @methods = @_;
388 my $last = pop(@methods);
389 if (@methods) {
390 \sub {
391 my ($obj, @args) = @_;
5b94dce5 392 $obj->${pipeline @methods}(
b5cc15f7 393 $obj->$last(@args)
394 );
395 };
396 } else {
397 \sub {
398 shift->$last(@_);
399 };
400 }
401}
402
275c9dae 403=begin testing
404
405#:: test pipeline
b5cc15f7 406
407package local::lib;
408
409{ package Foo; sub foo { -$_[1] } sub bar { $_[1]+2 } sub baz { $_[1]+3 } }
8522f4d5 410my $foo = bless({}, 'Foo');
4c375968 411Test::More::ok($foo->${pipeline qw(foo bar baz)}(10) == -15);
b5cc15f7 412
275c9dae 413=end testing
414
b5cc15f7 415=cut
416
417sub resolve_path {
418 my ($class, $path) = @_;
e4b5a839 419
420 $path = $class->${pipeline qw(
b5cc15f7 421 resolve_relative_path
422 resolve_home_path
423 resolve_empty_path
424 )}($path);
e4b5a839 425
e4b5a839 426 $path;
b5cc15f7 427}
428
429sub resolve_empty_path {
430 my ($class, $path) = @_;
431 if (defined $path) {
432 $path;
433 } else {
434 '~/perl5';
435 }
436}
437
275c9dae 438=begin testing
439
440#:: test classmethod setup
b5cc15f7 441
442my $c = 'local::lib';
443
275c9dae 444=end testing
445
446=begin testing
b5cc15f7 447
275c9dae 448#:: test classmethod
b5cc15f7 449
450is($c->resolve_empty_path, '~/perl5');
451is($c->resolve_empty_path('foo'), 'foo');
452
275c9dae 453=end testing
454
b5cc15f7 455=cut
456
457sub resolve_home_path {
458 my ($class, $path) = @_;
459 return $path unless ($path =~ /^~/);
460 my ($user) = ($path =~ /^~([^\/]+)/); # can assume ^~ so undef for 'us'
b5cc15f7 461 my $homedir = do {
5c957a4b 462 if (!defined $user && defined $ENV{HOME}) {
463 $ENV{HOME}
464 }
465 else {
466 require File::Glob;
467 File::Glob::bsd_glob("~$user", File::Glob::GLOB_TILDE());
b5cc15f7 468 }
469 };
470 unless (defined $homedir) {
cd3eb741 471 require Carp;
b5cc15f7 472 Carp::croak(
473 "Couldn't resolve homedir for "
474 .(defined $user ? $user : 'current user')
b5cc15f7 475 );
476 }
477 $path =~ s/^~[^\/]*/$homedir/;
478 $path;
479}
480
481sub resolve_relative_path {
482 my ($class, $path) = @_;
53699c99 483 $path = File::Spec->rel2abs($path);
b5cc15f7 484}
485
275c9dae 486=begin testing
487
488#:: test classmethod
b5cc15f7 489
490local *File::Spec::rel2abs = sub { shift; 'FOO'.shift; };
491is($c->resolve_relative_path('bar'),'FOObar');
492
275c9dae 493=end testing
494
b5cc15f7 495=cut
496
b5cc15f7 497sub ensure_dir_structure_for {
498 my ($class, $path) = @_;
499 unless (-d $path) {
500 warn "Attempting to create directory ${path}\n";
501 }
5c957a4b 502 require File::Basename;
503 my @dirs;
504 while(!-d $path) {
505 push @dirs, $path;
506 $path = File::Basename::dirname($path);
507 }
508 mkdir $_ for reverse @dirs;
509 return;
b5cc15f7 510}
511
0d6470a5 512=begin testing
513
514#:: test classmethod
515
516File::Path::rmtree('t/var/splat');
517
518$c->ensure_dir_structure_for('t/var/splat');
519
520ok(-d 't/var/splat');
521
522=end testing
523
524=cut
525
c4e3c83b 526sub guess_shelltype {
fc5f07c3 527 my $shellbin
528 = defined $ENV{SHELL}
529 ? (File::Spec->splitpath($ENV{SHELL}))[-1]
530 : ( $^O eq 'MSWin32' && exists $ENV{'!EXITCODE'} )
531 ? 'bash'
532 : ( $^O eq 'MSWin32' && $ENV{PROMPT} && $ENV{COMSPEC} )
533 ? (File::Spec->splitpath($ENV{COMSPEC}))[-1]
534 : ( $^O eq 'MSWin32' && !$ENV{PROMPT} )
535 ? 'powershell.exe'
536 : 'sh';
537
538 for ($shellbin) {
539 return
540 /csh/ ? 'csh'
541 : /command\.com/ ? 'cmd'
542 : /cmd\.exe/ ? 'cmd'
543 : /4nt\.exe/ ? 'cmd'
544 : /powershell\.exe/ ? 'powershell'
545 : 'bourne';
0353dbc0 546 }
c4e3c83b 547}
548
0d6470a5 5491;
550__END__
275c9dae 551
898f36cf 552=encoding utf8
553
b5cc15f7 554=head1 NAME
555
556local::lib - create and use a local lib/ for perl modules with PERL5LIB
557
558=head1 SYNOPSIS
559
560In code -
561
562 use local::lib; # sets up a local lib at ~/perl5
563
564 use local::lib '~/foo'; # same, but ~/foo
565
1bc71e56 566 # Or...
567 use FindBin;
568 use local::lib "$FindBin::Bin/../support"; # app-local support library
569
b5cc15f7 570From the shell -
571
359329d3 572 # Install LWP and its missing dependencies to the '~/perl5' directory
573 perl -MCPAN -Mlocal::lib -e 'CPAN::install(LWP)'
0fb70b9a 574
0fb70b9a 575 # Just print out useful shell commands
b5cc15f7 576 $ perl -Mlocal::lib
e322149f 577 export PERL_MB_OPT='--install_base /home/username/perl5'
c4e3c83b 578 export PERL_MM_OPT='INSTALL_BASE=/home/username/perl5'
0d6470a5 579 export PERL5LIB="/home/username/perl5/lib/perl5"
c4e3c83b 580 export PATH="/home/username/perl5/bin:$PATH"
b5cc15f7 581
322b0a0d 582=head2 The bootstrapping technique
bc30e1d5 583
730f5dda 584A typical way to install local::lib is using what is known as the
585"bootstrapping" technique. You would do this if your system administrator
586hasn't already installed local::lib. In this case, you'll need to install
8522f4d5 587local::lib in your home directory.
898f36cf 588
0ad9f83d 589Even if you do have administrative privileges, you will still want to set up your
898f36cf 590environment variables, as discussed in step 4. Without this, you would still
591install the modules into the system CPAN installation and also your Perl scripts
592will not use the lib/ path you bootstrapped with local::lib.
593
04f8efde 594By default local::lib installs itself and the CPAN modules into ~/perl5.
595
898f36cf 596Windows users must also see L</Differences when using this module under Win32>.
715c31a0 597
730f5dda 5981. Download and unpack the local::lib tarball from CPAN (search for "Download"
599on the CPAN page about local::lib). Do this as an ordinary user, not as root
600or administrator. Unpack the file in your home directory or in any other
601convenient location.
715c31a0 602
730f5dda 6032. Run this:
715c31a0 604
730f5dda 605 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap
715c31a0 606
730f5dda 607If the system asks you whether it should automatically configure as much
608as possible, you would typically answer yes.
609
04f8efde 610In order to install local::lib into a directory other than the default, you need
611to specify the name of the directory when you call bootstrap, as follows:
898f36cf 612
613 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap=~/foo
614
6153. Run this: (local::lib assumes you have make installed on your system)
730f5dda 616
617 make test && make install
618
8522f4d5 6194. Now we need to setup the appropriate environment variables, so that Perl
898f36cf 620starts using our newly generated lib/ directory. If you are using bash or
621any other Bourne shells, you can add this to your shell startup script this
622way:
730f5dda 623
624 echo 'eval $(perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib)' >>~/.bashrc
625
626If you are using C shell, you can do this as follows:
627
628 /bin/csh
629 echo $SHELL
618272fe 630 /bin/csh
730f5dda 631 perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib >> ~/.cshrc
dc8ddd06 632
0d6470a5 633If you passed to bootstrap a directory other than default, you also need to
634give that as import parameter to the call of the local::lib module like this
635way:
8b1e8e69 636
730f5dda 637 echo 'eval $(perl -I$HOME/foo/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib=$HOME/foo)' >>~/.bashrc
618272fe 638
aab64481 639After writing your shell configuration file, be sure to re-read it to get the
8522f4d5 640changed settings into your current shell's environment. Bourne shells use
898f36cf 641C<. ~/.bashrc> for this, whereas C shells use C<source ~/.cshrc>.
aab64481 642
b9c94c15 643If you're on a slower machine, or are operating under draconian disk space
644limitations, you can disable the automatic generation of manpages from POD when
645installing modules by using the C<--no-manpages> argument when bootstrapping:
646
730f5dda 647 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap --no-manpages
b9c94c15 648
8522f4d5 649To avoid doing several bootstrap for several Perl module environments on the
650same account, for example if you use it for several different deployed
651applications independently, you can use one bootstrapped local::lib
898f36cf 652installation to install modules in different directories directly this way:
977a9ca3 653
730f5dda 654 cd ~/mydir1
655 perl -Mlocal::lib=./
656 eval $(perl -Mlocal::lib=./) ### To set the environment for this shell alone
898f36cf 657 printenv ### You will see that ~/mydir1 is in the PERL5LIB
730f5dda 658 perl -MCPAN -e install ... ### whatever modules you want
659 cd ../mydir2
660 ... REPEAT ...
661
480534a8 662If you are working with several C<local::lib> environments, you may want to
663remove some of them from the current environment without disturbing the others.
664You can deactivate one environment like this (using bourne sh):
665
666 eval $(perl -Mlocal::lib=--deactivate,~/path)
667
668which will generate and run the commands needed to remove C<~/path> from your
669various search paths. Whichever environment was B<activated most recently> will
670remain the target for module installations. That is, if you activate
671C<~/path_A> and then you activate C<~/path_B>, new modules you install will go
672in C<~/path_B>. If you deactivate C<~/path_B> then modules will be installed
673into C<~/pathA> -- but if you deactivate C<~/path_A> then they will still be
674installed in C<~/pathB> because pathB was activated later.
675
676You can also ask C<local::lib> to clean itself completely out of the current
677shell's environment with the C<--deactivate-all> option.
730f5dda 678For multiple environments for multiple apps you may need to include a modified
679version of the C<< use FindBin >> instructions in the "In code" sample above.
680If you did something like the above, you have a set of Perl modules at C<<
681~/mydir1/lib >>. If you have a script at C<< ~/mydir1/scripts/myscript.pl >>,
682you need to tell it where to find the modules you installed for it at C<<
683~/mydir1/lib >>.
977a9ca3 684
685In C<< ~/mydir1/scripts/myscript.pl >>:
686
730f5dda 687 use strict;
688 use warnings;
689 use local::lib "$FindBin::Bin/.."; ### points to ~/mydir1 and local::lib finds lib
690 use lib "$FindBin::Bin/../lib"; ### points to ~/mydir1/lib
977a9ca3 691
692Put this before any BEGIN { ... } blocks that require the modules you installed.
693
53699c99 694=head2 Differences when using this module under Win32
695
76f30678 696To set up the proper environment variables for your current session of
697C<CMD.exe>, you can use this:
698
730f5dda 699 C:\>perl -Mlocal::lib
e322149f 700 set PERL_MB_OPT=--install_base C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5
730f5dda 701 set PERL_MM_OPT=INSTALL_BASE=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5
0d6470a5 702 set PERL5LIB=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\lib\perl5
730f5dda 703 set PATH=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\bin;%PATH%
8522f4d5 704
898f36cf 705 ### To set the environment for this shell alone
d4ccf2ea 706 C:\>perl -Mlocal::lib > %TEMP%\tmp.bat && %TEMP%\tmp.bat && del %TEMP%\tmp.bat
730f5dda 707 ### instead of $(perl -Mlocal::lib=./)
53699c99 708
709If you want the environment entries to persist, you'll need to add then to the
76f30678 710Control Panel's System applet yourself or use L<App::local::lib::Win32Helper>.
53699c99 711
712The "~" is translated to the user's profile directory (the directory named for
713the user under "Documents and Settings" (Windows XP or earlier) or "Users"
9bc0788f 714(Windows Vista or later)) unless $ENV{HOME} exists. After that, the home
53699c99 715directory is translated to a short name (which means the directory must exist)
716and the subdirectories are created.
717
730f5dda 718=head1 RATIONALE
719
720The version of a Perl package on your machine is not always the version you
721need. Obviously, the best thing to do would be to update to the version you
722need. However, you might be in a situation where you're prevented from doing
723this. Perhaps you don't have system administrator privileges; or perhaps you
724are using a package management system such as Debian, and nobody has yet gotten
725around to packaging up the version you need.
726
727local::lib solves this problem by allowing you to create your own directory of
728Perl packages downloaded from CPAN (in a multi-user system, this would typically
729be within your own home directory). The existing system Perl installation is
730not affected; you simply invoke Perl with special options so that Perl uses the
731packages in your own local package directory rather than the system packages.
732local::lib arranges things so that your locally installed version of the Perl
733packages takes precedence over the system installation.
734
735If you are using a package management system (such as Debian), you don't need to
736worry about Debian and CPAN stepping on each other's toes. Your local version
737of the packages will be written to an entirely separate directory from those
8522f4d5 738installed by Debian.
730f5dda 739
618272fe 740=head1 DESCRIPTION
741
742This module provides a quick, convenient way of bootstrapping a user-local Perl
743module library located within the user's home directory. It also constructs and
744prints out for the user the list of environment variables using the syntax
745appropriate for the user's current shell (as specified by the C<SHELL>
730f5dda 746environment variable), suitable for directly adding to one's shell
747configuration file.
748
749More generally, local::lib allows for the bootstrapping and usage of a
750directory containing Perl modules outside of Perl's C<@INC>. This makes it
751easier to ship an application with an app-specific copy of a Perl module, or
752collection of modules. Useful in cases like when an upstream maintainer hasn't
753applied a patch to a module of theirs that you need for your application.
1bc71e56 754
755On import, local::lib sets the following environment variables to appropriate
756values:
757
758=over 4
759
e322149f 760=item PERL_MB_OPT
1bc71e56 761
762=item PERL_MM_OPT
763
764=item PERL5LIB
765
766=item PATH
767
1bc71e56 768=back
769
0d6470a5 770When possible, these will be appended to instead of overwritten entirely.
771
1bc71e56 772These values are then available for reference by any code after import.
773
b0c48f8e 774=head1 CREATING A SELF-CONTAINED SET OF MODULES
775
a949ebcd 776See L<lib::core::only> for one way to do this - but note that
d8b1a404 777there are a number of caveats, and the best approach is always to perform a
778build against a clean perl (i.e. site and vendor as close to empty as possible).
b0c48f8e 779
480534a8 780=head1 OPTIONS
781
782Options are values that can be passed to the C<local::lib> import besides the
783directory to use. They are specified as C<use local::lib '--option'[, path];>
784or C<perl -Mlocal::lib=--option[,path]>.
785
786=head2 --deactivate
787
788Remove the chosen path (or the default path) from the module search paths if it
789was added by C<local::lib>, instead of adding it.
790
791=head2 --deactivate-all
792
793Remove all directories that were added to search paths by C<local::lib> from the
794search paths.
795
daad8782 796=head2 --shelltype
797
798Specify the shell type to use for output. By default, the shell will be
799detected based on the environment. Should be one of: C<bourne>, C<csh>,
800C<cmd>, or C<powershell>.
801
80816e53 802=head2 --no-create
803
804Prevents C<local::lib> from creating directories when activating dirs. This is
805likely to cause issues on Win32 systems.
806
480e6e85 807=head1 METHODS
808
a949ebcd 809=head2 ensure_dir_structure_for
480e6e85 810
811=over 4
812
a949ebcd 813=item Arguments: $path
814
815=item Return value: None
480e6e85 816
817=back
818
819Attempts to create the given path, and all required parent directories. Throws
820an exception on failure.
821
822=head2 print_environment_vars_for
823
824=over 4
825
a949ebcd 826=item Arguments: $path
827
828=item Return value: None
480e6e85 829
830=back
831
832Prints to standard output the variables listed above, properly set to use the
833given path as the base directory.
834
a949ebcd 835=head2 build_environment_vars_for
836
837=over 4
838
c40e10d7 839=item Arguments: $path
a949ebcd 840
9f9da00a 841=item Return value: %environment_vars
a949ebcd 842
843=back
844
291b5a3a 845Returns a hash with the variables listed above, properly set to use the
846given path as the base directory.
847
480e6e85 848=head2 setup_env_hash_for
849
850=over 4
851
a949ebcd 852=item Arguments: $path
853
854=item Return value: None
480e6e85 855
856=back
857
858Constructs the C<%ENV> keys for the given path, by calling
a949ebcd 859L</build_environment_vars_for>.
480e6e85 860
5a63c13e 861=head2 active_paths
862
863=over 4
864
865=item Arguments: None
866
867=item Return value: @paths
868
869=back
870
871Returns a list of active C<local::lib> paths, according to the
24351831 872C<PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT> environment variable and verified against
873what is really in C<@INC>.
5a63c13e 874
480e6e85 875=head2 install_base_perl_path
876
877=over 4
878
a949ebcd 879=item Arguments: $path
880
881=item Return value: $install_base_perl_path
480e6e85 882
883=back
884
885Returns a path describing where to install the Perl modules for this local
886library installation. Appends the directories C<lib> and C<perl5> to the given
887path.
888
480e6e85 889=head2 install_base_bin_path
890
891=over 4
892
a949ebcd 893=item Arguments: $path
894
895=item Return value: $install_base_bin_path
480e6e85 896
897=back
898
899Returns a path describing where to install the executable programs for this
9f9da00a 900local library installation. Appends the directory C<bin> to the given path.
480e6e85 901
480e6e85 902=head2 resolve_empty_path
903
904=over 4
905
a949ebcd 906=item Arguments: $path
907
908=item Return value: $base_path
480e6e85 909
910=back
911
912Builds and returns the base path into which to set up the local module
913installation. Defaults to C<~/perl5>.
914
915=head2 resolve_home_path
916
917=over 4
918
a949ebcd 919=item Arguments: $path
920
921=item Return value: $home_path
480e6e85 922
923=back
924
925Attempts to find the user's home directory. If installed, uses C<File::HomeDir>
926for this purpose. If no definite answer is available, throws an exception.
927
928=head2 resolve_relative_path
929
930=over 4
931
a949ebcd 932=item Arguments: $path
933
934=item Return value: $absolute_path
480e6e85 935
936=back
937
938Translates the given path into an absolute path.
939
940=head2 resolve_path
941
942=over 4
943
a949ebcd 944=item Arguments: $path
945
946=item Return value: $absolute_path
480e6e85 947
948=back
949
950Calls the following in a pipeline, passing the result from the previous to the
951next, in an attempt to find where to configure the environment for a local
952library installation: L</resolve_empty_path>, L</resolve_home_path>,
953L</resolve_relative_path>. Passes the given path argument to
954L</resolve_empty_path> which then returns a result that is passed to
955L</resolve_home_path>, which then has its result passed to
956L</resolve_relative_path>. The result of this final call is returned from
957L</resolve_path>.
958
0fb70b9a 959=head1 A WARNING ABOUT UNINST=1
960
961Be careful about using local::lib in combination with "make install UNINST=1".
962The idea of this feature is that will uninstall an old version of a module
963before installing a new one. However it lacks a safety check that the old
964version and the new version will go in the same directory. Used in combination
965with local::lib, you can potentially delete a globally accessible version of a
381738d7 966module while installing the new version in a local place. Only combine "make
0fb70b9a 967install UNINST=1" and local::lib if you understand these possible consequences.
968
dc8ddd06 969=head1 LIMITATIONS
970
788ea146 971=over 4
972
0d6470a5 973=item * Directory names with spaces in them are not well supported by the perl
974toolchain and the programs it uses. Pure-perl distributions should support
975spaces, but problems are more likely with dists that require compilation. A
976workaround you can do is moving your local::lib to a directory with spaces
977B<after> you installed all modules inside your local::lib bootstrap. But be
978aware that you can't update or install CPAN modules after the move.
47e70ca1 979
788ea146 980=item * Rather basic shell detection. Right now anything with csh in its name is
618272fe 981assumed to be a C shell or something compatible, and everything else is assumed
53699c99 982to be Bourne, except on Win32 systems. If the C<SHELL> environment variable is
983not set, a Bourne-compatible shell is assumed.
dc8ddd06 984
0d6470a5 985=item * Kills any existing PERL_MM_OPT or PERL_MB_OPT.
dc8ddd06 986
788ea146 987=item * Should probably auto-fixup CPAN config if not already done.
988
989=back
e423efce 990
dc8ddd06 991Patches very much welcome for any of the above.
bc30e1d5 992
788ea146 993=over 4
994
0d6470a5 995=item * On Win32 systems, does not have a way to write the created environment
996variables to the registry, so that they can persist through a reboot.
53699c99 997
788ea146 998=back
999
9a021b2b 1000=head1 TROUBLESHOOTING
1001
1002If you've configured local::lib to install CPAN modules somewhere in to your
1003home directory, and at some point later you try to install a module with C<cpan
1004-i Foo::Bar>, but it fails with an error like: C<Warning: You do not have
1005permissions to install into /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux at
1006/usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/Foo/Bar.pm> and buried within the install log is an
1007error saying C<'INSTALL_BASE' is not a known MakeMaker parameter name>, then
1008you've somehow lost your updated ExtUtils::MakeMaker module.
1009
1010To remedy this situation, rerun the bootstrapping procedure documented above.
1011
1012Then, run C<rm -r ~/.cpan/build/Foo-Bar*>
1013
1014Finally, re-run C<cpan -i Foo::Bar> and it should install without problems.
1015
618272fe 1016=head1 ENVIRONMENT
1017
1018=over 4
1019
1020=item SHELL
1021
53699c99 1022=item COMSPEC
1023
618272fe 1024local::lib looks at the user's C<SHELL> environment variable when printing out
1025commands to add to the shell configuration file.
1026
53699c99 1027On Win32 systems, C<COMSPEC> is also examined.
1028
618272fe 1029=back
1030
163f162c 1031=head1 SEE ALSO
1032
1033=over 4
1034
1035=item * L<Perl Advent article, 2011|http://perladvent.org/2011/2011-12-01.html>
1036
1037=back
1038
cc19e8d4 1039=head1 SUPPORT
1040
1041IRC:
1042
1043 Join #local-lib on irc.perl.org.
1044
b5cc15f7 1045=head1 AUTHOR
1046
1047Matt S Trout <mst@shadowcat.co.uk> http://www.shadowcat.co.uk/
1048
d6b71a2d 1049auto_install fixes kindly sponsored by http://www.takkle.com/
1050
b5c1154d 1051=head1 CONTRIBUTORS
1052
1053Patches to correctly output commands for csh style shells, as well as some
1054documentation additions, contributed by Christopher Nehren <apeiron@cpan.org>.
1055
cc19e8d4 1056Doc patches for a custom local::lib directory, more cleanups in the english
0d6470a5 1057documentation and a L<german documentation|POD2::DE::local::lib> contributed by
1058Torsten Raudssus <torsten@raudssus.de>.
8b1e8e69 1059
be160790 1060Hans Dieter Pearcey <hdp@cpan.org> sent in some additional tests for ensuring
9a021b2b 1061things will install properly, submitted a fix for the bug causing problems with
1062writing Makefiles during bootstrapping, contributed an example program, and
1063submitted yet another fix to ensure that local::lib can install and bootstrap
1064properly. Many, many thanks!
1065
1066pattern of Freenode IRC contributed the beginnings of the Troubleshooting
1067section. Many thanks!
be160790 1068
53699c99 1069Patch to add Win32 support contributed by Curtis Jewell <csjewell@cpan.org>.
1070
03b91976 1071Warnings for missing PATH/PERL5LIB (as when not running interactively) silenced
1072by a patch from Marco Emilio Poleggi.
1073
1f8043c8 1074Mark Stosberg <mark@summersault.com> provided the code for the now deleted
1075'--self-contained' option.
1076
76f30678 1077Documentation patches to make win32 usage clearer by
1078David Mertens <dcmertens.perl@gmail.com> (run4flat).
1079
0d6470a5 1080Brazilian L<portuguese translation|POD2::PT_BR::local::lib> and minor doc
1081patches contributed by Breno G. de Oliveira <garu@cpan.org>.
ccf362c0 1082
a0b3d98a 1083Improvements to stacking multiple local::lib dirs and removing them from the
1084environment later on contributed by Andrew Rodland <arodland@cpan.org>.
1085
0d6470a5 1086Patch for Carp version mismatch contributed by Hakim Cassimally
1087<osfameron@cpan.org>.
cd3eb741 1088
7c0db165 1089=head1 COPYRIGHT
1090
cc19e8d4 1091Copyright (c) 2007 - 2010 the local::lib L</AUTHOR> and L</CONTRIBUTORS> as
7c0db165 1092listed above.
1093
b5cc15f7 1094=head1 LICENSE
1095
73c9a8ad 1096This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
1097the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
b5cc15f7 1098
1099=cut