fix installing to directories with spaces and backslashes
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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 ();
b5cc15f7 11use Config;
12
6a677472 13our $VERSION = '1.008023'; # 1.8.23
d04dfa50 14$VERSION = eval $VERSION;
1f8043c8 15
15f79556 16our @KNOWN_FLAGS = qw(--self-contained --deactivate --deactivate-all);
17
18sub DEACTIVATE_ONE () { 1 }
19sub DEACTIVATE_ALL () { 2 }
b5cc15f7 20
3939a7ae 21sub INTERPOLATE_ENV () { 1 }
22sub LITERAL_ENV () { 0 }
23
b5cc15f7 24sub import {
0fb70b9a 25 my ($class, @args) = @_;
26
e4892f2b 27 # Remember what PERL5LIB was when we started
ea0824e7 28 my $perl5lib = $ENV{PERL5LIB} || '';
e4892f2b 29
b9c94c15 30 my %arg_store;
31 for my $arg (@args) {
32 # check for lethal dash first to stop processing before causing problems
5eff9c24 33 # the fancy dash is U+2212 or \xE2\x88\x92
34 if ($arg =~ /\xE2\x88\x92/ or $arg =~ /−/) {
d4dbe584 35 die <<'DEATH';
36WHOA THERE! It looks like you've got some fancy dashes in your commandline!
37These are *not* the traditional -- dashes that software recognizes. You
38probably got these by copy-pasting from the perldoc for this module as
39rendered by a UTF8-capable formatter. This most typically happens on an OS X
40terminal, but can happen elsewhere too. Please try again after replacing the
41dashes with normal minus signs.
42DEATH
b9c94c15 43 }
44 elsif(grep { $arg eq $_ } @KNOWN_FLAGS) {
45 (my $flag = $arg) =~ s/--//;
46 $arg_store{$flag} = 1;
47 }
48 elsif($arg =~ /^--/) {
49 die "Unknown import argument: $arg";
50 }
51 else {
52 # assume that what's left is a path
53 $arg_store{path} = $arg;
54 }
d4dbe584 55 }
b9c94c15 56
b10fc4d4 57 if($arg_store{'self-contained'}) {
1f8043c8 58 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 59 }
b9c94c15 60
15f79556 61 my $deactivating = 0;
62 if ($arg_store{deactivate}) {
63 $deactivating = DEACTIVATE_ONE;
64 }
65 if ($arg_store{'deactivate-all'}) {
66 $deactivating = DEACTIVATE_ALL;
67 }
68
b9c94c15 69 $arg_store{path} = $class->resolve_path($arg_store{path});
15f79556 70 $class->setup_local_lib_for($arg_store{path}, $deactivating);
0fb70b9a 71
6e5079df 72 for (@INC) { # Untaint @INC
73 next if ref; # Skip entry if it is an ARRAY, CODE, blessed, etc.
74 m/(.*)/ and $_ = $1;
75 }
b5cc15f7 76}
77
5b94dce5 78sub pipeline;
b5cc15f7 79
5b94dce5 80sub pipeline {
b5cc15f7 81 my @methods = @_;
82 my $last = pop(@methods);
83 if (@methods) {
84 \sub {
85 my ($obj, @args) = @_;
5b94dce5 86 $obj->${pipeline @methods}(
b5cc15f7 87 $obj->$last(@args)
88 );
89 };
90 } else {
91 \sub {
92 shift->$last(@_);
93 };
94 }
95}
96
275c9dae 97=begin testing
98
99#:: test pipeline
b5cc15f7 100
101package local::lib;
102
103{ package Foo; sub foo { -$_[1] } sub bar { $_[1]+2 } sub baz { $_[1]+3 } }
8522f4d5 104my $foo = bless({}, 'Foo');
4c375968 105Test::More::ok($foo->${pipeline qw(foo bar baz)}(10) == -15);
b5cc15f7 106
275c9dae 107=end testing
108
b5cc15f7 109=cut
110
a9489cb0 111sub _uniq {
112 my %seen;
113 grep { ! $seen{$_}++ } @_;
114}
115
b5cc15f7 116sub resolve_path {
117 my ($class, $path) = @_;
5b94dce5 118 $class->${pipeline qw(
b5cc15f7 119 resolve_relative_path
120 resolve_home_path
121 resolve_empty_path
122 )}($path);
123}
124
125sub resolve_empty_path {
126 my ($class, $path) = @_;
127 if (defined $path) {
128 $path;
129 } else {
130 '~/perl5';
131 }
132}
133
275c9dae 134=begin testing
135
136#:: test classmethod setup
b5cc15f7 137
138my $c = 'local::lib';
139
275c9dae 140=end testing
141
142=begin testing
b5cc15f7 143
275c9dae 144#:: test classmethod
b5cc15f7 145
146is($c->resolve_empty_path, '~/perl5');
147is($c->resolve_empty_path('foo'), 'foo');
148
275c9dae 149=end testing
150
b5cc15f7 151=cut
152
153sub resolve_home_path {
154 my ($class, $path) = @_;
155 return $path unless ($path =~ /^~/);
156 my ($user) = ($path =~ /^~([^\/]+)/); # can assume ^~ so undef for 'us'
157 my $tried_file_homedir;
158 my $homedir = do {
8c6c886f 159 if (eval { require File::HomeDir } && $File::HomeDir::VERSION >= 0.65) {
b5cc15f7 160 $tried_file_homedir = 1;
161 if (defined $user) {
162 File::HomeDir->users_home($user);
163 } else {
dc8ddd06 164 File::HomeDir->my_home;
b5cc15f7 165 }
166 } else {
167 if (defined $user) {
168 (getpwnam $user)[7];
169 } else {
170 if (defined $ENV{HOME}) {
171 $ENV{HOME};
172 } else {
173 (getpwuid $<)[7];
174 }
175 }
176 }
177 };
178 unless (defined $homedir) {
cd3eb741 179 require Carp;
b5cc15f7 180 Carp::croak(
181 "Couldn't resolve homedir for "
182 .(defined $user ? $user : 'current user')
183 .($tried_file_homedir ? '' : ' - consider installing File::HomeDir')
184 );
185 }
186 $path =~ s/^~[^\/]*/$homedir/;
187 $path;
188}
189
190sub resolve_relative_path {
191 my ($class, $path) = @_;
53699c99 192 $path = File::Spec->rel2abs($path);
b5cc15f7 193}
194
275c9dae 195=begin testing
196
197#:: test classmethod
b5cc15f7 198
199local *File::Spec::rel2abs = sub { shift; 'FOO'.shift; };
200is($c->resolve_relative_path('bar'),'FOObar');
201
275c9dae 202=end testing
203
b5cc15f7 204=cut
205
206sub setup_local_lib_for {
4c718913 207 my ($class, $path, $deactivating) = @_;
3939a7ae 208
209 my $interpolate = LITERAL_ENV;
210 my @active_lls = $class->active_paths;
211
c1ed5f4b 212 $class->ensure_dir_structure_for($path);
213
214 # On Win32 directories often contain spaces. But some parts of the CPAN
215 # toolchain don't like that. To avoid this, GetShortPathName() gives us
216 # an alternate representation that has none.
217 # This only works if the directory already exists.
218 $path = Win32::GetShortPathName($path) if $^O eq 'MSWin32';
82efaec7 219
3939a7ae 220 if (! $deactivating) {
221 if (@active_lls && $active_lls[-1] eq $path) {
222 exit 0 if $0 eq '-';
223 return; # Asked to add what's already at the top of the stack
224 } elsif (grep { $_ eq $path} @active_lls) {
225 # Asked to add a dir that's lower in the stack -- so we remove it from
226 # where it is, and then add it back at the top.
227 $class->setup_env_hash_for($path, DEACTIVATE_ONE);
228 # Which means we can no longer output "PERL5LIB=...:$PERL5LIB" stuff
229 # anymore because we're taking something *out*.
230 $interpolate = INTERPOLATE_ENV;
231 }
232 }
233
b5cc15f7 234 if ($0 eq '-') {
3939a7ae 235 $class->print_environment_vars_for($path, $deactivating, $interpolate);
b5cc15f7 236 exit 0;
237 } else {
4c718913 238 $class->setup_env_hash_for($path, $deactivating);
cdd450c5 239 my $arch_dir = $Config{archname};
240 @INC = _uniq(
c50d554b 241 (
242 # Inject $path/$archname for each path in PERL5LIB
243 map { ( File::Spec->catdir($_, $arch_dir), $_ ) }
244 split($Config{path_sep}, $ENV{PERL5LIB})
245 ),
246 @INC
cdd450c5 247 );
b5cc15f7 248 }
249}
250
b5cc15f7 251sub install_base_bin_path {
252 my ($class, $path) = @_;
253 File::Spec->catdir($path, 'bin');
254}
255
256sub install_base_perl_path {
257 my ($class, $path) = @_;
258 File::Spec->catdir($path, 'lib', 'perl5');
259}
260
261sub install_base_arch_path {
262 my ($class, $path) = @_;
263 File::Spec->catdir($class->install_base_perl_path($path), $Config{archname});
264}
265
266sub ensure_dir_structure_for {
267 my ($class, $path) = @_;
268 unless (-d $path) {
269 warn "Attempting to create directory ${path}\n";
270 }
271 File::Path::mkpath($path);
c1ed5f4b 272 return
b5cc15f7 273}
274
c4e3c83b 275sub guess_shelltype {
0353dbc0 276 my $shellbin = 'sh';
277 if(defined $ENV{'SHELL'}) {
278 my @shell_bin_path_parts = File::Spec->splitpath($ENV{'SHELL'});
279 $shellbin = $shell_bin_path_parts[-1];
280 }
1bc71e56 281 my $shelltype = do {
282 local $_ = $shellbin;
b42496e0 283 if(/csh/) {
1bc71e56 284 'csh'
b42496e0 285 } else {
1bc71e56 286 'bourne'
287 }
288 };
289
f58534b1 290 # Both Win32 and Cygwin have $ENV{COMSPEC} set.
291 if (defined $ENV{'COMSPEC'} && $^O ne 'cygwin') {
53699c99 292 my @shell_bin_path_parts = File::Spec->splitpath($ENV{'COMSPEC'});
293 $shellbin = $shell_bin_path_parts[-1];
294 $shelltype = do {
295 local $_ = $shellbin;
296 if(/command\.com/) {
297 'win32'
298 } elsif(/cmd\.exe/) {
299 'win32'
300 } elsif(/4nt\.exe/) {
301 'win32'
302 } else {
303 $shelltype
304 }
305 };
306 }
c4e3c83b 307 return $shelltype;
308}
309
310sub print_environment_vars_for {
3939a7ae 311 my ($class, $path, $deactivating, $interpolate) = @_;
312 print $class->environment_vars_string_for($path, $deactivating, $interpolate);
8cc924b8 313}
314
315sub environment_vars_string_for {
3939a7ae 316 my ($class, $path, $deactivating, $interpolate) = @_;
317 my @envs = $class->build_environment_vars_for($path, $deactivating, $interpolate);
c4e3c83b 318 my $out = '';
319
320 # rather basic csh detection, goes on the assumption that something won't
321 # call itself csh unless it really is. also, default to bourne in the
322 # pathological situation where a user doesn't have $ENV{SHELL} defined.
323 # note also that shells with funny names, like zoid, are assumed to be
324 # bourne.
325
326 my $shelltype = $class->guess_shelltype;
53699c99 327
b5cc15f7 328 while (@envs) {
329 my ($name, $value) = (shift(@envs), shift(@envs));
4c718913 330 $value =~ s/(\\")/\\$1/g if defined $value;
1bc71e56 331 $out .= $class->${\"build_${shelltype}_env_declaration"}($name, $value);
b5cc15f7 332 }
8cc924b8 333 return $out;
b5cc15f7 334}
335
1bc71e56 336# simple routines that take two arguments: an %ENV key and a value. return
337# strings that are suitable for passing directly to the relevant shell to set
338# said key to said value.
339sub build_bourne_env_declaration {
340 my $class = shift;
341 my($name, $value) = @_;
4c718913 342 return defined($value) ? qq{export ${name}="${value}";\n} : qq{unset ${name};\n};
1bc71e56 343}
344
345sub build_csh_env_declaration {
346 my $class = shift;
347 my($name, $value) = @_;
4c718913 348 return defined($value) ? qq{setenv ${name} "${value}"\n} : qq{unsetenv ${name}\n};
1bc71e56 349}
350
53699c99 351sub build_win32_env_declaration {
352 my $class = shift;
353 my($name, $value) = @_;
4c718913 354 return defined($value) ? qq{set ${name}=${value}\n} : qq{set ${name}=\n};
53699c99 355}
356
b5cc15f7 357sub setup_env_hash_for {
4c718913 358 my ($class, $path, $deactivating) = @_;
359 my %envs = $class->build_environment_vars_for($path, $deactivating, INTERPOLATE_ENV);
b5cc15f7 360 @ENV{keys %envs} = values %envs;
361}
362
363sub build_environment_vars_for {
4c718913 364 my ($class, $path, $deactivating, $interpolate) = @_;
365
15f79556 366 if ($deactivating == DEACTIVATE_ONE) {
4c718913 367 return $class->build_deactivate_environment_vars_for($path, $interpolate);
15f79556 368 } elsif ($deactivating == DEACTIVATE_ALL) {
369 return $class->build_deact_all_environment_vars_for($path, $interpolate);
4c718913 370 } else {
371 return $class->build_activate_environment_vars_for($path, $interpolate);
372 }
373}
374
1bf7d892 375# Build an environment value for a variable like PATH from a list of paths.
376# References to existing variables are given as references to the variable name.
377# Duplicates are removed.
378#
379# options:
380# - interpolate: INTERPOLATE_ENV/LITERAL_ENV
381# - exists: paths are included only if they exist (default: interpolate == INTERPOLATE_ENV)
382# - filter: function to apply to each path do decide if it must be included
383# - empty: the value to return in the case of empty value
f878d9c1 384my %ENV_LIST_VALUE_DEFAULTS = (
1bf7d892 385 interpolate => INTERPOLATE_ENV,
386 exists => undef,
387 filter => sub { 1 },
388 empty => undef,
389);
48eb676f 390sub _env_list_value {
1bf7d892 391 my $options = shift;
392 die(sprintf "unknown option '$_' at %s line %u\n", (caller)[1..2])
f878d9c1 393 for grep { !exists $ENV_LIST_VALUE_DEFAULTS{$_} } keys %$options;
394 my %options = (%ENV_LIST_VALUE_DEFAULTS, %{ $options });
1bf7d892 395 $options{exists} = $options{interpolate} == INTERPOLATE_ENV
396 unless defined $options{exists};
397
398 my %seen;
399
400 my $value = join($Config{path_sep}, map {
401 ref $_ ? ($^O eq 'MSWin32' ? "%${$_}%" : "\$${$_}") : $_
402 } grep {
403 ref $_ || (defined $_
404 && length($_) > 0
405 && !$seen{$_}++
406 && $options{filter}->($_)
407 && (!$options{exists} || -e $_))
408 } map {
409 if (ref $_ eq 'SCALAR' && $options{interpolate} == INTERPOLATE_ENV) {
373b3c18 410 defined $ENV{${$_}} ? (split /\Q$Config{path_sep}/, $ENV{${$_}}) : ()
1bf7d892 411 } else {
412 $_
413 }
414 } @_);
415 return length($value) ? $value : $options{empty};
416}
417
4c718913 418sub build_activate_environment_vars_for {
b5cc15f7 419 my ($class, $path, $interpolate) = @_;
420 return (
1bf7d892 421 PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT =>
422 _env_list_value(
423 { interpolate => $interpolate, exists => 0, empty => '' },
424 \'PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT',
425 $path,
393c618d 426 ),
93b577b5 427 PERL_MB_OPT => "--install_base " . _mb_escape_path($path),
428 PERL_MM_OPT => "INSTALL_BASE=" . _mm_escape_path($path),
1bf7d892 429 PERL5LIB =>
430 _env_list_value(
431 { interpolate => $interpolate, exists => 0, empty => '' },
1bf7d892 432 $class->install_base_perl_path($path),
433 \'PERL5LIB',
434 ),
435 PATH => _env_list_value(
436 { interpolate => $interpolate, exists => 0, empty => '' },
c50d554b 437 $class->install_base_bin_path($path),
1bf7d892 438 \'PATH',
439 ),
b5cc15f7 440 )
441}
442
93b577b5 443sub _mm_escape_path {
444 my $path = shift;
445 $path =~ s/\\/\\\\\\\\/g;
446 if ($path =~ s/ /\\ /g) {
447 $path = qq{"\\"$path\\""};
448 }
449 return $path;
450}
451
452sub _mb_escape_path {
453 my $path = shift;
454 $path =~ s/\\/\\\\/g;
455 return qq{"$path"};
456}
457
29500601 458sub active_paths {
459 my ($class) = @_;
460
461 return () unless defined $ENV{PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT};
24351831 462
463 return grep {
464 # screen out entries that aren't actually reflected in @INC
465 my $active_ll = $class->install_base_perl_path($_);
466 grep { $_ eq $active_ll } @INC
467 }
468 grep { $_ ne '' }
469 split /\Q$Config{path_sep}\E/, $ENV{PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT};
29500601 470}
471
4c718913 472sub build_deactivate_environment_vars_for {
473 my ($class, $path, $interpolate) = @_;
474
29500601 475 my @active_lls = $class->active_paths;
4c718913 476
477 if (!grep { $_ eq $path } @active_lls) {
478 warn "Tried to deactivate inactive local::lib '$path'\n";
479 return ();
480 }
481
1bf7d892 482 my $perl_path = $class->install_base_perl_path($path);
483 my $arch_path = $class->install_base_arch_path($path);
484 my $bin_path = $class->install_base_bin_path($path);
485
4c718913 486
487 my %env = (
1bf7d892 488 PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT => _env_list_value(
489 {
490 exists => 0,
491 },
492 grep { $_ ne $path } @active_lls
4c718913 493 ),
1bf7d892 494 PERL5LIB => _env_list_value(
495 {
496 exists => 0,
497 filter => sub {
498 $_ ne $perl_path && $_ ne $arch_path
499 },
500 },
501 \'PERL5LIB',
4c718913 502 ),
1bf7d892 503 PATH => _env_list_value(
504 {
505 exists => 0,
506 filter => sub { $_ ne $bin_path },
507 },
508 \'PATH',
4c718913 509 ),
510 );
511
512 # If removing ourselves from the "top of the stack", set install paths to
513 # correspond with the new top of stack.
514 if ($active_lls[-1] eq $path) {
63c6ddda 515 my $new_top = $active_lls[-2];
93b577b5 516 $env{PERL_MB_OPT} = defined($new_top) ? "--install_base "._mb_escape_path($new_top) : undef;
517 $env{PERL_MM_OPT} = defined($new_top) ? "INSTALL_BASE="._mm_escape_path($new_top) : undef;
4c718913 518 }
519
520 return %env;
521}
522
15f79556 523sub build_deact_all_environment_vars_for {
524 my ($class, $path, $interpolate) = @_;
525
29500601 526 my @active_lls = $class->active_paths;
15f79556 527
1bf7d892 528 my %perl_paths = map { (
529 $class->install_base_perl_path($_) => 1,
530 $class->install_base_arch_path($_) => 1
531 ) } @active_lls;
532 my %bin_paths = map { (
533 $class->install_base_bin_path($_) => 1,
534 ) } @active_lls;
15f79556 535
536 my %env = (
537 PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT => undef,
538 PERL_MM_OPT => undef,
539 PERL_MB_OPT => undef,
1bf7d892 540 PERL5LIB => _env_list_value(
541 {
542 exists => 0,
543 filter => sub {
544 ! scalar grep { exists $perl_paths{$_} } $_[0]
545 },
546 },
547 \'PERL5LIB'
548 ),
549 PATH => _env_list_value(
550 {
551 exists => 0,
552 filter => sub {
553 ! scalar grep { exists $bin_paths{$_} } $_[0]
554 },
555 },
556 \'PATH'
15f79556 557 ),
15f79556 558 );
559
560 return %env;
561}
562
275c9dae 563=begin testing
564
565#:: test classmethod
b5cc15f7 566
567File::Path::rmtree('t/var/splat');
568
4c375968 569$c->ensure_dir_structure_for('t/var/splat');
b5cc15f7 570
571ok(-d 't/var/splat');
572
275c9dae 573=end testing
574
898f36cf 575=encoding utf8
576
b5cc15f7 577=head1 NAME
578
579local::lib - create and use a local lib/ for perl modules with PERL5LIB
580
581=head1 SYNOPSIS
582
583In code -
584
585 use local::lib; # sets up a local lib at ~/perl5
586
587 use local::lib '~/foo'; # same, but ~/foo
588
1bc71e56 589 # Or...
590 use FindBin;
591 use local::lib "$FindBin::Bin/../support"; # app-local support library
592
b5cc15f7 593From the shell -
594
359329d3 595 # Install LWP and its missing dependencies to the '~/perl5' directory
596 perl -MCPAN -Mlocal::lib -e 'CPAN::install(LWP)'
0fb70b9a 597
0fb70b9a 598 # Just print out useful shell commands
b5cc15f7 599 $ perl -Mlocal::lib
e322149f 600 export PERL_MB_OPT='--install_base /home/username/perl5'
c4e3c83b 601 export PERL_MM_OPT='INSTALL_BASE=/home/username/perl5'
602 export PERL5LIB='/home/username/perl5/lib/perl5/i386-linux:/home/username/perl5/lib/perl5'
603 export PATH="/home/username/perl5/bin:$PATH"
b5cc15f7 604
322b0a0d 605=head2 The bootstrapping technique
bc30e1d5 606
730f5dda 607A typical way to install local::lib is using what is known as the
608"bootstrapping" technique. You would do this if your system administrator
609hasn't already installed local::lib. In this case, you'll need to install
8522f4d5 610local::lib in your home directory.
898f36cf 611
0ad9f83d 612Even if you do have administrative privileges, you will still want to set up your
898f36cf 613environment variables, as discussed in step 4. Without this, you would still
614install the modules into the system CPAN installation and also your Perl scripts
615will not use the lib/ path you bootstrapped with local::lib.
616
04f8efde 617By default local::lib installs itself and the CPAN modules into ~/perl5.
618
898f36cf 619Windows users must also see L</Differences when using this module under Win32>.
715c31a0 620
730f5dda 6211. Download and unpack the local::lib tarball from CPAN (search for "Download"
622on the CPAN page about local::lib). Do this as an ordinary user, not as root
623or administrator. Unpack the file in your home directory or in any other
624convenient location.
715c31a0 625
730f5dda 6262. Run this:
715c31a0 627
730f5dda 628 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap
715c31a0 629
730f5dda 630If the system asks you whether it should automatically configure as much
631as possible, you would typically answer yes.
632
04f8efde 633In order to install local::lib into a directory other than the default, you need
634to specify the name of the directory when you call bootstrap, as follows:
898f36cf 635
636 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap=~/foo
637
6383. Run this: (local::lib assumes you have make installed on your system)
730f5dda 639
640 make test && make install
641
8522f4d5 6424. Now we need to setup the appropriate environment variables, so that Perl
898f36cf 643starts using our newly generated lib/ directory. If you are using bash or
644any other Bourne shells, you can add this to your shell startup script this
645way:
730f5dda 646
647 echo 'eval $(perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib)' >>~/.bashrc
648
649If you are using C shell, you can do this as follows:
650
651 /bin/csh
652 echo $SHELL
618272fe 653 /bin/csh
730f5dda 654 perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib >> ~/.cshrc
dc8ddd06 655
8522f4d5 656If you passed to bootstrap a directory other than default, you also need to give that as
898f36cf 657import parameter to the call of the local::lib module like this way:
8b1e8e69 658
730f5dda 659 echo 'eval $(perl -I$HOME/foo/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib=$HOME/foo)' >>~/.bashrc
618272fe 660
aab64481 661After writing your shell configuration file, be sure to re-read it to get the
8522f4d5 662changed settings into your current shell's environment. Bourne shells use
898f36cf 663C<. ~/.bashrc> for this, whereas C shells use C<source ~/.cshrc>.
aab64481 664
b9c94c15 665If you're on a slower machine, or are operating under draconian disk space
666limitations, you can disable the automatic generation of manpages from POD when
667installing modules by using the C<--no-manpages> argument when bootstrapping:
668
730f5dda 669 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap --no-manpages
b9c94c15 670
8522f4d5 671To avoid doing several bootstrap for several Perl module environments on the
672same account, for example if you use it for several different deployed
673applications independently, you can use one bootstrapped local::lib
898f36cf 674installation to install modules in different directories directly this way:
977a9ca3 675
730f5dda 676 cd ~/mydir1
677 perl -Mlocal::lib=./
678 eval $(perl -Mlocal::lib=./) ### To set the environment for this shell alone
898f36cf 679 printenv ### You will see that ~/mydir1 is in the PERL5LIB
730f5dda 680 perl -MCPAN -e install ... ### whatever modules you want
681 cd ../mydir2
682 ... REPEAT ...
683
480534a8 684If you are working with several C<local::lib> environments, you may want to
685remove some of them from the current environment without disturbing the others.
686You can deactivate one environment like this (using bourne sh):
687
688 eval $(perl -Mlocal::lib=--deactivate,~/path)
689
690which will generate and run the commands needed to remove C<~/path> from your
691various search paths. Whichever environment was B<activated most recently> will
692remain the target for module installations. That is, if you activate
693C<~/path_A> and then you activate C<~/path_B>, new modules you install will go
694in C<~/path_B>. If you deactivate C<~/path_B> then modules will be installed
695into C<~/pathA> -- but if you deactivate C<~/path_A> then they will still be
696installed in C<~/pathB> because pathB was activated later.
697
698You can also ask C<local::lib> to clean itself completely out of the current
699shell's environment with the C<--deactivate-all> option.
730f5dda 700For multiple environments for multiple apps you may need to include a modified
701version of the C<< use FindBin >> instructions in the "In code" sample above.
702If you did something like the above, you have a set of Perl modules at C<<
703~/mydir1/lib >>. If you have a script at C<< ~/mydir1/scripts/myscript.pl >>,
704you need to tell it where to find the modules you installed for it at C<<
705~/mydir1/lib >>.
977a9ca3 706
707In C<< ~/mydir1/scripts/myscript.pl >>:
708
730f5dda 709 use strict;
710 use warnings;
711 use local::lib "$FindBin::Bin/.."; ### points to ~/mydir1 and local::lib finds lib
712 use lib "$FindBin::Bin/../lib"; ### points to ~/mydir1/lib
977a9ca3 713
714Put this before any BEGIN { ... } blocks that require the modules you installed.
715
53699c99 716=head2 Differences when using this module under Win32
717
76f30678 718To set up the proper environment variables for your current session of
719C<CMD.exe>, you can use this:
720
730f5dda 721 C:\>perl -Mlocal::lib
e322149f 722 set PERL_MB_OPT=--install_base C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5
730f5dda 723 set PERL_MM_OPT=INSTALL_BASE=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5
724 set PERL5LIB=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\lib\perl5;C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\lib\perl5\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
725 set PATH=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\bin;%PATH%
8522f4d5 726
898f36cf 727 ### To set the environment for this shell alone
d4ccf2ea 728 C:\>perl -Mlocal::lib > %TEMP%\tmp.bat && %TEMP%\tmp.bat && del %TEMP%\tmp.bat
730f5dda 729 ### instead of $(perl -Mlocal::lib=./)
53699c99 730
731If you want the environment entries to persist, you'll need to add then to the
76f30678 732Control Panel's System applet yourself or use L<App::local::lib::Win32Helper>.
53699c99 733
734The "~" is translated to the user's profile directory (the directory named for
735the user under "Documents and Settings" (Windows XP or earlier) or "Users"
9bc0788f 736(Windows Vista or later)) unless $ENV{HOME} exists. After that, the home
53699c99 737directory is translated to a short name (which means the directory must exist)
738and the subdirectories are created.
739
730f5dda 740=head1 RATIONALE
741
742The version of a Perl package on your machine is not always the version you
743need. Obviously, the best thing to do would be to update to the version you
744need. However, you might be in a situation where you're prevented from doing
745this. Perhaps you don't have system administrator privileges; or perhaps you
746are using a package management system such as Debian, and nobody has yet gotten
747around to packaging up the version you need.
748
749local::lib solves this problem by allowing you to create your own directory of
750Perl packages downloaded from CPAN (in a multi-user system, this would typically
751be within your own home directory). The existing system Perl installation is
752not affected; you simply invoke Perl with special options so that Perl uses the
753packages in your own local package directory rather than the system packages.
754local::lib arranges things so that your locally installed version of the Perl
755packages takes precedence over the system installation.
756
757If you are using a package management system (such as Debian), you don't need to
758worry about Debian and CPAN stepping on each other's toes. Your local version
759of the packages will be written to an entirely separate directory from those
8522f4d5 760installed by Debian.
730f5dda 761
618272fe 762=head1 DESCRIPTION
763
764This module provides a quick, convenient way of bootstrapping a user-local Perl
765module library located within the user's home directory. It also constructs and
766prints out for the user the list of environment variables using the syntax
767appropriate for the user's current shell (as specified by the C<SHELL>
730f5dda 768environment variable), suitable for directly adding to one's shell
769configuration file.
770
771More generally, local::lib allows for the bootstrapping and usage of a
772directory containing Perl modules outside of Perl's C<@INC>. This makes it
773easier to ship an application with an app-specific copy of a Perl module, or
774collection of modules. Useful in cases like when an upstream maintainer hasn't
775applied a patch to a module of theirs that you need for your application.
1bc71e56 776
777On import, local::lib sets the following environment variables to appropriate
778values:
779
780=over 4
781
e322149f 782=item PERL_MB_OPT
1bc71e56 783
784=item PERL_MM_OPT
785
786=item PERL5LIB
787
788=item PATH
789
790PATH is appended to, rather than clobbered.
791
792=back
793
794These values are then available for reference by any code after import.
795
b0c48f8e 796=head1 CREATING A SELF-CONTAINED SET OF MODULES
797
a949ebcd 798See L<lib::core::only> for one way to do this - but note that
d8b1a404 799there are a number of caveats, and the best approach is always to perform a
800build against a clean perl (i.e. site and vendor as close to empty as possible).
b0c48f8e 801
480534a8 802=head1 OPTIONS
803
804Options are values that can be passed to the C<local::lib> import besides the
805directory to use. They are specified as C<use local::lib '--option'[, path];>
806or C<perl -Mlocal::lib=--option[,path]>.
807
808=head2 --deactivate
809
810Remove the chosen path (or the default path) from the module search paths if it
811was added by C<local::lib>, instead of adding it.
812
813=head2 --deactivate-all
814
815Remove all directories that were added to search paths by C<local::lib> from the
816search paths.
817
480e6e85 818=head1 METHODS
819
a949ebcd 820=head2 ensure_dir_structure_for
480e6e85 821
822=over 4
823
a949ebcd 824=item Arguments: $path
825
826=item Return value: None
480e6e85 827
828=back
829
830Attempts to create the given path, and all required parent directories. Throws
831an exception on failure.
832
833=head2 print_environment_vars_for
834
835=over 4
836
a949ebcd 837=item Arguments: $path
838
839=item Return value: None
480e6e85 840
841=back
842
843Prints to standard output the variables listed above, properly set to use the
844given path as the base directory.
845
a949ebcd 846=head2 build_environment_vars_for
847
848=over 4
849
850=item Arguments: $path, $interpolate
851
852=item Return value: \%environment_vars
853
854=back
855
291b5a3a 856Returns a hash with the variables listed above, properly set to use the
857given path as the base directory.
858
480e6e85 859=head2 setup_env_hash_for
860
861=over 4
862
a949ebcd 863=item Arguments: $path
864
865=item Return value: None
480e6e85 866
867=back
868
869Constructs the C<%ENV> keys for the given path, by calling
a949ebcd 870L</build_environment_vars_for>.
480e6e85 871
5a63c13e 872=head2 active_paths
873
874=over 4
875
876=item Arguments: None
877
878=item Return value: @paths
879
880=back
881
882Returns a list of active C<local::lib> paths, according to the
24351831 883C<PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT> environment variable and verified against
884what is really in C<@INC>.
5a63c13e 885
480e6e85 886=head2 install_base_perl_path
887
888=over 4
889
a949ebcd 890=item Arguments: $path
891
892=item Return value: $install_base_perl_path
480e6e85 893
894=back
895
896Returns a path describing where to install the Perl modules for this local
897library installation. Appends the directories C<lib> and C<perl5> to the given
898path.
899
900=head2 install_base_arch_path
901
902=over 4
903
a949ebcd 904=item Arguments: $path
905
906=item Return value: $install_base_arch_path
480e6e85 907
908=back
909
910Returns a path describing where to install the architecture-specific Perl
911modules for this local library installation. Based on the
912L</install_base_perl_path> method's return value, and appends the value of
913C<$Config{archname}>.
914
915=head2 install_base_bin_path
916
917=over 4
918
a949ebcd 919=item Arguments: $path
920
921=item Return value: $install_base_bin_path
480e6e85 922
923=back
924
925Returns a path describing where to install the executable programs for this
926local library installation. Based on the L</install_base_perl_path> method's
927return value, and appends the directory C<bin>.
928
480e6e85 929=head2 resolve_empty_path
930
931=over 4
932
a949ebcd 933=item Arguments: $path
934
935=item Return value: $base_path
480e6e85 936
937=back
938
939Builds and returns the base path into which to set up the local module
940installation. Defaults to C<~/perl5>.
941
942=head2 resolve_home_path
943
944=over 4
945
a949ebcd 946=item Arguments: $path
947
948=item Return value: $home_path
480e6e85 949
950=back
951
952Attempts to find the user's home directory. If installed, uses C<File::HomeDir>
953for this purpose. If no definite answer is available, throws an exception.
954
955=head2 resolve_relative_path
956
957=over 4
958
a949ebcd 959=item Arguments: $path
960
961=item Return value: $absolute_path
480e6e85 962
963=back
964
965Translates the given path into an absolute path.
966
967=head2 resolve_path
968
969=over 4
970
a949ebcd 971=item Arguments: $path
972
973=item Return value: $absolute_path
480e6e85 974
975=back
976
977Calls the following in a pipeline, passing the result from the previous to the
978next, in an attempt to find where to configure the environment for a local
979library installation: L</resolve_empty_path>, L</resolve_home_path>,
980L</resolve_relative_path>. Passes the given path argument to
981L</resolve_empty_path> which then returns a result that is passed to
982L</resolve_home_path>, which then has its result passed to
983L</resolve_relative_path>. The result of this final call is returned from
984L</resolve_path>.
985
0fb70b9a 986=head1 A WARNING ABOUT UNINST=1
987
988Be careful about using local::lib in combination with "make install UNINST=1".
989The idea of this feature is that will uninstall an old version of a module
990before installing a new one. However it lacks a safety check that the old
991version and the new version will go in the same directory. Used in combination
992with local::lib, you can potentially delete a globally accessible version of a
381738d7 993module while installing the new version in a local place. Only combine "make
0fb70b9a 994install UNINST=1" and local::lib if you understand these possible consequences.
995
dc8ddd06 996=head1 LIMITATIONS
997
788ea146 998=over 4
999
1000=item * The perl toolchain is unable to handle directory names with spaces in it,
469251c5 1001so you can't put your local::lib bootstrap into a directory with spaces. What
a8e981cf 1002you can do is moving your local::lib to a directory with spaces B<after> you
1003installed all modules inside your local::lib bootstrap. But be aware that you
469251c5 1004can't update or install CPAN modules after the move.
47e70ca1 1005
788ea146 1006=item * Rather basic shell detection. Right now anything with csh in its name is
618272fe 1007assumed to be a C shell or something compatible, and everything else is assumed
53699c99 1008to be Bourne, except on Win32 systems. If the C<SHELL> environment variable is
1009not set, a Bourne-compatible shell is assumed.
dc8ddd06 1010
788ea146 1011=item * Bootstrap is a hack and will use CPAN.pm for ExtUtils::MakeMaker even if you
dc8ddd06 1012have CPANPLUS installed.
1013
788ea146 1014=item * Kills any existing PERL5LIB, PERL_MM_OPT or PERL_MB_OPT.
dc8ddd06 1015
788ea146 1016=item * Should probably auto-fixup CPAN config if not already done.
1017
1018=back
e423efce 1019
dc8ddd06 1020Patches very much welcome for any of the above.
bc30e1d5 1021
788ea146 1022=over 4
1023
1024=item * On Win32 systems, does not have a way to write the created environment variables
53699c99 1025to the registry, so that they can persist through a reboot.
1026
788ea146 1027=back
1028
9a021b2b 1029=head1 TROUBLESHOOTING
1030
1031If you've configured local::lib to install CPAN modules somewhere in to your
1032home directory, and at some point later you try to install a module with C<cpan
1033-i Foo::Bar>, but it fails with an error like: C<Warning: You do not have
1034permissions to install into /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux at
1035/usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/Foo/Bar.pm> and buried within the install log is an
1036error saying C<'INSTALL_BASE' is not a known MakeMaker parameter name>, then
1037you've somehow lost your updated ExtUtils::MakeMaker module.
1038
1039To remedy this situation, rerun the bootstrapping procedure documented above.
1040
1041Then, run C<rm -r ~/.cpan/build/Foo-Bar*>
1042
1043Finally, re-run C<cpan -i Foo::Bar> and it should install without problems.
1044
618272fe 1045=head1 ENVIRONMENT
1046
1047=over 4
1048
1049=item SHELL
1050
53699c99 1051=item COMSPEC
1052
618272fe 1053local::lib looks at the user's C<SHELL> environment variable when printing out
1054commands to add to the shell configuration file.
1055
53699c99 1056On Win32 systems, C<COMSPEC> is also examined.
1057
618272fe 1058=back
1059
163f162c 1060=head1 SEE ALSO
1061
1062=over 4
1063
1064=item * L<Perl Advent article, 2011|http://perladvent.org/2011/2011-12-01.html>
1065
1066=back
1067
cc19e8d4 1068=head1 SUPPORT
1069
1070IRC:
1071
1072 Join #local-lib on irc.perl.org.
1073
b5cc15f7 1074=head1 AUTHOR
1075
1076Matt S Trout <mst@shadowcat.co.uk> http://www.shadowcat.co.uk/
1077
d6b71a2d 1078auto_install fixes kindly sponsored by http://www.takkle.com/
1079
b5c1154d 1080=head1 CONTRIBUTORS
1081
1082Patches to correctly output commands for csh style shells, as well as some
1083documentation additions, contributed by Christopher Nehren <apeiron@cpan.org>.
1084
cc19e8d4 1085Doc patches for a custom local::lib directory, more cleanups in the english
a949ebcd 1086documentation and a L<german documentation|POD2::DE::local::lib> contributed by Torsten Raudssus
8b1e8e69 1087<torsten@raudssus.de>.
1088
be160790 1089Hans Dieter Pearcey <hdp@cpan.org> sent in some additional tests for ensuring
9a021b2b 1090things will install properly, submitted a fix for the bug causing problems with
1091writing Makefiles during bootstrapping, contributed an example program, and
1092submitted yet another fix to ensure that local::lib can install and bootstrap
1093properly. Many, many thanks!
1094
1095pattern of Freenode IRC contributed the beginnings of the Troubleshooting
1096section. Many thanks!
be160790 1097
53699c99 1098Patch to add Win32 support contributed by Curtis Jewell <csjewell@cpan.org>.
1099
03b91976 1100Warnings for missing PATH/PERL5LIB (as when not running interactively) silenced
1101by a patch from Marco Emilio Poleggi.
1102
1f8043c8 1103Mark Stosberg <mark@summersault.com> provided the code for the now deleted
1104'--self-contained' option.
1105
76f30678 1106Documentation patches to make win32 usage clearer by
1107David Mertens <dcmertens.perl@gmail.com> (run4flat).
1108
a949ebcd 1109Brazilian L<portuguese translation|POD2::PT_BR::local::lib> and minor doc patches contributed by Breno
ccf362c0 1110G. de Oliveira <garu@cpan.org>.
1111
a0b3d98a 1112Improvements to stacking multiple local::lib dirs and removing them from the
1113environment later on contributed by Andrew Rodland <arodland@cpan.org>.
1114
cd3eb741 1115Patch for Carp version mismatch contributed by Hakim Cassimally <osfameron@cpan.org>.
1116
7c0db165 1117=head1 COPYRIGHT
1118
cc19e8d4 1119Copyright (c) 2007 - 2010 the local::lib L</AUTHOR> and L</CONTRIBUTORS> as
7c0db165 1120listed above.
1121
b5cc15f7 1122=head1 LICENSE
1123
73c9a8ad 1124This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
1125the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
b5cc15f7 1126
1127=cut
1128
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