remove $interpolate option from docs of build_environment_vars_for
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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";
187 return;
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
230 my @active_lls = $self->active_paths;
231
232 if (grep { $_ eq $path } @active_lls) {
233 $self = $self->deactivate($path);
15f79556 234 }
e4b5a839 235
236 my %args = (
237 bins => [ $self->install_base_bin_path($path), @{$self->bins} ],
238 libs => [ $self->install_base_perl_path($path), @{$self->libs} ],
239 inc => [ $self->lib_paths_for($path), @{$self->inc} ],
240 roots => [ $path, @{$self->roots} ],
241 );
242
243 $args{extra} = $self->installer_options_for($path);
244
245 $self->clone(%args);
246}
247
248sub _legacy {
42c70458 249 my ($self, $path) = @_;
e4b5a839 250 $self = $self->new unless ref $self;
42c70458 251 if (defined $path) {
252 $self = $self->activate($path);
253 }
e4b5a839 254 $self;
255}
256
257sub build_environment_vars_for {
258 my ($self) = _legacy(@_);
259 (
260 PATH => join($_path_sep, _as_list($self->bins)),
261 PERL5LIB => join($_path_sep, _as_list($self->libs)),
262 PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT => join($_path_sep, _as_list($self->roots)),
263 %{$self->extra},
264 );
265}
266
267sub setup_local_lib_for {
268 my ($self) = _legacy(@_);
269 $self->setup_env_hash_for;
270 @INC = @{$self->inc};
271}
272
273sub setup_env_hash_for {
274 my $self = shift;
275 my %env = $self->build_environment_vars_for(@_);
276 for my $key (keys %env) {
277 if (defined $env{$key}) {
278 $ENV{$key} = $env{$key};
279 }
280 else {
281 delete $ENV{$key};
282 }
15f79556 283 }
e4b5a839 284}
15f79556 285
e4b5a839 286sub print_environment_vars_for {
287 my $self = shift;
288 print $self->environment_vars_string_for(@_);
289}
290
291sub environment_vars_string_for {
292 my $self = _legacy(@_);
293
294 my $build_method = 'build_' . $self->shelltype . '_env_declaration';
295
296 my @envs = (
297 PATH => $self->bins,
298 PERL5LIB => $self->libs,
299 PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT => $self->roots,
300 %{$self->extra},
301 );
302 my $out = '';
303 while (@envs) {
304 my ($name, $value) = (shift(@envs), shift(@envs));
305 if (
306 ref $value
307 && @$value == 1
308 && ref $value->[0]
309 && ref $value->[0] eq 'SCALAR'
310 && ${$value->[0]} eq $name) {
311 next;
312 }
f643299c 313 if (!ref $value
314 && $value eq $ENV{$name}) {
315 next;
316 }
e4b5a839 317 $out .= $self->$build_method($name, $value);
318 }
319 return $out;
320}
321
322sub build_bourne_env_declaration {
323 my ($class, $name, $args) = @_;
324 my $value = $class->_interpolate($args);
325 $value =~ s/"/\\"/g
326 if defined $value;
327 return defined($value) ? qq{export ${name}="${value}"\n} : qq{unset ${name}\n};
328}
329sub build_csh_env_declaration {
330 my ($class, $name, $args) = @_;
331 my ($value, @vars) = $class->_interpolate($args);
332 @vars = grep { $_ ne $name || defined $value } @vars;
333 $value =~ s/"/"\\""/g
334 if defined $value;
335 join '',
336 (map qq{if ! \$?$_ setenv $_ "";\n}, @vars),
337 (defined($value)
338 ? qq{setenv $name "$value";\n}
339 : qq{unsetenv $name;\n});
340}
341sub build_cmd_env_declaration {
342 my ($class, $name, $args) = @_;
343 my $value = $class->_interpolate($args, '%', '%');
344 $value =~ s/"/\\"/g
345 if defined $value;
fbbea0e7 346 return qq{set $name=} . (defined($value) ? qq{"$value"} : '') . "\n";
e4b5a839 347}
fbbea0e7 348sub build_powershell_env_declaration {
349 my ($class, $name, $args) = @_;
350 my $value = $class->_interpolate($args, '$env:');
351 if (defined $value) {
352 $value =~ s/"/\\"/g;
353 return qq{\$env:$name = "$value"\n};
354 }
355 return "Remove-Item Env:\\$name\n";
356}
357
e4b5a839 358
359sub _interpolate {
360 my ($class, $args, $start, $end) = @_;
361 return
362 unless defined $args;
363 return $args
364 unless ref $args;
365 return
366 unless @$args;
367 $start = '$' unless defined $start;
368 $end = '' unless defined $end;
369 my @vars;
370 my $string = join($Config{path_sep}, map {
371 (ref $_ && ref $_ eq 'SCALAR') ? do { push @vars, $$_; $start.$$_.$end }
372 : $_
373 } @$args);
374 return wantarray ? ($string, @vars) : $string;
b5cc15f7 375}
376
5b94dce5 377sub pipeline;
b5cc15f7 378
5b94dce5 379sub pipeline {
b5cc15f7 380 my @methods = @_;
381 my $last = pop(@methods);
382 if (@methods) {
383 \sub {
384 my ($obj, @args) = @_;
5b94dce5 385 $obj->${pipeline @methods}(
b5cc15f7 386 $obj->$last(@args)
387 );
388 };
389 } else {
390 \sub {
391 shift->$last(@_);
392 };
393 }
394}
395
275c9dae 396=begin testing
397
398#:: test pipeline
b5cc15f7 399
400package local::lib;
401
402{ package Foo; sub foo { -$_[1] } sub bar { $_[1]+2 } sub baz { $_[1]+3 } }
8522f4d5 403my $foo = bless({}, 'Foo');
4c375968 404Test::More::ok($foo->${pipeline qw(foo bar baz)}(10) == -15);
b5cc15f7 405
275c9dae 406=end testing
407
b5cc15f7 408=cut
409
410sub resolve_path {
411 my ($class, $path) = @_;
e4b5a839 412
413 $path = $class->${pipeline qw(
b5cc15f7 414 resolve_relative_path
415 resolve_home_path
416 resolve_empty_path
417 )}($path);
e4b5a839 418
419 $path = Win32::GetShortPathName($path)
420 if $^O eq 'MSWin32';
421
422 $path;
b5cc15f7 423}
424
425sub resolve_empty_path {
426 my ($class, $path) = @_;
427 if (defined $path) {
428 $path;
429 } else {
430 '~/perl5';
431 }
432}
433
275c9dae 434=begin testing
435
436#:: test classmethod setup
b5cc15f7 437
438my $c = 'local::lib';
439
275c9dae 440=end testing
441
442=begin testing
b5cc15f7 443
275c9dae 444#:: test classmethod
b5cc15f7 445
446is($c->resolve_empty_path, '~/perl5');
447is($c->resolve_empty_path('foo'), 'foo');
448
275c9dae 449=end testing
450
b5cc15f7 451=cut
452
453sub resolve_home_path {
454 my ($class, $path) = @_;
455 return $path unless ($path =~ /^~/);
456 my ($user) = ($path =~ /^~([^\/]+)/); # can assume ^~ so undef for 'us'
b5cc15f7 457 my $homedir = do {
5c957a4b 458 if (!defined $user && defined $ENV{HOME}) {
459 $ENV{HOME}
460 }
461 else {
462 require File::Glob;
463 File::Glob::bsd_glob("~$user", File::Glob::GLOB_TILDE());
b5cc15f7 464 }
465 };
466 unless (defined $homedir) {
cd3eb741 467 require Carp;
b5cc15f7 468 Carp::croak(
469 "Couldn't resolve homedir for "
470 .(defined $user ? $user : 'current user')
b5cc15f7 471 );
472 }
473 $path =~ s/^~[^\/]*/$homedir/;
474 $path;
475}
476
477sub resolve_relative_path {
478 my ($class, $path) = @_;
53699c99 479 $path = File::Spec->rel2abs($path);
b5cc15f7 480}
481
275c9dae 482=begin testing
483
484#:: test classmethod
b5cc15f7 485
486local *File::Spec::rel2abs = sub { shift; 'FOO'.shift; };
487is($c->resolve_relative_path('bar'),'FOObar');
488
275c9dae 489=end testing
490
b5cc15f7 491=cut
492
b5cc15f7 493sub ensure_dir_structure_for {
494 my ($class, $path) = @_;
495 unless (-d $path) {
496 warn "Attempting to create directory ${path}\n";
497 }
5c957a4b 498 require File::Basename;
499 my @dirs;
500 while(!-d $path) {
501 push @dirs, $path;
502 $path = File::Basename::dirname($path);
503 }
504 mkdir $_ for reverse @dirs;
505 return;
b5cc15f7 506}
507
0d6470a5 508=begin testing
509
510#:: test classmethod
511
512File::Path::rmtree('t/var/splat');
513
514$c->ensure_dir_structure_for('t/var/splat');
515
516ok(-d 't/var/splat');
517
518=end testing
519
520=cut
521
c4e3c83b 522sub guess_shelltype {
0353dbc0 523 my $shellbin = 'sh';
524 if(defined $ENV{'SHELL'}) {
525 my @shell_bin_path_parts = File::Spec->splitpath($ENV{'SHELL'});
526 $shellbin = $shell_bin_path_parts[-1];
527 }
1bc71e56 528 my $shelltype = do {
529 local $_ = $shellbin;
b42496e0 530 if(/csh/) {
1bc71e56 531 'csh'
b42496e0 532 } else {
1bc71e56 533 'bourne'
534 }
535 };
536
f58534b1 537 # Both Win32 and Cygwin have $ENV{COMSPEC} set.
538 if (defined $ENV{'COMSPEC'} && $^O ne 'cygwin') {
53699c99 539 my @shell_bin_path_parts = File::Spec->splitpath($ENV{'COMSPEC'});
540 $shellbin = $shell_bin_path_parts[-1];
541 $shelltype = do {
542 local $_ = $shellbin;
543 if(/command\.com/) {
e4b5a839 544 'cmd'
53699c99 545 } elsif(/cmd\.exe/) {
e4b5a839 546 'cmd'
53699c99 547 } elsif(/4nt\.exe/) {
e4b5a839 548 'cmd'
53699c99 549 } else {
550 $shelltype
551 }
552 };
553 }
c4e3c83b 554 return $shelltype;
555}
556
0d6470a5 5571;
558__END__
275c9dae 559
898f36cf 560=encoding utf8
561
b5cc15f7 562=head1 NAME
563
564local::lib - create and use a local lib/ for perl modules with PERL5LIB
565
566=head1 SYNOPSIS
567
568In code -
569
570 use local::lib; # sets up a local lib at ~/perl5
571
572 use local::lib '~/foo'; # same, but ~/foo
573
1bc71e56 574 # Or...
575 use FindBin;
576 use local::lib "$FindBin::Bin/../support"; # app-local support library
577
b5cc15f7 578From the shell -
579
359329d3 580 # Install LWP and its missing dependencies to the '~/perl5' directory
581 perl -MCPAN -Mlocal::lib -e 'CPAN::install(LWP)'
0fb70b9a 582
0fb70b9a 583 # Just print out useful shell commands
b5cc15f7 584 $ perl -Mlocal::lib
e322149f 585 export PERL_MB_OPT='--install_base /home/username/perl5'
c4e3c83b 586 export PERL_MM_OPT='INSTALL_BASE=/home/username/perl5'
0d6470a5 587 export PERL5LIB="/home/username/perl5/lib/perl5"
c4e3c83b 588 export PATH="/home/username/perl5/bin:$PATH"
b5cc15f7 589
322b0a0d 590=head2 The bootstrapping technique
bc30e1d5 591
730f5dda 592A typical way to install local::lib is using what is known as the
593"bootstrapping" technique. You would do this if your system administrator
594hasn't already installed local::lib. In this case, you'll need to install
8522f4d5 595local::lib in your home directory.
898f36cf 596
0ad9f83d 597Even if you do have administrative privileges, you will still want to set up your
898f36cf 598environment variables, as discussed in step 4. Without this, you would still
599install the modules into the system CPAN installation and also your Perl scripts
600will not use the lib/ path you bootstrapped with local::lib.
601
04f8efde 602By default local::lib installs itself and the CPAN modules into ~/perl5.
603
898f36cf 604Windows users must also see L</Differences when using this module under Win32>.
715c31a0 605
730f5dda 6061. Download and unpack the local::lib tarball from CPAN (search for "Download"
607on the CPAN page about local::lib). Do this as an ordinary user, not as root
608or administrator. Unpack the file in your home directory or in any other
609convenient location.
715c31a0 610
730f5dda 6112. Run this:
715c31a0 612
730f5dda 613 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap
715c31a0 614
730f5dda 615If the system asks you whether it should automatically configure as much
616as possible, you would typically answer yes.
617
04f8efde 618In order to install local::lib into a directory other than the default, you need
619to specify the name of the directory when you call bootstrap, as follows:
898f36cf 620
621 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap=~/foo
622
6233. Run this: (local::lib assumes you have make installed on your system)
730f5dda 624
625 make test && make install
626
8522f4d5 6274. Now we need to setup the appropriate environment variables, so that Perl
898f36cf 628starts using our newly generated lib/ directory. If you are using bash or
629any other Bourne shells, you can add this to your shell startup script this
630way:
730f5dda 631
632 echo 'eval $(perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib)' >>~/.bashrc
633
634If you are using C shell, you can do this as follows:
635
636 /bin/csh
637 echo $SHELL
618272fe 638 /bin/csh
730f5dda 639 perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib >> ~/.cshrc
dc8ddd06 640
0d6470a5 641If you passed to bootstrap a directory other than default, you also need to
642give that as import parameter to the call of the local::lib module like this
643way:
8b1e8e69 644
730f5dda 645 echo 'eval $(perl -I$HOME/foo/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib=$HOME/foo)' >>~/.bashrc
618272fe 646
aab64481 647After writing your shell configuration file, be sure to re-read it to get the
8522f4d5 648changed settings into your current shell's environment. Bourne shells use
898f36cf 649C<. ~/.bashrc> for this, whereas C shells use C<source ~/.cshrc>.
aab64481 650
b9c94c15 651If you're on a slower machine, or are operating under draconian disk space
652limitations, you can disable the automatic generation of manpages from POD when
653installing modules by using the C<--no-manpages> argument when bootstrapping:
654
730f5dda 655 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap --no-manpages
b9c94c15 656
8522f4d5 657To avoid doing several bootstrap for several Perl module environments on the
658same account, for example if you use it for several different deployed
659applications independently, you can use one bootstrapped local::lib
898f36cf 660installation to install modules in different directories directly this way:
977a9ca3 661
730f5dda 662 cd ~/mydir1
663 perl -Mlocal::lib=./
664 eval $(perl -Mlocal::lib=./) ### To set the environment for this shell alone
898f36cf 665 printenv ### You will see that ~/mydir1 is in the PERL5LIB
730f5dda 666 perl -MCPAN -e install ... ### whatever modules you want
667 cd ../mydir2
668 ... REPEAT ...
669
480534a8 670If you are working with several C<local::lib> environments, you may want to
671remove some of them from the current environment without disturbing the others.
672You can deactivate one environment like this (using bourne sh):
673
674 eval $(perl -Mlocal::lib=--deactivate,~/path)
675
676which will generate and run the commands needed to remove C<~/path> from your
677various search paths. Whichever environment was B<activated most recently> will
678remain the target for module installations. That is, if you activate
679C<~/path_A> and then you activate C<~/path_B>, new modules you install will go
680in C<~/path_B>. If you deactivate C<~/path_B> then modules will be installed
681into C<~/pathA> -- but if you deactivate C<~/path_A> then they will still be
682installed in C<~/pathB> because pathB was activated later.
683
684You can also ask C<local::lib> to clean itself completely out of the current
685shell's environment with the C<--deactivate-all> option.
730f5dda 686For multiple environments for multiple apps you may need to include a modified
687version of the C<< use FindBin >> instructions in the "In code" sample above.
688If you did something like the above, you have a set of Perl modules at C<<
689~/mydir1/lib >>. If you have a script at C<< ~/mydir1/scripts/myscript.pl >>,
690you need to tell it where to find the modules you installed for it at C<<
691~/mydir1/lib >>.
977a9ca3 692
693In C<< ~/mydir1/scripts/myscript.pl >>:
694
730f5dda 695 use strict;
696 use warnings;
697 use local::lib "$FindBin::Bin/.."; ### points to ~/mydir1 and local::lib finds lib
698 use lib "$FindBin::Bin/../lib"; ### points to ~/mydir1/lib
977a9ca3 699
700Put this before any BEGIN { ... } blocks that require the modules you installed.
701
53699c99 702=head2 Differences when using this module under Win32
703
76f30678 704To set up the proper environment variables for your current session of
705C<CMD.exe>, you can use this:
706
730f5dda 707 C:\>perl -Mlocal::lib
e322149f 708 set PERL_MB_OPT=--install_base C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5
730f5dda 709 set PERL_MM_OPT=INSTALL_BASE=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5
0d6470a5 710 set PERL5LIB=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\lib\perl5
730f5dda 711 set PATH=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\bin;%PATH%
8522f4d5 712
898f36cf 713 ### To set the environment for this shell alone
d4ccf2ea 714 C:\>perl -Mlocal::lib > %TEMP%\tmp.bat && %TEMP%\tmp.bat && del %TEMP%\tmp.bat
730f5dda 715 ### instead of $(perl -Mlocal::lib=./)
53699c99 716
717If you want the environment entries to persist, you'll need to add then to the
76f30678 718Control Panel's System applet yourself or use L<App::local::lib::Win32Helper>.
53699c99 719
720The "~" is translated to the user's profile directory (the directory named for
721the user under "Documents and Settings" (Windows XP or earlier) or "Users"
9bc0788f 722(Windows Vista or later)) unless $ENV{HOME} exists. After that, the home
53699c99 723directory is translated to a short name (which means the directory must exist)
724and the subdirectories are created.
725
730f5dda 726=head1 RATIONALE
727
728The version of a Perl package on your machine is not always the version you
729need. Obviously, the best thing to do would be to update to the version you
730need. However, you might be in a situation where you're prevented from doing
731this. Perhaps you don't have system administrator privileges; or perhaps you
732are using a package management system such as Debian, and nobody has yet gotten
733around to packaging up the version you need.
734
735local::lib solves this problem by allowing you to create your own directory of
736Perl packages downloaded from CPAN (in a multi-user system, this would typically
737be within your own home directory). The existing system Perl installation is
738not affected; you simply invoke Perl with special options so that Perl uses the
739packages in your own local package directory rather than the system packages.
740local::lib arranges things so that your locally installed version of the Perl
741packages takes precedence over the system installation.
742
743If you are using a package management system (such as Debian), you don't need to
744worry about Debian and CPAN stepping on each other's toes. Your local version
745of the packages will be written to an entirely separate directory from those
8522f4d5 746installed by Debian.
730f5dda 747
618272fe 748=head1 DESCRIPTION
749
750This module provides a quick, convenient way of bootstrapping a user-local Perl
751module library located within the user's home directory. It also constructs and
752prints out for the user the list of environment variables using the syntax
753appropriate for the user's current shell (as specified by the C<SHELL>
730f5dda 754environment variable), suitable for directly adding to one's shell
755configuration file.
756
757More generally, local::lib allows for the bootstrapping and usage of a
758directory containing Perl modules outside of Perl's C<@INC>. This makes it
759easier to ship an application with an app-specific copy of a Perl module, or
760collection of modules. Useful in cases like when an upstream maintainer hasn't
761applied a patch to a module of theirs that you need for your application.
1bc71e56 762
763On import, local::lib sets the following environment variables to appropriate
764values:
765
766=over 4
767
e322149f 768=item PERL_MB_OPT
1bc71e56 769
770=item PERL_MM_OPT
771
772=item PERL5LIB
773
774=item PATH
775
1bc71e56 776=back
777
0d6470a5 778When possible, these will be appended to instead of overwritten entirely.
779
1bc71e56 780These values are then available for reference by any code after import.
781
b0c48f8e 782=head1 CREATING A SELF-CONTAINED SET OF MODULES
783
a949ebcd 784See L<lib::core::only> for one way to do this - but note that
d8b1a404 785there are a number of caveats, and the best approach is always to perform a
786build against a clean perl (i.e. site and vendor as close to empty as possible).
b0c48f8e 787
480534a8 788=head1 OPTIONS
789
790Options are values that can be passed to the C<local::lib> import besides the
791directory to use. They are specified as C<use local::lib '--option'[, path];>
792or C<perl -Mlocal::lib=--option[,path]>.
793
794=head2 --deactivate
795
796Remove the chosen path (or the default path) from the module search paths if it
797was added by C<local::lib>, instead of adding it.
798
799=head2 --deactivate-all
800
801Remove all directories that were added to search paths by C<local::lib> from the
802search paths.
803
daad8782 804=head2 --shelltype
805
806Specify the shell type to use for output. By default, the shell will be
807detected based on the environment. Should be one of: C<bourne>, C<csh>,
808C<cmd>, or C<powershell>.
809
80816e53 810=head2 --no-create
811
812Prevents C<local::lib> from creating directories when activating dirs. This is
813likely to cause issues on Win32 systems.
814
480e6e85 815=head1 METHODS
816
a949ebcd 817=head2 ensure_dir_structure_for
480e6e85 818
819=over 4
820
a949ebcd 821=item Arguments: $path
822
823=item Return value: None
480e6e85 824
825=back
826
827Attempts to create the given path, and all required parent directories. Throws
828an exception on failure.
829
830=head2 print_environment_vars_for
831
832=over 4
833
a949ebcd 834=item Arguments: $path
835
836=item Return value: None
480e6e85 837
838=back
839
840Prints to standard output the variables listed above, properly set to use the
841given path as the base directory.
842
a949ebcd 843=head2 build_environment_vars_for
844
845=over 4
846
c40e10d7 847=item Arguments: $path
a949ebcd 848
9f9da00a 849=item Return value: %environment_vars
a949ebcd 850
851=back
852
291b5a3a 853Returns a hash with the variables listed above, properly set to use the
854given path as the base directory.
855
480e6e85 856=head2 setup_env_hash_for
857
858=over 4
859
a949ebcd 860=item Arguments: $path
861
862=item Return value: None
480e6e85 863
864=back
865
866Constructs the C<%ENV> keys for the given path, by calling
a949ebcd 867L</build_environment_vars_for>.
480e6e85 868
5a63c13e 869=head2 active_paths
870
871=over 4
872
873=item Arguments: None
874
875=item Return value: @paths
876
877=back
878
879Returns a list of active C<local::lib> paths, according to the
24351831 880C<PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT> environment variable and verified against
881what is really in C<@INC>.
5a63c13e 882
480e6e85 883=head2 install_base_perl_path
884
885=over 4
886
a949ebcd 887=item Arguments: $path
888
889=item Return value: $install_base_perl_path
480e6e85 890
891=back
892
893Returns a path describing where to install the Perl modules for this local
894library installation. Appends the directories C<lib> and C<perl5> to the given
895path.
896
480e6e85 897=head2 install_base_bin_path
898
899=over 4
900
a949ebcd 901=item Arguments: $path
902
903=item Return value: $install_base_bin_path
480e6e85 904
905=back
906
907Returns a path describing where to install the executable programs for this
9f9da00a 908local library installation. Appends the directory C<bin> to the given path.
480e6e85 909
480e6e85 910=head2 resolve_empty_path
911
912=over 4
913
a949ebcd 914=item Arguments: $path
915
916=item Return value: $base_path
480e6e85 917
918=back
919
920Builds and returns the base path into which to set up the local module
921installation. Defaults to C<~/perl5>.
922
923=head2 resolve_home_path
924
925=over 4
926
a949ebcd 927=item Arguments: $path
928
929=item Return value: $home_path
480e6e85 930
931=back
932
933Attempts to find the user's home directory. If installed, uses C<File::HomeDir>
934for this purpose. If no definite answer is available, throws an exception.
935
936=head2 resolve_relative_path
937
938=over 4
939
a949ebcd 940=item Arguments: $path
941
942=item Return value: $absolute_path
480e6e85 943
944=back
945
946Translates the given path into an absolute path.
947
948=head2 resolve_path
949
950=over 4
951
a949ebcd 952=item Arguments: $path
953
954=item Return value: $absolute_path
480e6e85 955
956=back
957
958Calls the following in a pipeline, passing the result from the previous to the
959next, in an attempt to find where to configure the environment for a local
960library installation: L</resolve_empty_path>, L</resolve_home_path>,
961L</resolve_relative_path>. Passes the given path argument to
962L</resolve_empty_path> which then returns a result that is passed to
963L</resolve_home_path>, which then has its result passed to
964L</resolve_relative_path>. The result of this final call is returned from
965L</resolve_path>.
966
0fb70b9a 967=head1 A WARNING ABOUT UNINST=1
968
969Be careful about using local::lib in combination with "make install UNINST=1".
970The idea of this feature is that will uninstall an old version of a module
971before installing a new one. However it lacks a safety check that the old
972version and the new version will go in the same directory. Used in combination
973with local::lib, you can potentially delete a globally accessible version of a
381738d7 974module while installing the new version in a local place. Only combine "make
0fb70b9a 975install UNINST=1" and local::lib if you understand these possible consequences.
976
dc8ddd06 977=head1 LIMITATIONS
978
788ea146 979=over 4
980
0d6470a5 981=item * Directory names with spaces in them are not well supported by the perl
982toolchain and the programs it uses. Pure-perl distributions should support
983spaces, but problems are more likely with dists that require compilation. A
984workaround you can do is moving your local::lib to a directory with spaces
985B<after> you installed all modules inside your local::lib bootstrap. But be
986aware that you can't update or install CPAN modules after the move.
47e70ca1 987
788ea146 988=item * Rather basic shell detection. Right now anything with csh in its name is
618272fe 989assumed to be a C shell or something compatible, and everything else is assumed
53699c99 990to be Bourne, except on Win32 systems. If the C<SHELL> environment variable is
991not set, a Bourne-compatible shell is assumed.
dc8ddd06 992
0d6470a5 993=item * Kills any existing PERL_MM_OPT or PERL_MB_OPT.
dc8ddd06 994
788ea146 995=item * Should probably auto-fixup CPAN config if not already done.
996
997=back
e423efce 998
dc8ddd06 999Patches very much welcome for any of the above.
bc30e1d5 1000
788ea146 1001=over 4
1002
0d6470a5 1003=item * On Win32 systems, does not have a way to write the created environment
1004variables to the registry, so that they can persist through a reboot.
53699c99 1005
788ea146 1006=back
1007
9a021b2b 1008=head1 TROUBLESHOOTING
1009
1010If you've configured local::lib to install CPAN modules somewhere in to your
1011home directory, and at some point later you try to install a module with C<cpan
1012-i Foo::Bar>, but it fails with an error like: C<Warning: You do not have
1013permissions to install into /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux at
1014/usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/Foo/Bar.pm> and buried within the install log is an
1015error saying C<'INSTALL_BASE' is not a known MakeMaker parameter name>, then
1016you've somehow lost your updated ExtUtils::MakeMaker module.
1017
1018To remedy this situation, rerun the bootstrapping procedure documented above.
1019
1020Then, run C<rm -r ~/.cpan/build/Foo-Bar*>
1021
1022Finally, re-run C<cpan -i Foo::Bar> and it should install without problems.
1023
618272fe 1024=head1 ENVIRONMENT
1025
1026=over 4
1027
1028=item SHELL
1029
53699c99 1030=item COMSPEC
1031
618272fe 1032local::lib looks at the user's C<SHELL> environment variable when printing out
1033commands to add to the shell configuration file.
1034
53699c99 1035On Win32 systems, C<COMSPEC> is also examined.
1036
618272fe 1037=back
1038
163f162c 1039=head1 SEE ALSO
1040
1041=over 4
1042
1043=item * L<Perl Advent article, 2011|http://perladvent.org/2011/2011-12-01.html>
1044
1045=back
1046
cc19e8d4 1047=head1 SUPPORT
1048
1049IRC:
1050
1051 Join #local-lib on irc.perl.org.
1052
b5cc15f7 1053=head1 AUTHOR
1054
1055Matt S Trout <mst@shadowcat.co.uk> http://www.shadowcat.co.uk/
1056
d6b71a2d 1057auto_install fixes kindly sponsored by http://www.takkle.com/
1058
b5c1154d 1059=head1 CONTRIBUTORS
1060
1061Patches to correctly output commands for csh style shells, as well as some
1062documentation additions, contributed by Christopher Nehren <apeiron@cpan.org>.
1063
cc19e8d4 1064Doc patches for a custom local::lib directory, more cleanups in the english
0d6470a5 1065documentation and a L<german documentation|POD2::DE::local::lib> contributed by
1066Torsten Raudssus <torsten@raudssus.de>.
8b1e8e69 1067
be160790 1068Hans Dieter Pearcey <hdp@cpan.org> sent in some additional tests for ensuring
9a021b2b 1069things will install properly, submitted a fix for the bug causing problems with
1070writing Makefiles during bootstrapping, contributed an example program, and
1071submitted yet another fix to ensure that local::lib can install and bootstrap
1072properly. Many, many thanks!
1073
1074pattern of Freenode IRC contributed the beginnings of the Troubleshooting
1075section. Many thanks!
be160790 1076
53699c99 1077Patch to add Win32 support contributed by Curtis Jewell <csjewell@cpan.org>.
1078
03b91976 1079Warnings for missing PATH/PERL5LIB (as when not running interactively) silenced
1080by a patch from Marco Emilio Poleggi.
1081
1f8043c8 1082Mark Stosberg <mark@summersault.com> provided the code for the now deleted
1083'--self-contained' option.
1084
76f30678 1085Documentation patches to make win32 usage clearer by
1086David Mertens <dcmertens.perl@gmail.com> (run4flat).
1087
0d6470a5 1088Brazilian L<portuguese translation|POD2::PT_BR::local::lib> and minor doc
1089patches contributed by Breno G. de Oliveira <garu@cpan.org>.
ccf362c0 1090
a0b3d98a 1091Improvements to stacking multiple local::lib dirs and removing them from the
1092environment later on contributed by Andrew Rodland <arodland@cpan.org>.
1093
0d6470a5 1094Patch for Carp version mismatch contributed by Hakim Cassimally
1095<osfameron@cpan.org>.
cd3eb741 1096
7c0db165 1097=head1 COPYRIGHT
1098
cc19e8d4 1099Copyright (c) 2007 - 2010 the local::lib L</AUTHOR> and L</CONTRIBUTORS> as
7c0db165 1100listed above.
1101
b5cc15f7 1102=head1 LICENSE
1103
73c9a8ad 1104This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
1105the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
b5cc15f7 1106
1107=cut