fix conditional to skip unchanged vars
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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) = @_;
779c192a 112 return @$list
113 if !@remove;
e4b5a839 114 my %remove = map { $_ => 1 } @remove;
115 grep !$remove{$_}, _as_list($list);
116}
117
118my @_lib_subdirs = (
119 [$_version, $_archname],
120 [$_version],
121 [$_archname],
122 (@_inc_version_list ? \@_inc_version_list : ()),
123 [],
124);
125
126sub install_base_bin_path {
127 my ($class, $path) = @_;
128 return File::Spec->catdir($path, 'bin');
129}
130sub install_base_perl_path {
131 my ($class, $path) = @_;
132 return File::Spec->catdir($path, 'lib', 'perl5');
133}
134sub install_base_arch_path {
135 my ($class, $path) = @_;
136 File::Spec->catdir($class->install_base_perl_path($path), $_archname);
137}
138
139sub lib_paths_for {
140 my ($class, $path) = @_;
141 my $base = $class->install_base_perl_path($path);
142 return map { File::Spec->catdir($base, @$_) } @_lib_subdirs;
143}
144
145sub _mm_escape_path {
146 my $path = shift;
147 $path =~ s/\\/\\\\\\\\/g;
148 if ($path =~ s/ /\\ /g) {
149 $path = qq{"\\"$path\\""};
150 }
151 return $path;
152}
153
154sub _mb_escape_path {
155 my $path = shift;
156 $path =~ s/\\/\\\\/g;
157 return qq{"$path"};
158}
159
160sub installer_options_for {
161 my ($class, $path) = @_;
162 return {
163 PERL_MM_OPT => defined $path ? "INSTALL_BASE="._mm_escape_path($path) : undef,
164 PERL_MB_OPT => defined $path ? "--install_base "._mb_escape_path($path) : undef,
165 };
166}
b9c94c15 167
e4b5a839 168sub active_paths {
169 my ($self) = @_;
170 $self = ref $self ? $self : $self->new;
171
172 return grep {
173 # screen out entries that aren't actually reflected in @INC
174 my $active_ll = $self->install_base_perl_path($_);
175 grep { $_ eq $active_ll } @{$self->inc};
176 } _as_list($self->roots);
177}
178
179
180sub deactivate {
181 my ($self, $path) = @_;
182 $self = $self->new unless ref $self;
183 $path = $self->resolve_path($path);
184
185 my @active_lls = $self->active_paths;
186
187 if (!grep { $_ eq $path } @active_lls) {
188 warn "Tried to deactivate inactive local::lib '$path'\n";
fe125a69 189 return $self;
0fb70b9a 190 }
b9c94c15 191
e4b5a839 192 my %args = (
193 bins => [ _remove_from($self->bins, $self->install_base_bin_path($path)) ],
194 libs => [ _remove_from($self->libs, $self->install_base_perl_path($path)) ],
195 inc => [ _remove_from($self->inc, $self->lib_paths_for($path)) ],
196 roots => [ _remove_from($self->roots, $path) ],
197 );
198
199 $args{extra} = $self->installer_options_for($args{roots}[0]);
200
201 $self->clone(%args);
202}
203
204sub deactivate_all {
205 my ($self) = @_;
206 $self = $self->new unless ref $self;
207
208 my @active_lls = $self->active_paths;
209
779c192a 210 my %args;
211 if (@active_lls) {
212 %args = (
213 bins => [ _remove_from($self->bins,
214 map $self->install_base_bin_path($_), @active_lls) ],
215 libs => [ _remove_from($self->libs,
216 map $self->install_base_perl_path($_), @active_lls) ],
217 inc => [ _remove_from($self->inc,
218 map $self->lib_paths_for($_), @active_lls) ],
219 roots => [ _remove_from($self->roots, @active_lls) ],
220 );
221 }
e4b5a839 222
223 $args{extra} = $self->installer_options_for(undef);
224
225 $self->clone(%args);
226}
227
228sub activate {
229 my ($self, $path) = @_;
230 $self = $self->new unless ref $self;
231 $path = $self->resolve_path($path);
80816e53 232 $self->ensure_dir_structure_for($path)
233 unless $self->no_create;
e4b5a839 234
b209481c 235 $path = ( Win32::GetShortPathName($path) || $path )
236 if $^O eq 'MSWin32';
237
e4b5a839 238 my @active_lls = $self->active_paths;
239
b37e5f4a 240 if (grep { $_ eq $path } @active_lls[1 .. $#active_lls]) {
e4b5a839 241 $self = $self->deactivate($path);
15f79556 242 }
e4b5a839 243
b37e5f4a 244 my %args;
245 if (!@active_lls || $active_lls[0] ne $path) {
246 %args = (
247 bins => [ $self->install_base_bin_path($path), @{$self->bins} ],
248 libs => [ $self->install_base_perl_path($path), @{$self->libs} ],
249 inc => [ $self->lib_paths_for($path), @{$self->inc} ],
250 roots => [ $path, @{$self->roots} ],
251 );
252 }
e4b5a839 253
254 $args{extra} = $self->installer_options_for($path);
255
256 $self->clone(%args);
257}
258
259sub _legacy {
42c70458 260 my ($self, $path) = @_;
e4b5a839 261 $self = $self->new unless ref $self;
42c70458 262 if (defined $path) {
263 $self = $self->activate($path);
264 }
e4b5a839 265 $self;
266}
267
268sub build_environment_vars_for {
269 my ($self) = _legacy(@_);
270 (
271 PATH => join($_path_sep, _as_list($self->bins)),
272 PERL5LIB => join($_path_sep, _as_list($self->libs)),
273 PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT => join($_path_sep, _as_list($self->roots)),
274 %{$self->extra},
275 );
276}
277
278sub setup_local_lib_for {
279 my ($self) = _legacy(@_);
280 $self->setup_env_hash_for;
281 @INC = @{$self->inc};
282}
283
284sub setup_env_hash_for {
285 my $self = shift;
286 my %env = $self->build_environment_vars_for(@_);
287 for my $key (keys %env) {
288 if (defined $env{$key}) {
289 $ENV{$key} = $env{$key};
290 }
291 else {
292 delete $ENV{$key};
293 }
15f79556 294 }
e4b5a839 295}
15f79556 296
e4b5a839 297sub print_environment_vars_for {
298 my $self = shift;
299 print $self->environment_vars_string_for(@_);
300}
301
302sub environment_vars_string_for {
303 my $self = _legacy(@_);
304
305 my $build_method = 'build_' . $self->shelltype . '_env_declaration';
306
307 my @envs = (
308 PATH => $self->bins,
309 PERL5LIB => $self->libs,
310 PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT => $self->roots,
311 %{$self->extra},
312 );
313 my $out = '';
314 while (@envs) {
315 my ($name, $value) = (shift(@envs), shift(@envs));
316 if (
317 ref $value
318 && @$value == 1
319 && ref $value->[0]
320 && ref $value->[0] eq 'SCALAR'
321 && ${$value->[0]} eq $name) {
322 next;
323 }
f39aa2f9 324 if (
325 !ref $value
326 and defined $value
327 ? (defined $ENV{$name} && $value eq $ENV{$name})
328 : !defined $ENV{$name}
b01292d6 329 ) {
f643299c 330 next;
331 }
e4b5a839 332 $out .= $self->$build_method($name, $value);
333 }
334 return $out;
335}
336
337sub build_bourne_env_declaration {
338 my ($class, $name, $args) = @_;
339 my $value = $class->_interpolate($args);
35f4f261 340 defined $value
341 ? qq{export ${name}="${value}";\n}
342 : qq{unset ${name};\n};
e4b5a839 343}
344sub build_csh_env_declaration {
345 my ($class, $name, $args) = @_;
35f4f261 346 my ($value, @vars) = $class->_interpolate($args, undef, undef, '"', qq{"\\"});
347 (join '', map qq{if ! \$?$_ setenv $_ "";\n}, @vars)
348 . defined $value
e4b5a839 349 ? qq{setenv $name "$value";\n}
35f4f261 350 : qq{unsetenv $name;\n};
e4b5a839 351}
352sub build_cmd_env_declaration {
353 my ($class, $name, $args) = @_;
35f4f261 354 my $value = $class->_interpolate($args, '%', '%', qr([()!^"<>&|]), '^');
355 defined $value
356 ? qq{set $name=$value\n}
357 : qq{set $name=\n};
e4b5a839 358}
fbbea0e7 359sub build_powershell_env_declaration {
360 my ($class, $name, $args) = @_;
35f4f261 361 my $value = $class->_interpolate($args, '$env:', '', '"', '`');
362 defined $value
363 ? qq{\$env:$name = "$value"\n}
364 : "Remove-Item Env:\\$name\n";
fbbea0e7 365}
366
e4b5a839 367
368sub _interpolate {
35f4f261 369 my ($class, $args, $start, $end, $escape, $escape_char) = @_;
e4b5a839 370 return
371 unless defined $args;
372 return $args
373 unless ref $args;
374 return
375 unless @$args;
376 $start = '$' unless defined $start;
377 $end = '' unless defined $end;
35f4f261 378 $escape = '"' unless defined $escape;
379 $escape_char = "\\" unless defined $escape_char;
e4b5a839 380 my @vars;
381 my $string = join($Config{path_sep}, map {
35f4f261 382 if (ref $_ && ref $_ eq 'SCALAR') {
383 push @vars, $$_;
384 $start.$$_.$end;
385 }
386 else {
387 my $str = $_;
388 $str =~ s/($escape)/$escape_char$1/g;
389 $str;
390 }
e4b5a839 391 } @$args);
392 return wantarray ? ($string, @vars) : $string;
b5cc15f7 393}
394
5b94dce5 395sub pipeline;
b5cc15f7 396
5b94dce5 397sub pipeline {
b5cc15f7 398 my @methods = @_;
399 my $last = pop(@methods);
400 if (@methods) {
401 \sub {
402 my ($obj, @args) = @_;
5b94dce5 403 $obj->${pipeline @methods}(
b5cc15f7 404 $obj->$last(@args)
405 );
406 };
407 } else {
408 \sub {
409 shift->$last(@_);
410 };
411 }
412}
413
275c9dae 414=begin testing
415
416#:: test pipeline
b5cc15f7 417
418package local::lib;
419
420{ package Foo; sub foo { -$_[1] } sub bar { $_[1]+2 } sub baz { $_[1]+3 } }
8522f4d5 421my $foo = bless({}, 'Foo');
4c375968 422Test::More::ok($foo->${pipeline qw(foo bar baz)}(10) == -15);
b5cc15f7 423
275c9dae 424=end testing
425
b5cc15f7 426=cut
427
428sub resolve_path {
429 my ($class, $path) = @_;
e4b5a839 430
431 $path = $class->${pipeline qw(
b5cc15f7 432 resolve_relative_path
433 resolve_home_path
434 resolve_empty_path
435 )}($path);
e4b5a839 436
e4b5a839 437 $path;
b5cc15f7 438}
439
440sub resolve_empty_path {
441 my ($class, $path) = @_;
442 if (defined $path) {
443 $path;
444 } else {
445 '~/perl5';
446 }
447}
448
275c9dae 449=begin testing
450
451#:: test classmethod setup
b5cc15f7 452
453my $c = 'local::lib';
454
275c9dae 455=end testing
456
457=begin testing
b5cc15f7 458
275c9dae 459#:: test classmethod
b5cc15f7 460
461is($c->resolve_empty_path, '~/perl5');
462is($c->resolve_empty_path('foo'), 'foo');
463
275c9dae 464=end testing
465
b5cc15f7 466=cut
467
468sub resolve_home_path {
469 my ($class, $path) = @_;
470 return $path unless ($path =~ /^~/);
471 my ($user) = ($path =~ /^~([^\/]+)/); # can assume ^~ so undef for 'us'
b5cc15f7 472 my $homedir = do {
5c957a4b 473 if (!defined $user && defined $ENV{HOME}) {
474 $ENV{HOME}
475 }
476 else {
477 require File::Glob;
478 File::Glob::bsd_glob("~$user", File::Glob::GLOB_TILDE());
b5cc15f7 479 }
480 };
481 unless (defined $homedir) {
cd3eb741 482 require Carp;
b5cc15f7 483 Carp::croak(
484 "Couldn't resolve homedir for "
485 .(defined $user ? $user : 'current user')
b5cc15f7 486 );
487 }
488 $path =~ s/^~[^\/]*/$homedir/;
489 $path;
490}
491
492sub resolve_relative_path {
493 my ($class, $path) = @_;
53699c99 494 $path = File::Spec->rel2abs($path);
b5cc15f7 495}
496
275c9dae 497=begin testing
498
499#:: test classmethod
b5cc15f7 500
501local *File::Spec::rel2abs = sub { shift; 'FOO'.shift; };
502is($c->resolve_relative_path('bar'),'FOObar');
503
275c9dae 504=end testing
505
b5cc15f7 506=cut
507
b5cc15f7 508sub ensure_dir_structure_for {
509 my ($class, $path) = @_;
510 unless (-d $path) {
511 warn "Attempting to create directory ${path}\n";
512 }
5c957a4b 513 require File::Basename;
514 my @dirs;
515 while(!-d $path) {
516 push @dirs, $path;
517 $path = File::Basename::dirname($path);
518 }
519 mkdir $_ for reverse @dirs;
520 return;
b5cc15f7 521}
522
0d6470a5 523=begin testing
524
525#:: test classmethod
526
527File::Path::rmtree('t/var/splat');
528
529$c->ensure_dir_structure_for('t/var/splat');
530
531ok(-d 't/var/splat');
532
533=end testing
534
535=cut
536
c4e3c83b 537sub guess_shelltype {
fc5f07c3 538 my $shellbin
539 = defined $ENV{SHELL}
540 ? (File::Spec->splitpath($ENV{SHELL}))[-1]
541 : ( $^O eq 'MSWin32' && exists $ENV{'!EXITCODE'} )
542 ? 'bash'
543 : ( $^O eq 'MSWin32' && $ENV{PROMPT} && $ENV{COMSPEC} )
544 ? (File::Spec->splitpath($ENV{COMSPEC}))[-1]
545 : ( $^O eq 'MSWin32' && !$ENV{PROMPT} )
546 ? 'powershell.exe'
547 : 'sh';
548
549 for ($shellbin) {
550 return
551 /csh/ ? 'csh'
552 : /command\.com/ ? 'cmd'
553 : /cmd\.exe/ ? 'cmd'
554 : /4nt\.exe/ ? 'cmd'
555 : /powershell\.exe/ ? 'powershell'
556 : 'bourne';
0353dbc0 557 }
c4e3c83b 558}
559
0d6470a5 5601;
561__END__
275c9dae 562
898f36cf 563=encoding utf8
564
b5cc15f7 565=head1 NAME
566
567local::lib - create and use a local lib/ for perl modules with PERL5LIB
568
569=head1 SYNOPSIS
570
571In code -
572
573 use local::lib; # sets up a local lib at ~/perl5
574
575 use local::lib '~/foo'; # same, but ~/foo
576
1bc71e56 577 # Or...
578 use FindBin;
579 use local::lib "$FindBin::Bin/../support"; # app-local support library
580
b5cc15f7 581From the shell -
582
359329d3 583 # Install LWP and its missing dependencies to the '~/perl5' directory
584 perl -MCPAN -Mlocal::lib -e 'CPAN::install(LWP)'
0fb70b9a 585
0fb70b9a 586 # Just print out useful shell commands
b5cc15f7 587 $ perl -Mlocal::lib
e322149f 588 export PERL_MB_OPT='--install_base /home/username/perl5'
c4e3c83b 589 export PERL_MM_OPT='INSTALL_BASE=/home/username/perl5'
0d6470a5 590 export PERL5LIB="/home/username/perl5/lib/perl5"
c4e3c83b 591 export PATH="/home/username/perl5/bin:$PATH"
b5cc15f7 592
322b0a0d 593=head2 The bootstrapping technique
bc30e1d5 594
730f5dda 595A typical way to install local::lib is using what is known as the
596"bootstrapping" technique. You would do this if your system administrator
597hasn't already installed local::lib. In this case, you'll need to install
8522f4d5 598local::lib in your home directory.
898f36cf 599
0ad9f83d 600Even if you do have administrative privileges, you will still want to set up your
898f36cf 601environment variables, as discussed in step 4. Without this, you would still
602install the modules into the system CPAN installation and also your Perl scripts
603will not use the lib/ path you bootstrapped with local::lib.
604
04f8efde 605By default local::lib installs itself and the CPAN modules into ~/perl5.
606
898f36cf 607Windows users must also see L</Differences when using this module under Win32>.
715c31a0 608
730f5dda 6091. Download and unpack the local::lib tarball from CPAN (search for "Download"
610on the CPAN page about local::lib). Do this as an ordinary user, not as root
611or administrator. Unpack the file in your home directory or in any other
612convenient location.
715c31a0 613
730f5dda 6142. Run this:
715c31a0 615
730f5dda 616 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap
715c31a0 617
730f5dda 618If the system asks you whether it should automatically configure as much
619as possible, you would typically answer yes.
620
04f8efde 621In order to install local::lib into a directory other than the default, you need
622to specify the name of the directory when you call bootstrap, as follows:
898f36cf 623
624 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap=~/foo
625
6263. Run this: (local::lib assumes you have make installed on your system)
730f5dda 627
628 make test && make install
629
8522f4d5 6304. Now we need to setup the appropriate environment variables, so that Perl
898f36cf 631starts using our newly generated lib/ directory. If you are using bash or
632any other Bourne shells, you can add this to your shell startup script this
633way:
730f5dda 634
635 echo 'eval $(perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib)' >>~/.bashrc
636
637If you are using C shell, you can do this as follows:
638
639 /bin/csh
640 echo $SHELL
618272fe 641 /bin/csh
730f5dda 642 perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib >> ~/.cshrc
dc8ddd06 643
0d6470a5 644If you passed to bootstrap a directory other than default, you also need to
645give that as import parameter to the call of the local::lib module like this
646way:
8b1e8e69 647
730f5dda 648 echo 'eval $(perl -I$HOME/foo/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib=$HOME/foo)' >>~/.bashrc
618272fe 649
aab64481 650After writing your shell configuration file, be sure to re-read it to get the
8522f4d5 651changed settings into your current shell's environment. Bourne shells use
898f36cf 652C<. ~/.bashrc> for this, whereas C shells use C<source ~/.cshrc>.
aab64481 653
b9c94c15 654If you're on a slower machine, or are operating under draconian disk space
655limitations, you can disable the automatic generation of manpages from POD when
656installing modules by using the C<--no-manpages> argument when bootstrapping:
657
730f5dda 658 perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap --no-manpages
b9c94c15 659
8522f4d5 660To avoid doing several bootstrap for several Perl module environments on the
661same account, for example if you use it for several different deployed
662applications independently, you can use one bootstrapped local::lib
898f36cf 663installation to install modules in different directories directly this way:
977a9ca3 664
730f5dda 665 cd ~/mydir1
666 perl -Mlocal::lib=./
667 eval $(perl -Mlocal::lib=./) ### To set the environment for this shell alone
898f36cf 668 printenv ### You will see that ~/mydir1 is in the PERL5LIB
730f5dda 669 perl -MCPAN -e install ... ### whatever modules you want
670 cd ../mydir2
671 ... REPEAT ...
672
480534a8 673If you are working with several C<local::lib> environments, you may want to
674remove some of them from the current environment without disturbing the others.
675You can deactivate one environment like this (using bourne sh):
676
677 eval $(perl -Mlocal::lib=--deactivate,~/path)
678
679which will generate and run the commands needed to remove C<~/path> from your
680various search paths. Whichever environment was B<activated most recently> will
681remain the target for module installations. That is, if you activate
682C<~/path_A> and then you activate C<~/path_B>, new modules you install will go
683in C<~/path_B>. If you deactivate C<~/path_B> then modules will be installed
684into C<~/pathA> -- but if you deactivate C<~/path_A> then they will still be
685installed in C<~/pathB> because pathB was activated later.
686
687You can also ask C<local::lib> to clean itself completely out of the current
688shell's environment with the C<--deactivate-all> option.
730f5dda 689For multiple environments for multiple apps you may need to include a modified
690version of the C<< use FindBin >> instructions in the "In code" sample above.
691If you did something like the above, you have a set of Perl modules at C<<
692~/mydir1/lib >>. If you have a script at C<< ~/mydir1/scripts/myscript.pl >>,
693you need to tell it where to find the modules you installed for it at C<<
694~/mydir1/lib >>.
977a9ca3 695
696In C<< ~/mydir1/scripts/myscript.pl >>:
697
730f5dda 698 use strict;
699 use warnings;
700 use local::lib "$FindBin::Bin/.."; ### points to ~/mydir1 and local::lib finds lib
701 use lib "$FindBin::Bin/../lib"; ### points to ~/mydir1/lib
977a9ca3 702
703Put this before any BEGIN { ... } blocks that require the modules you installed.
704
53699c99 705=head2 Differences when using this module under Win32
706
76f30678 707To set up the proper environment variables for your current session of
708C<CMD.exe>, you can use this:
709
730f5dda 710 C:\>perl -Mlocal::lib
e322149f 711 set PERL_MB_OPT=--install_base C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5
730f5dda 712 set PERL_MM_OPT=INSTALL_BASE=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5
0d6470a5 713 set PERL5LIB=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\lib\perl5
730f5dda 714 set PATH=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\bin;%PATH%
8522f4d5 715
898f36cf 716 ### To set the environment for this shell alone
d4ccf2ea 717 C:\>perl -Mlocal::lib > %TEMP%\tmp.bat && %TEMP%\tmp.bat && del %TEMP%\tmp.bat
730f5dda 718 ### instead of $(perl -Mlocal::lib=./)
53699c99 719
720If you want the environment entries to persist, you'll need to add then to the
76f30678 721Control Panel's System applet yourself or use L<App::local::lib::Win32Helper>.
53699c99 722
723The "~" is translated to the user's profile directory (the directory named for
724the user under "Documents and Settings" (Windows XP or earlier) or "Users"
9bc0788f 725(Windows Vista or later)) unless $ENV{HOME} exists. After that, the home
53699c99 726directory is translated to a short name (which means the directory must exist)
727and the subdirectories are created.
728
730f5dda 729=head1 RATIONALE
730
731The version of a Perl package on your machine is not always the version you
732need. Obviously, the best thing to do would be to update to the version you
733need. However, you might be in a situation where you're prevented from doing
734this. Perhaps you don't have system administrator privileges; or perhaps you
735are using a package management system such as Debian, and nobody has yet gotten
736around to packaging up the version you need.
737
738local::lib solves this problem by allowing you to create your own directory of
739Perl packages downloaded from CPAN (in a multi-user system, this would typically
740be within your own home directory). The existing system Perl installation is
741not affected; you simply invoke Perl with special options so that Perl uses the
742packages in your own local package directory rather than the system packages.
743local::lib arranges things so that your locally installed version of the Perl
744packages takes precedence over the system installation.
745
746If you are using a package management system (such as Debian), you don't need to
747worry about Debian and CPAN stepping on each other's toes. Your local version
748of the packages will be written to an entirely separate directory from those
8522f4d5 749installed by Debian.
730f5dda 750
618272fe 751=head1 DESCRIPTION
752
753This module provides a quick, convenient way of bootstrapping a user-local Perl
754module library located within the user's home directory. It also constructs and
755prints out for the user the list of environment variables using the syntax
756appropriate for the user's current shell (as specified by the C<SHELL>
730f5dda 757environment variable), suitable for directly adding to one's shell
758configuration file.
759
760More generally, local::lib allows for the bootstrapping and usage of a
761directory containing Perl modules outside of Perl's C<@INC>. This makes it
762easier to ship an application with an app-specific copy of a Perl module, or
763collection of modules. Useful in cases like when an upstream maintainer hasn't
764applied a patch to a module of theirs that you need for your application.
1bc71e56 765
766On import, local::lib sets the following environment variables to appropriate
767values:
768
769=over 4
770
e322149f 771=item PERL_MB_OPT
1bc71e56 772
773=item PERL_MM_OPT
774
775=item PERL5LIB
776
777=item PATH
778
1bc71e56 779=back
780
0d6470a5 781When possible, these will be appended to instead of overwritten entirely.
782
1bc71e56 783These values are then available for reference by any code after import.
784
b0c48f8e 785=head1 CREATING A SELF-CONTAINED SET OF MODULES
786
a949ebcd 787See L<lib::core::only> for one way to do this - but note that
d8b1a404 788there are a number of caveats, and the best approach is always to perform a
789build against a clean perl (i.e. site and vendor as close to empty as possible).
b0c48f8e 790
480534a8 791=head1 OPTIONS
792
793Options are values that can be passed to the C<local::lib> import besides the
794directory to use. They are specified as C<use local::lib '--option'[, path];>
795or C<perl -Mlocal::lib=--option[,path]>.
796
797=head2 --deactivate
798
799Remove the chosen path (or the default path) from the module search paths if it
800was added by C<local::lib>, instead of adding it.
801
802=head2 --deactivate-all
803
804Remove all directories that were added to search paths by C<local::lib> from the
805search paths.
806
daad8782 807=head2 --shelltype
808
809Specify the shell type to use for output. By default, the shell will be
810detected based on the environment. Should be one of: C<bourne>, C<csh>,
811C<cmd>, or C<powershell>.
812
80816e53 813=head2 --no-create
814
815Prevents C<local::lib> from creating directories when activating dirs. This is
816likely to cause issues on Win32 systems.
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
c40e10d7 850=item Arguments: $path
a949ebcd 851
9f9da00a 852=item Return value: %environment_vars
a949ebcd 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
480e6e85 900=head2 install_base_bin_path
901
902=over 4
903
a949ebcd 904=item Arguments: $path
905
906=item Return value: $install_base_bin_path
480e6e85 907
908=back
909
910Returns a path describing where to install the executable programs for this
9f9da00a 911local library installation. Appends the directory C<bin> to the given path.
480e6e85 912
480e6e85 913=head2 resolve_empty_path
914
915=over 4
916
a949ebcd 917=item Arguments: $path
918
919=item Return value: $base_path
480e6e85 920
921=back
922
923Builds and returns the base path into which to set up the local module
924installation. Defaults to C<~/perl5>.
925
926=head2 resolve_home_path
927
928=over 4
929
a949ebcd 930=item Arguments: $path
931
932=item Return value: $home_path
480e6e85 933
934=back
935
936Attempts to find the user's home directory. If installed, uses C<File::HomeDir>
937for this purpose. If no definite answer is available, throws an exception.
938
939=head2 resolve_relative_path
940
941=over 4
942
a949ebcd 943=item Arguments: $path
944
945=item Return value: $absolute_path
480e6e85 946
947=back
948
949Translates the given path into an absolute path.
950
951=head2 resolve_path
952
953=over 4
954
a949ebcd 955=item Arguments: $path
956
957=item Return value: $absolute_path
480e6e85 958
959=back
960
961Calls the following in a pipeline, passing the result from the previous to the
962next, in an attempt to find where to configure the environment for a local
963library installation: L</resolve_empty_path>, L</resolve_home_path>,
964L</resolve_relative_path>. Passes the given path argument to
965L</resolve_empty_path> which then returns a result that is passed to
966L</resolve_home_path>, which then has its result passed to
967L</resolve_relative_path>. The result of this final call is returned from
968L</resolve_path>.
969
0fb70b9a 970=head1 A WARNING ABOUT UNINST=1
971
972Be careful about using local::lib in combination with "make install UNINST=1".
973The idea of this feature is that will uninstall an old version of a module
974before installing a new one. However it lacks a safety check that the old
975version and the new version will go in the same directory. Used in combination
976with local::lib, you can potentially delete a globally accessible version of a
381738d7 977module while installing the new version in a local place. Only combine "make
0fb70b9a 978install UNINST=1" and local::lib if you understand these possible consequences.
979
dc8ddd06 980=head1 LIMITATIONS
981
788ea146 982=over 4
983
0d6470a5 984=item * Directory names with spaces in them are not well supported by the perl
985toolchain and the programs it uses. Pure-perl distributions should support
986spaces, but problems are more likely with dists that require compilation. A
987workaround you can do is moving your local::lib to a directory with spaces
988B<after> you installed all modules inside your local::lib bootstrap. But be
989aware that you can't update or install CPAN modules after the move.
47e70ca1 990
788ea146 991=item * Rather basic shell detection. Right now anything with csh in its name is
618272fe 992assumed to be a C shell or something compatible, and everything else is assumed
53699c99 993to be Bourne, except on Win32 systems. If the C<SHELL> environment variable is
994not set, a Bourne-compatible shell is assumed.
dc8ddd06 995
0d6470a5 996=item * Kills any existing PERL_MM_OPT or PERL_MB_OPT.
dc8ddd06 997
788ea146 998=item * Should probably auto-fixup CPAN config if not already done.
999
1000=back
e423efce 1001
dc8ddd06 1002Patches very much welcome for any of the above.
bc30e1d5 1003
788ea146 1004=over 4
1005
0d6470a5 1006=item * On Win32 systems, does not have a way to write the created environment
1007variables to the registry, so that they can persist through a reboot.
53699c99 1008
788ea146 1009=back
1010
9a021b2b 1011=head1 TROUBLESHOOTING
1012
1013If you've configured local::lib to install CPAN modules somewhere in to your
1014home directory, and at some point later you try to install a module with C<cpan
1015-i Foo::Bar>, but it fails with an error like: C<Warning: You do not have
1016permissions to install into /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux at
1017/usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/Foo/Bar.pm> and buried within the install log is an
1018error saying C<'INSTALL_BASE' is not a known MakeMaker parameter name>, then
1019you've somehow lost your updated ExtUtils::MakeMaker module.
1020
1021To remedy this situation, rerun the bootstrapping procedure documented above.
1022
1023Then, run C<rm -r ~/.cpan/build/Foo-Bar*>
1024
1025Finally, re-run C<cpan -i Foo::Bar> and it should install without problems.
1026
618272fe 1027=head1 ENVIRONMENT
1028
1029=over 4
1030
1031=item SHELL
1032
53699c99 1033=item COMSPEC
1034
618272fe 1035local::lib looks at the user's C<SHELL> environment variable when printing out
1036commands to add to the shell configuration file.
1037
53699c99 1038On Win32 systems, C<COMSPEC> is also examined.
1039
618272fe 1040=back
1041
163f162c 1042=head1 SEE ALSO
1043
1044=over 4
1045
1046=item * L<Perl Advent article, 2011|http://perladvent.org/2011/2011-12-01.html>
1047
1048=back
1049
cc19e8d4 1050=head1 SUPPORT
1051
1052IRC:
1053
1054 Join #local-lib on irc.perl.org.
1055
b5cc15f7 1056=head1 AUTHOR
1057
1058Matt S Trout <mst@shadowcat.co.uk> http://www.shadowcat.co.uk/
1059
d6b71a2d 1060auto_install fixes kindly sponsored by http://www.takkle.com/
1061
b5c1154d 1062=head1 CONTRIBUTORS
1063
1064Patches to correctly output commands for csh style shells, as well as some
1065documentation additions, contributed by Christopher Nehren <apeiron@cpan.org>.
1066
cc19e8d4 1067Doc patches for a custom local::lib directory, more cleanups in the english
0d6470a5 1068documentation and a L<german documentation|POD2::DE::local::lib> contributed by
1069Torsten Raudssus <torsten@raudssus.de>.
8b1e8e69 1070
be160790 1071Hans Dieter Pearcey <hdp@cpan.org> sent in some additional tests for ensuring
9a021b2b 1072things will install properly, submitted a fix for the bug causing problems with
1073writing Makefiles during bootstrapping, contributed an example program, and
1074submitted yet another fix to ensure that local::lib can install and bootstrap
1075properly. Many, many thanks!
1076
1077pattern of Freenode IRC contributed the beginnings of the Troubleshooting
1078section. Many thanks!
be160790 1079
53699c99 1080Patch to add Win32 support contributed by Curtis Jewell <csjewell@cpan.org>.
1081
03b91976 1082Warnings for missing PATH/PERL5LIB (as when not running interactively) silenced
1083by a patch from Marco Emilio Poleggi.
1084
1f8043c8 1085Mark Stosberg <mark@summersault.com> provided the code for the now deleted
1086'--self-contained' option.
1087
76f30678 1088Documentation patches to make win32 usage clearer by
1089David Mertens <dcmertens.perl@gmail.com> (run4flat).
1090
0d6470a5 1091Brazilian L<portuguese translation|POD2::PT_BR::local::lib> and minor doc
1092patches contributed by Breno G. de Oliveira <garu@cpan.org>.
ccf362c0 1093
a0b3d98a 1094Improvements to stacking multiple local::lib dirs and removing them from the
1095environment later on contributed by Andrew Rodland <arodland@cpan.org>.
1096
0d6470a5 1097Patch for Carp version mismatch contributed by Hakim Cassimally
1098<osfameron@cpan.org>.
cd3eb741 1099
7c0db165 1100=head1 COPYRIGHT
1101
cc19e8d4 1102Copyright (c) 2007 - 2010 the local::lib L</AUTHOR> and L</CONTRIBUTORS> as
7c0db165 1103listed above.
1104
b5cc15f7 1105=head1 LICENSE
1106
73c9a8ad 1107This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
1108the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
b5cc15f7 1109
1110=cut