# phpman > man > local::lib(3pm) ## NAME [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown) - create and use a local lib/ for perl modules with PERL5LIB ## SYNOPSIS In code - use [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown); # sets up a local lib at ~/perl5 use [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown) '~/foo'; # same, but ~/foo # Or... use FindBin; use [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown) "$[FindBin::Bin](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/FindBin%3A%3ABin/markdown)/../support"; # app-local support library From the shell - # Install LWP and its missing dependencies to the '~/perl5' directory perl -MCPAN -[Mlocal::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mlocal%3A%3Alib/markdown) -e '[CPAN::install](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/CPAN%3A%3Ainstall/markdown)(LWP)' # Just print out useful shell commands $ perl -[Mlocal::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mlocal%3A%3Alib/markdown) PERL_MB_OPT='--install_base /home/username/perl5'; export PERL_MB_OPT; PERL_MM_OPT='INSTALL_BASE=/home/username/perl5'; export PERL_MM_OPT; PERL5LIB="/home/username/perl5/lib/perl5"; export PERL5LIB; PATH="/home/username/perl5/bin:$PATH"; export PATH; PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT="/home/usename/perl5:$PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT"; export PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT; From a .bash_profile or .bashrc file - eval "$(perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -[Mlocal::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mlocal%3A%3Alib/markdown))" ### The bootstrapping technique A typical way to install [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown) is using what is known as the "bootstrapping" technique. You would do this if your system administrator hasn't already installed [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown). In this case, you'll need to install [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown) in your home directory. Even if you do have administrative privileges, you will still want to set up your environment variables, as discussed in step 4. Without this, you would still install the modules into the system CPAN installation and also your Perl scripts will not use the lib/ path you bootstrapped with [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown). By default [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown) installs itself and the CPAN modules into ~/perl5. Windows users must also see "Differences when using this module under Win32". 1. Download and unpack the [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown) tarball from CPAN (search for "Download" on the CPAN page about [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown)). Do this as an ordinary user, not as root or administrator. Unpack the file in your home directory or in any other convenient location. 2. Run this: perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap If the system asks you whether it should automatically configure as much as possible, you would typically answer yes. 3. Run this: ([local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown) assumes you have make installed on your system) make test && make install 4. Now we need to setup the appropriate environment variables, so that Perl starts using our newly generated lib/ directory. If you are using bash or any other Bourne shells, you can add this to your shell startup script this way: echo 'eval "$(perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -[Mlocal::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mlocal%3A%3Alib/markdown))"' >>~/.bashrc If you are using C shell, you can do this as follows: % echo $SHELL /bin/csh $ echo 'eval `perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -[Mlocal::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mlocal%3A%3Alib/markdown)`' >> ~/.cshrc After writing your shell configuration file, be sure to re-read it to get the changed settings into your current shell's environment. Bourne shells use ". ~/.bashrc" for this, whereas C shells use "source ~/.cshrc". Bootstrapping into an alternate directory In order to install [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown) into a directory other than the default, you need to specify the name of the directory when you call bootstrap. Then, when setting up the environment variables, both perl and [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown) must be told the location of the bootstrap directory. The setup process would look as follows: perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap=~/foo make test && make install echo 'eval "$(perl -I$HOME/foo/lib/perl5 -[Mlocal::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mlocal%3A%3Alib/markdown)=$HOME/foo)"' >>~/.bashrc . ~/.bashrc Other bootstrapping options If you're on a slower machine, or are operating under draconian disk space limitations, you can disable the automatic generation of manpages from POD when installing modules by using the "--no-manpages" argument when bootstrapping: perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap --no-manpages To avoid doing several bootstrap for several Perl module environments on the same account, for example if you use it for several different deployed applications independently, you can use one bootstrapped [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown) installation to install modules in different directories directly this way: cd ~/mydir1 perl -[Mlocal::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mlocal%3A%3Alib/markdown)=./ eval $(perl -[Mlocal::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mlocal%3A%3Alib/markdown)=./) ### To set the environment for this shell alone printenv ### You will see that ~/mydir1 is in the PERL5LIB perl -MCPAN -e install ... ### whatever modules you want cd ../mydir2 ... REPEAT ... If you use .bashrc to activate a [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown) automatically, the [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown) will be re-enabled in any sub-shells used, overriding adjustments you may have made in the parent shell. To avoid this, you can initialize the [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown) in .bash_profile rather than .bashrc, or protect the [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown) invocation with a $SHLVL check: [ $SHLVL -eq 1 ] && eval "$(perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -[Mlocal::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mlocal%3A%3Alib/markdown))" If you are working with several "[local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown)" environments, you may want to remove some of them from the current environment without disturbing the others. You can deactivate one environment like this (using bourne sh): eval $(perl -[Mlocal::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mlocal%3A%3Alib/markdown)=--deactivate,~/path) which will generate and run the commands needed to remove "~/path" from your various search paths. Whichever environment was activated most recently will remain the target for module installations. That is, if you activate "~/path_A" and then you activate "~/path_B", new modules you install will go in "~/path_B". If you deactivate "~/path_B" then modules will be installed into "~/pathA" -- but if you deactivate "~/path_A" then they will still be installed in "~/pathB" because pathB was activated later. You can also ask "[local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown)" to clean itself completely out of the current shell's environment with the "--deactivate-all" option. For multiple environments for multiple apps you may need to include a modified version of the "use FindBin" instructions in the "In code" sample above. If you did something like the above, you have a set of Perl modules at "~/mydir1/lib". If you have a script at "~/mydir1/scripts/myscript.pl", you need to tell it where to find the modules you installed for it at "~/mydir1/lib". In "~/mydir1/scripts/myscript.pl": use strict; use warnings; use [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown) "$[FindBin::Bin](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/FindBin%3A%3ABin/markdown)/.."; ### points to ~/mydir1 and [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown) finds lib use lib "$[FindBin::Bin](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/FindBin%3A%3ABin/markdown)/../lib"; ### points to ~/mydir1/lib Put this before any BEGIN { ... } blocks that require the modules you installed. ### Differences when using this module under Win32 To set up the proper environment variables for your current session of "CMD.exe", you can use this: C:\>perl -[Mlocal::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mlocal%3A%3Alib/markdown) set PERL_MB_OPT=--install_base C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5 set PERL_MM_OPT=INSTALL_BASE=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5 set PERL5LIB=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\lib\perl5 set PATH=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\perl5\bin;%PATH% ### To set the environment for this shell alone C:\>perl -[Mlocal::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mlocal%3A%3Alib/markdown) > %TEMP%\tmp.bat && %TEMP%\tmp.bat && del %TEMP%\tmp.bat ### instead of $(perl -[Mlocal::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mlocal%3A%3Alib/markdown)=./) If you want the environment entries to persist, you'll need to add them to the Control Panel's System applet yourself or use [App::local::lib::Win32Helper](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/App%3A%3Alocal%3A%3Alib%3A%3AWin32Helper/markdown). The "~" is translated to the user's profile directory (the directory named for the user under "Documents and Settings" (Windows XP or earlier) or "Users" (Windows Vista or later)) unless $ENV{HOME} exists. After that, the home directory is translated to a short name (which means the directory must exist) and the subdirectories are created. PowerShell [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown) also supports PowerShell, and can be used with the "Invoke-Expression" cmdlet. Invoke-Expression "$(perl -[Mlocal::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mlocal%3A%3Alib/markdown))" ## RATIONALE The version of a Perl package on your machine is not always the version you need. Obviously, the best thing to do would be to update to the version you need. However, you might be in a situation where you're prevented from doing this. Perhaps you don't have system administrator privileges; or perhaps you are using a package management system such as Debian, and nobody has yet gotten around to packaging up the version you need. [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown) solves this problem by allowing you to create your own directory of Perl packages downloaded from CPAN (in a multi-user system, this would typically be within your own home directory). The existing system Perl installation is not affected; you simply invoke Perl with special options so that Perl uses the packages in your own local package directory rather than the system packages. [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown) arranges things so that your locally installed version of the Perl packages takes precedence over the system installation. If you are using a package management system (such as Debian), you don't need to worry about Debian and CPAN stepping on each other's toes. Your local version of the packages will be written to an entirely separate directory from those installed by Debian. ## DESCRIPTION This module provides a quick, convenient way of bootstrapping a user-local Perl module library located within the user's home directory. It also constructs and prints out for the user the list of environment variables using the syntax appropriate for the user's current shell (as specified by the "SHELL" environment variable), suitable for directly adding to one's shell configuration file. More generally, [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown) allows for the bootstrapping and usage of a directory containing Perl modules outside of Perl's @INC. This makes it easier to ship an application with an app-specific copy of a Perl module, or collection of modules. Useful in cases like when an upstream maintainer hasn't applied a patch to a module of theirs that you need for your application. On import, [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown) sets the following environment variables to appropriate values: PERL_MB_OPT PERL_MM_OPT PERL5LIB PATH PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT When possible, these will be appended to instead of overwritten entirely. These values are then available for reference by any code after import. ## CREATING A SELF-CONTAINED SET OF MODULES See [lib::core::only](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/lib%3A%3Acore%3A%3Aonly/markdown) for one way to do this - but note that there are a number of caveats, and the best approach is always to perform a build against a clean perl (i.e. site and vendor as close to empty as possible). ## IMPORT OPTIONS Options are values that can be passed to the "[local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown)" import besides the directory to use. They are specified as "use [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown) '--option'[, path];" or "perl -[Mlocal::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mlocal%3A%3Alib/markdown)=--option[,path]". --deactivate Remove the chosen path (or the default path) from the module search paths if it was added by "[local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown)", instead of adding it. --deactivate-all Remove all directories that were added to search paths by "[local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown)" from the search paths. --quiet Don't output any messages about directories being created. --always Always add directories to environment variables, ignoring if they are already included. --shelltype Specify the shell type to use for output. By default, the shell will be detected based on the environment. Should be one of: "bourne", "csh", "cmd", or "powershell". --no-create Prevents "[local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown)" from creating directories when activating dirs. This is likely to cause issues on Win32 systems. ## CLASS METHODS ensure_dir_structure_for Arguments: $path Return value: None Attempts to create a [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown) directory, including subdirectories and all required parent directories. Throws an exception on failure. print_environment_vars_for Arguments: $path Return value: None Prints to standard output the variables listed above, properly set to use the given path as the base directory. build_environment_vars_for Arguments: $path Return value: %environment_vars Returns a hash with the variables listed above, properly set to use the given path as the base directory. setup_env_hash_for Arguments: $path Return value: None Constructs the %ENV keys for the given path, by calling "build_environment_vars_for". active_paths Arguments: None Return value: @paths Returns a list of active "[local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown)" paths, according to the "PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT" environment variable and verified against what is really in @INC. install_base_perl_path Arguments: $path Return value: $install_base_perl_path Returns a path describing where to install the Perl modules for this local library installation. Appends the directories "lib" and "perl5" to the given path. lib_paths_for Arguments: $path Return value: @lib_paths Returns the list of paths perl will search for libraries, given a base path. This includes the base path itself, the architecture specific subdirectory, and perl version specific subdirectories. These paths may not all exist. install_base_bin_path Arguments: $path Return value: $install_base_bin_path Returns a path describing where to install the executable programs for this local library installation. Appends the directory "bin" to the given path. installer_options_for Arguments: $path Return value: %installer_env_vars Returns a hash of environment variables that should be set to cause installation into the given path. resolve_empty_path Arguments: $path Return value: $base_path Builds and returns the base path into which to set up the local module installation. Defaults to "~/perl5". resolve_home_path Arguments: $path Return value: $home_path Attempts to find the user's home directory. If no definite answer is available, throws an exception. resolve_relative_path Arguments: $path Return value: $absolute_path Translates the given path into an absolute path. resolve_path Arguments: $path Return value: $absolute_path Calls the following in a pipeline, passing the result from the previous to the next, in an attempt to find where to configure the environment for a local library installation: "resolve_empty_path", "resolve_home_path", "resolve_relative_path". Passes the given path argument to "resolve_empty_path" which then returns a result that is passed to "resolve_home_path", which then has its result passed to "resolve_relative_path". The result of this final call is returned from "resolve_path". ## OBJECT INTERFACE new Arguments: %attributes Return value: $local_lib Constructs a new "[local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown)" object, representing the current state of @INC and the relevant environment variables. ## ATTRIBUTES roots An arrayref representing active "[local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown)" directories. inc An arrayref representing @INC. libs An arrayref representing the PERL5LIB environment variable. bins An arrayref representing the PATH environment variable. extra A hashref of extra environment variables (e.g. "PERL_MM_OPT" and "PERL_MB_OPT") no_create If set, "[local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown)" will not try to create directories when activating them. ## OBJECT METHODS clone Arguments: %attributes Return value: $local_lib Constructs a new "[local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown)" object based on the existing one, overriding the specified attributes. activate Arguments: $path Return value: $new_local_lib Constructs a new instance with the specified path active. deactivate Arguments: $path Return value: $new_local_lib Constructs a new instance with the specified path deactivated. deactivate_all Arguments: None Return value: $new_local_lib Constructs a new instance with all "[local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown)" directories deactivated. environment_vars_string Arguments: [ $shelltype ] Return value: $shell_env_string Returns a string to set up the "[local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown)", meant to be run by a shell. build_environment_vars Arguments: None Return value: %environment_vars Returns a hash with the variables listed above, properly set to use the given path as the base directory. setup_env_hash Arguments: None Return value: None Constructs the %ENV keys for the given path, by calling "build_environment_vars". setup_local_lib Constructs the %ENV hash using "setup_env_hash", and set up @INC. A WARNING ABOUT UNINST=1 Be careful about using [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown) in combination with "make install UNINST=1". The idea of this feature is that will uninstall an old version of a module before installing a new one. However it lacks a safety check that the old version and the new version will go in the same directory. Used in combination with [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown), you can potentially delete a globally accessible version of a module while installing the new version in a local place. Only combine "make install UNINST=1" and [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown) if you understand these possible consequences. ## LIMITATIONS * Directory names with spaces in them are not well supported by the perl toolchain and the programs it uses. Pure-perl distributions should support spaces, but problems are more likely with dists that require compilation. A workaround you can do is moving your [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown) to a directory with spaces after you installed all modules inside your [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown) bootstrap. But be aware that you can't update or install CPAN modules after the move. * Rather basic shell detection. Right now anything with csh in its name is assumed to be a C shell or something compatible, and everything else is assumed to be Bourne, except on Win32 systems. If the "SHELL" environment variable is not set, a Bourne-compatible shell is assumed. * Kills any existing PERL_MM_OPT or PERL_MB_OPT. * Should probably auto-fixup CPAN config if not already done. * On VMS and MacOS Classic (pre-OS X), [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown) loads [File::Spec](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/File%3A%3ASpec/markdown). This means any [File::Spec](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/File%3A%3ASpec/markdown) version installed in the [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown) will be ignored by scripts using [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown). A workaround for this is using "use lib "$local_lib/lib/perl5";" instead of using "[local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown)" directly. * Conflicts with [ExtUtils::MakeMaker](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/ExtUtils%3A%3AMakeMaker/markdown)'s "PREFIX" option. "[local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown)" uses the "INSTALL_BASE" option, as it has more predictable and sane behavior. If something attempts to use the "PREFIX" option when running a Makefile.PL, [ExtUtils::MakeMaker](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/ExtUtils%3A%3AMakeMaker/markdown) will refuse to run, as the two options conflict. This can be worked around by temporarily unsetting the "PERL_MM_OPT" environment variable. * Conflicts with [Module::Build](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Module%3A%3ABuild/markdown)'s "--prefix" option. Similar to the previous limitation, but any "--prefix" option specified will be ignored. This can be worked around by temporarily unsetting the "PERL_MB_OPT" environment variable. Patches very much welcome for any of the above. * On Win32 systems, does not have a way to write the created environment variables to the registry, so that they can persist through a reboot. ## TROUBLESHOOTING If you've configured [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown) to install CPAN modules somewhere in to your home directory, and at some point later you try to install a module with "cpan -i [Foo::Bar](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Foo%3A%3ABar/markdown)", but it fails with an error like: "Warning: You do not have permissions to install into /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux at /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/Foo/Bar.pm" and buried within the install log is an error saying "'INSTALL_BASE' is not a known MakeMaker parameter name", then you've somehow lost your updated [ExtUtils::MakeMaker](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/ExtUtils%3A%3AMakeMaker/markdown) module. To remedy this situation, rerun the bootstrapping procedure documented above. Then, run "rm -r ~/.cpan/build/Foo-Bar*" Finally, re-run "cpan -i [Foo::Bar](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Foo%3A%3ABar/markdown)" and it should install without problems. ## ENVIRONMENT SHELL COMSPEC [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown) looks at the user's "SHELL" environment variable when printing out commands to add to the shell configuration file. On Win32 systems, "COMSPEC" is also examined. ## SEE ALSO * Perl Advent article, 2011 <> ## SUPPORT IRC: Join #toolchain on irc.perl.org. ## AUTHOR Matt S Trout <> auto_install fixes kindly sponsored by ## CONTRIBUTORS Patches to correctly output commands for csh style shells, as well as some documentation additions, contributed by Christopher Nehren <>. Doc patches for a custom [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown) directory, more cleanups in the english documentation and a german documentation contributed by Torsten Raudssus <>. Hans Dieter Pearcey <> sent in some additional tests for ensuring things will install properly, submitted a fix for the bug causing problems with writing Makefiles during bootstrapping, contributed an example program, and submitted yet another fix to ensure that [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown) can install and bootstrap properly. Many, many thanks! pattern of Freenode IRC contributed the beginnings of the Troubleshooting section. Many thanks! Patch to add Win32 support contributed by Curtis Jewell <>. Warnings for missing PATH/PERL5LIB (as when not running interactively) silenced by a patch from Marco Emilio Poleggi. Mark Stosberg <> provided the code for the now deleted '--self-contained' option. Documentation patches to make win32 usage clearer by David Mertens <> (run4flat). Brazilian portuguese translation and minor doc patches contributed by Breno G. de Oliveira <>. Improvements to stacking multiple [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown) dirs and removing them from the environment later on contributed by Andrew Rodland <>. Patch for Carp version mismatch contributed by Hakim Cassimally <>. Rewrite of internals and numerous bug fixes and added features contributed by Graham Knop <>. ## COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 2007 - 2013 the [local::lib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/local%3A%3Alib/markdown) "AUTHOR" and "CONTRIBUTORS" as listed above. ## LICENSE This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.