lib - manipulate $^INCLUDE_PATH at compile time
use lib LIST; no lib LIST;
This is a small simple module which simplifies the manipulation of $^INCLUDE_PATH at compile time.
It is typically used to add extra directories to perl's search path so that later use or require statements will find modules which are not located on perl's default search path.
use
require
The parameters to use lib are added to the start of the perl search path. Saying
use lib
use lib LIST;
is almost the same as saying
BEGIN { unshift($^INCLUDE_PATH, LIST) }
For each directory in LIST (called $dir here) the lib module also checks to see if a directory called $dir/$archname/auto exists. If so the $dir/$archname directory is assumed to be a corresponding architecture specific directory and is added to $^INCLUDE_PATH in front of $dir.
The current value of $archname can be found with this command:
$archname
perl -V:archname
To avoid memory leaks, all trailing duplicate entries in $^INCLUDE_PATH are removed.
You should normally only add directories to $^INCLUDE_PATH. If you need to delete directories from $^INCLUDE_PATH take care to only delete those which you added yourself or which you are certain are not needed by other modules in your script. Other modules may have added directories which they need for correct operation.
The no lib statement deletes all instances of each named directory from $^INCLUDE_PATH.
no lib
For each directory in LIST (called $dir here) the lib module also checks to see if a directory called $dir/$archname/auto exists. If so the $dir/$archname directory is assumed to be a corresponding architecture specific directory and is also deleted from $^INCLUDE_PATH.
When the lib module is first loaded it records the current value of $^INCLUDE_PATH in an array @lib::ORIG_INCLUDE_PATH. To restore $^INCLUDE_PATH to that value you can say
@lib::ORIG_INCLUDE_PATH. To restore $^INCLUDE_PATH to that value you can say
$^INCLUDE_PATH = @lib::ORIG_INC;
In order to keep lib.pm small and simple, it only works with Unix filepaths. This doesn't mean it only works on Unix, but non-Unix users must first translate their file paths to Unix conventions.
# VMS users wanting to put [.stuff.moo] into # their $^INCLUDE_PATH would write use lib 'stuff/moo';
In the future, this module will likely use File::Spec for determining paths, as it does now for Mac OS (where Unix-style or Mac-style paths work, and Unix-style paths are converted properly to Mac-style paths before being added to $^INCLUDE_PATH).
FindBin - optional module which deals with paths relative to the source file.
Tim Bunce, 2nd June 1995.
1 POD Error
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Unterminated C<...> sequence
To install kurila, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm kurila
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install kurila
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.