So far I have been using the system perl (on Ubuntu 10.10) and I was using local::lib to install CPAN modules in my private directory ~/perl5 As I am trying to use perlbrew it seems that they don'...

I've recently set up a new system and wanted to install Padre to check it out. The Padre install instructions specifically said to install local::lib, so I did so (although I've never had need of i...

I've been using local::lib to handle the installation of Perl modules on a server so I can get the right versions for some development work without polluting the system installation. However, the ...

I don't understand what use local::lib does that regular use lib doesn't. Could someone explain it?