[cobalt-users] Installing Perl Modules

[Jim Vaselopulos <jimvaselopulos@xxxxxxxxx>]

Help!

When I was making my purchasing decision a few days
ago, I was told that the RaQ3i made it very simple to
install new perl modules.  With this in mind, I said
goodbye to slow system administrators and purchased a
RaQ3i.

Since I got it up and running late last week, the
RaQ3i has run very well... but, as I have now found
out, it does not do anything to help installation of
new perl modules.

Infact, it is even more troublesome becuase from what
I understand, I can really screw up the whole Cobalt
system if I overwrite or upgrade .pm's that Cobalt
depends on.

I am resigned to the fact that I'm going to have to
learn more about the nuts and bolts of Unix system
administration... but I want to do it intelligently..
without screwing up my whole system.

Now that I've vented.. here is my question:

*  Is there any way I can set up an alternate location
for a 'second' .pm directory so I never have to worry
about screwing up the .pm's that Cobalt uses.
*  If so, how then do I get .pm's from the CPAN and
installed correctly in the 'second' .pm directory.
*  Once this is done, is there anything different I
have to do when calling out a .pm in a perl program?

Many thanks to those who take the time to read this...
many more to those who answer.

Sincerely,

Jim Vaselopulos
jim@xxxxxxxx
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