vendorlib - Use Only Core and Vendor Libraries in @INC
#!/usr/bin/perl use vendorlib; use strict; use warnings; use SomeModule; # will only search in core and vendor paths ...
In a system distribution such as Debian, it may be advisable for Perl programs to ignore the user's CPAN-installed modules and only use the distribution-provided modules to avoid possible breakage with newer and unpackaged versions of modules.
To that end, this pragma will replace your @INC with only the core and vendor @INC paths, ignoring site_perl and $ENV{PERL5LIB} entirely.
@INC
$ENV{PERL5LIB}
It is recommended that you put use vendorlib; as the first statement in your program, before even use strict; and use warnings;.
use vendorlib;
use strict;
use warnings;
Thanks to mxey, jawnsy and ribasushi for help with the design.
Rafael Kitover <rkitover@gmail.com>
To install vendorlib, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm vendorlib
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install vendorlib
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.