How can I add a directory to the Perl library path at the system level?

Question

On a standard linux set up, where can I add a directory to the @INC variable?

In the /etc/profile file, I added:

 export PERLLIB=$PERLLIB:/foo/bar
 export PERL5LIB=$PERL5LIB:/foo/bar

Thanks

Answer 1

If you want every Perl script to have the additional library paths, you can re-compile Perl and specify the extra directories as part of the setup. Other than that, you're stuck with the ad hoc methods as you describe.