Appending to Perl's @INC array
The @INC array is a list of directories Perl searches when attempting to load modules. To display the current contents of the @INC array: perl -e "print join(\"\n\", @INC);" The following two methods may be used to append to Perl's @INC array: 1. Add the directory to the PERL5LIB environment variable. 2. Add use lib ' directory ' ; in your Perl script. For more information, read the perlrun manpage or type perldoc lib . ripped from : http://www.brandonhutchinson.com/perl_inc.html