% perl -MCPAN -e shell
cpan> install CGI::Session
% perl Makefile.PL
% make
% make test
% make install
If you don't have proper permissions to perform system-wide installations you can install CGI::Session to your private PERL5LIB folder:
% perl Makefile.PL LIB=~/perllib
% make
% make test
% make install
Above set of commands install CGI::Session to your ~/perllib folder.
You are encouraged to run tests for the backend you will be using. The database backends that need a customized connection string won't run by default. To run them, some environment variables must be set.
The simplest method is to use the standard "DBI_DSN" environment variable to define a DBI connection string. Otherwise, you can set these variables as well:
For PostgreSQL:
CGISESS_PGSQL_DSN
CGISESS_PGSQL_USER
CGISESS_PGSQL_PASSWORD
For MySQL:
CGISESS_MYSQL_DSN
CGISESS_MYSQL_USER
CGISESS_MYSQL_PASSWORD
CGISESS_MYSQL_SOCKET