FAQ 8.45 How do I install a module from CPAN?
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From: PerlFAQ Server on 10 Jul 2010 18:00 This is an excerpt from the latest version perlfaq8.pod, which comes with the standard Perl distribution. These postings aim to reduce the number of repeated questions as well as allow the community to review and update the answers. The latest version of the complete perlfaq is at http://faq.perl.org . -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.45: How do I install a module from CPAN? (contributed by brian d foy) The easiest way is to have a module also named CPAN do it for you by using the "cpan" command the comes with Perl. You can give it a list of modules to install: $ cpan IO::Interactive Getopt::Whatever If you prefer "CPANPLUS", it's just as easy: $ cpanp i IO::Interactive Getopt::Whatever If you want to install a distribution from the current directory, you can tell "CPAN.pm" to install "." (the full stop): $ cpan . See the documentation for either of those commands to see what else you can do. If you want to try to install a distribution by yourself, resolving all dependencies on your own, you follow one of two possible build paths. For distributions that use *Makefile.PL*: $ perl Makefile.PL $ make test install For distributions that use *Build.PL*: $ perl Build.PL $ ./Build test $ ./Build install Some distributions may need to link to libraries or other third-party code and their build and installation sequences may be more complicated. Check any *README* or *INSTALL* files that you may find. -------------------------------------------------------------------- The perlfaq-workers, a group of volunteers, maintain the perlfaq. They are not necessarily experts in every domain where Perl might show up, so please include as much information as possible and relevant in any corrections. The perlfaq-workers also don't have access to every operating system or platform, so please include relevant details for corrections to examples that do not work on particular platforms. Working code is greatly appreciated. If you'd like to help maintain the perlfaq, see the details in perlfaq.pod. |