Install Perl module using CPAN

How to install Perl module using CPAN. How to include the module in a program?

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maityar

  • Sep 22nd, 2008
 

Try this command from DOX or UNIX Prompt. You will get a CPAN Prompt. To install a module use install modulename.

perl -MCPAN -e shell

Hope this help.

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dsenthil2003

  • May 13th, 2009
 

Get in to console prompt and follow as below

> CPAN   to get the cpan prompt

CPAN > INSTALL <Module > which ask you for the dependency modules if required to get install along with the current. Proceed to yes or enter key module will get installed.

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mattperl

  • Sep 30th, 2010
 

Even though the above answers work as well, I prefer to type cpan at the command prompt and it brings up the cpan shell prompt. I am using Linux and it may be OS dependent...

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Lucky Behl

  • Mar 18th, 2011
 

It can be possible that th CPAN module is already not installed. So at the first you need to do the installatiuon in a traditional way:-

1. Take a desired module's tar.gz version from the CAPN.
2. Extract & unzip it.
3. Upon this you will find that there is a directory with the module name in your PWD.
4. Perform the following actions :-

Go the new created module directory:-

Build module
----------------------

% perl5 Makefile.PL
% make


Install Module
----------------------
% make test
% make install
% make clean

Makefile.PL will be there in the extracted/ unzipped directroy already.

you can substitute perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/my/perl_directory to install the modules into /my/perl_directory.

One note: CPAN shell install the dependencies as well but this method wont do that. Check the module dependencies from the CPAN module dependencies link

Kuldip Singh Behal

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ankitloud

  • Nov 20th, 2011
 

I think the best option will be : type following command on command prompt

cpan App::cpanminus then you can install any module using its name using following command

cpan Module::Apache

let me know if it doesn't work

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