CPAN.pm

[llornkcor]

There is also ppm.bat for those that also use MSWin32, Activestate. It has
windows specific modules. And works much the same way.

One request - how about using a 'reply-to' so reply's will go to the list,
instead of the person that sent it? Works great on the BLUG.
LP



| One of my co-workers asked me, "What CPAN modules do you
| always install when you're bringing up a new machine?"
|
| Hmmm, I thought.  The default installation includes a fair
| bit nowadays.  But then I got to thinking how the CPAN.pm
| module itself has advanced to the point where it makes my
| life a fair bit easier when installing modules.
|
| So here's a basic plug for the use of CPAN.pm.  If you're
| not familiar with it, here are some basics:
|
| You can fire it up in command mode by typing
|
|     perl -MCPAN -e shell
|
| (Personally, I have an alias in my .cshrc -- I just type cpan)
|
|     alias cpan 'perl -MCPAN -e shell'
|
| Typing ? gets you some options, but let's say you want to
| install Foo.pm.  It's as easy as
|
|     cpan> install Foo
|
| CPAN.pm checks both CPAN and your own installation to see
| if it's already installed and up to date.  Then -- and
| this is the cool part, IMO -- it will recursively pull
| in, build, and install any modules that are dependencies
| for Foo.pm.  Early versions did not do this, and it is a
| super-duper enhancement.  It makes it so much less time-
| consuming to pull in and check new modules.
|
| Walter
|