Perl Language Packages and modules CPAN.pm
Example
CPAN.pm is a Perl module which allows to query and install modules from CPAN sites.
It supports interactive mode invoked with
cpan
or
perl -MCPAN -e shell
Querying modules
By name:
cpan> m MooseX::YAML
By a regex against module name:
cpan> m /^XML::/
Note: to enable a pager or redirecting to a file use | or > shell redirection (spaces are mandatory around the | and >), e.g.: m /^XML::/ | less.
By distribution:
cpan> d LMC/Net-Squid-Auth-Engine-0.04.tar.gz
Installing modules
By name:
cpan> install MooseX::YAML
By distribution:
cpan> install LMC/Net-Squid-Auth-Engine-0.04.tar.gz
