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How do I install a CPAN module?

by faq_monk (Initiate)
on Oct 08, 1999 at 00:29 UTC ( #750=perlfaq nodetype: print w/ replies, xml ) Need Help??

Current Perl documentation can be found at


The easiest way is to have the CPAN module do it for you. This module comes with perl version 5.004 and later. To manually install the CPAN module, or any well-behaved CPAN module for that matter, follow these steps:

  1. Unpack the source into a temporary area.

  2.     perl Makefile.PL
  3.     make
  4.     make test
  5.     make install


See MakeMaker for more details on building extensions. See also the next question.

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