Perl Modules

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Getting To The CPAN Prompt

To administer your Perl modules you must use the CPAN prompt. To get to the CPAN prompt, as root type:

perl -MCPAN -e shell

If this is the first time that you have entered the CPAN shell, you will be asked some set-up questions that will allow the shell to access CPAN's servers to get modules. Just read the questions and answer them.

If you ever need to re-run the set-up again, enter the CPAN shell and then type:

o conf init


Listing The Installed Modules

As of Slackware 10.2 and Perl 5.8.7- you can look the perllocal.pod file and see the modules.

cat /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/i486-linux/perllocal.pod


A much cleaner way is by using this Perl program:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use ExtUtils::Installed;
my $instmod = ExtUtils::Installed->new();
foreach my $module ($instmod->modules())
{
my $version = $instmod->version($module) || "???";
print "$module -- $version\n";
}

Installing New Modules

From the CPAN shell prompt, type:

install <Some::Module>


Removing Modules

A clean way is by using this Perl program:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use ExtUtils::Packlist;
use ExtUtils::Installed;
$ARGV[0] or die "Usage: $0 Module::Name\n";
my $mod = $ARGV[0];
my $inst = ExtUtils::Installed->new();
foreach my $item (sort($inst->files($mod)))
{
print "removing $item\n";
unlink $item;
}
my $packfile = $inst->packlist($mod)->packlist_file();
print "removing $packfile\n";
unlink $packfile;