CPAN
Section: Perl Programmers Reference Guide (1)
Updated: 2008-05-27
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NAME
cpan - easily interact with CPAN from the command line
SYNOPSIS
# with arguments, installs specified modules
cpan module_name [ module_name ... ]
# with switches, installs modules with extra behavior
cpan [-cimt] module_name [ module_name ... ]
# without arguments, starts CPAN shell
cpan
# without arguments, but some switches
cpan [-ahrv]
DESCRIPTION
This script provides a command interface (not a shell) to CPAN.pm.
Meta Options
These options are mutually exclusive, and the script processes
them in this order: [ahvr]. Once the script finds one, it ignores
the others, and then exits after it finishes the task. The script
ignores any other command line options.
- -a
-
Creates the CPAN.pm autobundle with CPAN::Shell->autobundle.
- -h
-
Prints a help message.
- -r
-
Recompiles dynamically loaded modules with CPAN::Shell->recompile.
- -v
-
Print the script version and CPAN.pm version.
Module options
These options are mutually exclusive, and the script processes
them in alphabetical order.
- c
-
Runs a `make clean` in the specified module's directories.
- i
-
Installed the specified modules.
- m
-
Makes the specified modules.
- t
-
Runs a `make test` on the specified modules.
Examples
# print a help message
cpan -h
# print the version numbers
cpan -v
# create an autobundle
cpan -a
# recompile modules
cpan -r
# install modules
cpan -i Netscape::Booksmarks Business::ISBN
TO DO
* add options for other CPAN::Shell functions
autobundle, clean, make, recompile, test
BUGS
* none noted
SEE ALSO
Most behaviour, including environment variables and configuration,
comes directly from CPAN.pm.
AUTHOR
brian d foy <bdfoy@cpan.org>
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- Meta Options
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- Module options
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- Examples
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- TORegenwassertank DO
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- BUGS
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- SEE ALSO
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- AUTHOR
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