cpan

Pointers

• http://search.cpan.org/
• http://metacpan.org/
• http://annocpan.org/
• http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/
• http://www.cpantesters.org/
• http://matrix.cpantesters.org/
• http://changes.cpanhq.org/
• http://kobesearch.cpan.org/
• http://cpants.perl.org/
• https://pause.perl.org/

• perl

Find modules available for upgrade

  # determine which perl modules are outdated
  perl -MCPAN -e 'CPAN::Shell->r'

  # upgrade all outdated perl modules
  perl -MCPAN -e 'CPAN::Shell->install(CPAN::Shell->r)'

Build an autobundle

  # generate list of installed modules
  # produces snapshot file, e.g. Snapshot_2004_08_08_00.pm
  perl -MCPAN -e autobundle

  # remove version numbers from autobundle to install latest version:
  perl -pi -e's|^([\w\:]+) [\d\.]+$|$1 undef|' /path/to/Snapshot_...
    
  # Install modules from generated autobundle
  perl -MCPAN -e 'install Bundle::Snapshot_2004_08_08_00'

upgrading CPAN module

  perl -MCPAN -e shell
  install CPAN
  reload CPAN
  install Bundle::CPAN

automatically answering questions 'yes'

• conf init policy
• run interactive configuration of all options matching policy

• export PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT=1
• use default answers to questions using ExtUtils::MakeMaker::prompt

• export PERL_EXTUTILS_AUTOINSTALL=--defaultdeps
• use default dependencies when prompted directly by modules

• o conf prerequisites_policy follow
• o conf build_requires_install_policy yes
• o conf commit

Proxy

• o conf init proxy
• o conf commit