ILRI Research Computing

Quick start: http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/user/intro/start_fast.html#Installation

Enter the perl CPAN shell:

• perl -MCPAN -e shell

List installed module versions:

• perl -MCPAN -e 'CPAN::Shell->r'

List installed module versions (from inside the shell):

• r

Good tips on using CPAN: http://sial.org/howto/perl/life-with-cpan/

Installing through CPAN is dangerous because it doesn't have an uninstall command and modules you install are not registered in a package manager (and therefore can only be removed manually). Use cpan2rpm to create RPMs from CPAN modules: http://perl.arix.com/cpan2rpm/

• Install:

# rpm -Uvh ~alan/cpan2rpm-2.028-1.noarch.rpm