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cpan − easily interact with CPAN from the command line
# with arguments and no switches, installs specified modules cpan module_name [ module_name ... ] # with switches, installs modules with extra behavior cpan [−cfimt] module_name [ module_name ... ] # without arguments, starts CPAN.pm shell cpan # without arguments, but some switches cpan [−ahrvACDLO]
This script provides a command interface (not a shell) to CPAN . At the moment it uses CPAN .pm to do the work, but it is not a one-shot command runner for CPAN .pm.
Meta
Options
These options are mutually exclusive, and the script
processes them in this order: [hvCAar]. 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. |
−A module [ module ... ]
Shows the primary maintainers for the specified modules
−C module [ module ... ]
Show the "Changes" files for the specified modules
−D module [ module ... ]
Show the module details. This prints one line for each out-of-date module (meaning, modules locally installed but have newer versions on CPAN ). Each line has three columns: module name, local version, and CPAN version.
−L author [ author ... ]
List the modules by the specified authors.
−h |
Prints a help message. | ||
−O |
Show the out-of-date modules. | ||
−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. It only processes the
first one it finds.
c |
Runs a ’make clean’ in the specified module’s directories. | ||
f |
Forces the specified action, when it normally would have failed. | ||
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 ( sole −i is optional ) cpan −i Netscape::Booksmarks Business::ISBN # force install modules ( must use −i ) cpan −fi CGI::Minimal URI
* none noted
Most behaviour, including environment variables and configuration, comes directly from CPAN .pm.
This source is part of a SourceForge project which always has the latest sources in CVS , as well as all of the previous releases.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/brian−d−foy/
If, for some reason, I disappear from the world, one of the other members of the project can shepherd this module appropriately.
Japheth Cleaver added the bits to allow a forced install (−f).
Jim Brandt suggest and provided the initial implementation for the up-to-date and Changes features.
Adam Kennedy pointed out that exit() causes problems on Windows where this script ends up with a .bat extension
brian d foy, "<bdfoy@cpan.org>"
Copyright (c) 2001−2006, brian d foy, All Rights Reserved.
You may redistribute this under the same terms as Perl itself.
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