installing perl modules

zoran119 · 02-23-2010, 04:39 PM

what is the best way to install perl cpan modules in slackware?

i know that you can use 'cpan' and say 'install date::calc' but there is a perl-date-calc slackbuild on sbo. so which is the better way and why?

koenigdavidmj · 02-23-2010, 05:04 PM

If you do it via the SlackBuild then they will be tracked by the package manager, so you can just say 'removepkg perl-date-calc' and it will do just that. If you manage it with the cpan command (and I recommend its shinier brother cpanp if you go this route) then you have to track them yourself.

If you want to delete a module, go with the SlackBuild route. Otherwise just use cpanp. Upgrading packages will be a bit easier, too.

wadsworth · 02-24-2010, 12:28 PM

You may want to have a look at cpan2tgz.

I've used this occasionally when I needed some of those blasted perl modules.