install perl modules

qrange · 09-07-2011, 07:12 AM

I need a bash script to install many missing perl modules (for eg:
Data/HexDump.pm
Text/Truncate.pm
..)

(it's tedious to install them one by one)
Can someone help?
thanks.

knudfl · 09-07-2011, 07:34 AM

Modules available from Debian http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/perl/
Example # apt-get install libxml-perl libxml-parser-perl ( etc. etc.)

Modules that are not available from a Debian repository :
# cpan
cpan > install Data::HexDump Text::Truncate ( etc. etc.)

I.e. just type all required modules in one command.
I don't see, how a script should help.

Cpan "Search for module names" http://search.cpan.org/

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anomie · 09-07-2011, 12:06 PM

@grange: What OS / version? (It's a good idea to include that info in your question.)

As implied by the previous posting, it's nice when the modules you need are already packaged up and made available by your distro's repositories. And they often are.