Re: [ILUG] How to find Perl modules ?

From: Sascha Lucky Luck (lucks at domain luggage.indigo.ie)
Date: Tue 15 Feb 2000 - 10:09:32 GMT


Thus spoke John P. Looney:
> I just downloaded a perl script, Rhup, from
> http://www.goofy.gaudi.dhs.org/rhup.php3. Tryed to run it, and got
> messages about perl modules I didn't have installed. Does anyone have a
> recommendation how a non-perl head can find the packages he needs, easily
> ? I'd prefer to have some way of finding what I should download from

perl -MCPAN -e shell

invokes the CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) shell. (www.cpan.org)

In there you can 'install Net::FTP' and Bob's your uncle.

s.



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