Re: perl - cpan

[will trillich <will@serensoft.com>]

On Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 01:39:36PM -0600, techlists@techgod.net wrote:
> what is the command to connect to CPAN to down load modules...I've had a brain fart and can't remember
> 
> wayne

if you've got the CPAN perl module, then

	perl -MCPAN -e 'shell'

will keep you off the streets for a while.

i've got a script called 'cpan' which does basically that;
i thought i got it from a debian package but

	# dpkg -S cpan
	dpkg: *cpan* not found.

	# which cpan
	/usr/bin/cpan

here it is in all its glory:

	#!/usr/bin/perl

	eval 'exec /usr/bin/perl  -S $0 ${1+"$@"}'
		if 0; # not running under some shell

	use CPAN;
	shell;

that's it!

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