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[1mNAME[0m
cpan - easily interact with CPAN from the command line
[1mSYNOPSIS[0m
# with arguments and no switches, installs specified modules
cpan module_name [ module_name ... ]
# with switches, installs modules with extra behavior
cpan [-cfgimtTw] module_name [ module_name ... ]
# with just the dot, install from the distribution in the
# current directory
cpan .
# without arguments, starts CPAN.pm shell
cpan
# force install modules (usually those that fail tests)
cpan -f module_name [ module_name ... ]
# install modules but without testing them
cpan -T module_name [ module_name ... ]
# dump the configuration
cpan -J
# load a different configuration to install Module::Foo
cpan -j some/other/file Module::Foo
# without arguments, but some switches
cpan [-ahrvACDlLO]
[1mDESCRIPTION[0m
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.
[1mOptions[0m
-a Creates a CPAN.pm autobundle with CPAN::Shell->autobundle.
-A module [ module ... ]
Shows the primary maintainers for the specified modules.
-c module
Runs a `make clean` in the specified module's directories.
-C module [ module ... ]
Show the Changes files for the specified modules
-D module [ module ... ]
Show the module details.
-f Force the specified action, when it normally would have failed. Use
this to install a module even if its tests fail. When you use this
option, -i is not optional for installing a module when you need to
force it:
% cpan -f -i Module::Foo
-F Turn off CPAN.pm's attempts to lock anything. You should be careful
with this since you might end up with multiple scripts trying to muck
in the same directory. This isn't so much of a concern if you're
loading a special config with "-j", and that config sets up its own
work directories.
-g module [ module ... ]
Downloads to the current directory the latest distribution of the
module.
-G module [ module ... ]
UNIMPLEMENTED
Download to the current directory the latest distribution of the
modules, unpack each distribution, and create a git repository for
each distribution.
If you want this feature, check out Yanick Champoux's
"Git::CPAN::Patch" distribution.
-h Print a help message and exit. When you specify "-h", it ignores all
of the other options and arguments.
-i Install the specified modules.
-I Load "local::lib" (think like "-I" for loading lib paths).
-j Config.pm
Load the file that has the CPAN configuration data. This should have
the same format as the standard CPAN/Config.pm file, which defines
$CPAN::Config as an anonymous hash.
-J Dump the configuration in the same format that CPAN.pm uses. This is
useful for checking the configuration as well as using the dump as a
starting point for a new, custom configuration.
-l List all installed modules with their versions
-L author [ author ... ]
List the modules by the specified authors.
-m Make the specified modules.
-O Show the out-of-date modules.
-p Ping the configured mirrors
-P Find the best mirrors you could be using (but doesn't configure them
just yet)
-r Recompiles dynamically loaded modules with CPAN::Shell->recompile.
-t Run a `make test` on the specified modules.
-T Do not test modules. Simply install them.
-u Upgrade all installed modules. Blindly doing this can really break
things, so keep a backup.
-v Print the script version and CPAN.pm version then exit.
-V Print detailed information about the cpan client.
-w UNIMPLEMENTED
Turn on cpan warnings. This checks various things, like directory
permissions, and tells you about problems you might have.
[1mExamples[0m
# print a help message
cpan -h
# print the version numbers
cpan -v
# create an autobundle
cpan -a
# recompile modules
cpan -r
# upgrade all installed modules
cpan -u
# install modules ( sole -i is optional )
cpan -i Netscape::Booksmarks Business::ISBN
# force install modules ( must use -i )
cpan -fi CGI::Minimal URI
[1mENVIRONMENT VARIABLES[0m
There are several components in CPAN.pm that use environment
variables. The build tools, ExtUtils::MakeMaker and Module::Build use
some, while others matter to the levels above them. Some of these are
specified by the Perl Toolchain Gang:
Lancaster Concensus:
<https://github.com/Perl-Toolchain-Gang/toolchain-site/blob/master/lan
caster-consensus.md>
Oslo Concensus:
<https://github.com/Perl-Toolchain-Gang/toolchain-site/blob/master/osl
o-consensus.md>
CPAN_OPTS
"cpan" splits this variable on whitespace and prepends that list
to @ARGV before it processes the command-line arguments. For
instance, if you always want to use "local:lib", you can set
"CPAN_OPTS" to "-I".
CPANSCRIPT_LOGLEVEL
The log level to use, with either the embedded, minimal logger or
Log::Log4perl if it is installed. Possible values are the same as
the "Log::Log4perl" levels: "TRACE", "DEBUG", "INFO", "WARN",
"ERROR", and "FATAL". The default is "INFO".
GIT_COMMAND
The path to the "git" binary to use for the Git features. The
default is "/usr/local/bin/git".
NONINTERACTIVE_TESTING
Assume no one is paying attention and skips prompts for
distributions that do that correctly. cpan(1) sets this to 1
unless it already has a value (even if that value is false).
PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT
Use the default answer for a prompted questions. cpan(1) sets this
to 1 unless it already has a value (even if that value is false).
[1mEXIT VALUES[0m
The script exits with zero if it thinks that everything worked, or a
positive number if it thinks that something failed. Note, however, that in
some cases it has to divine a failure by the output of things it does not
control. For now, the exit codes are vague:
1 An unknown error
2 The was an external problem
4 There was an internal problem with the script
8 A module failed to install
[1mTO DO[0m
* one shot configuration values from the command line
[1mBUGS[0m
* none noted
[1mSEE ALSO[0m
Most behaviour, including environment variables and configuration, comes
directly from CPAN.pm.
[1mSOURCE AVAILABILITY[0m
This code is in Github in the CPAN.pm repository:
https://github.com/andk/cpanpm
The source used to be tracked separately in another GitHub repo, but the
canonical source is now in the above repo.
[1mCREDITS[0m
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
[1mAUTHOR[0m
brian d foy, "<bdfoy@cpan.org>"
[1mCOPYRIGHT[0m
Copyright (c) 2001-2014, brian d foy, All Rights Reserved.
You may redistribute this under the same terms as Perl itself.