qwurx [shmem] ~ > cpan

cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.7602)
ReadLine support enabled

cpan> o conf prerequisites_policy follow
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Installing modules will then automatically install dependencies.

* with a lot of handwaving *: Since you name aptitude, I assume you have a Debian based system. Try

dh-make-perl --cpan module
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I don't know whether this is accurate still, or whether Ubuntu boxen have this - try it out.

For RPM based systems, there is cpanflute to build packages from modules.

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                              /\_¯/(q    /
----------------------------  \__(m.====·.(_("always off the crowd"))."·
");sub _{s./.($e="'Itrs `mnsgdq Gdbj O`qkdq")=~y/"-y/#-z/;$e.e && print}

perl -MCPAN -e 'shell'
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Also called 'cpan' :)

pc03:/W 503 $ cpan
Terminal does not support AddHistory.

cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.7601)
ReadLine support available (try 'install Bundle::CPAN')

cpan> help

Display Information
 command  argument          description
 a,b,d,m  WORD or /REGEXP/  about authors, bundles, distributions, mod
+ules
 i        WORD or /REGEXP/  about anything of above
 r        NONE              reinstall recommendations
 ls       AUTHOR            about files in the author's directory

Download, Test, Make, Install...
 get                        download
 make                       make (implies get)
 test      MODULES,         make test (implies make)
 install   DISTS, BUNDLES   make install (implies test)
 clean                      make clean
 look                       open subshell in these dists' directories
 readme                     display these dists' README files

Other
 h,?           display this menu       ! perl-code   eval a perl comma
+nd
 o conf [opt]  set and query options   q             quit the cpan she
+ll
 reload cpan   load CPAN.pm again      reload index  load newer indice
+s
 autobundle    Snapshot                force cmd     unconditionally d
+o cmd
cpan>
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Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

Each (linux) distro has their own way on package management that resolves all dependencies, but they all, as you mention, are limited in the repository, and can't catch up to the latest release at CPAN. I do admit that having such tool would be very nice for those who need it. I haven't used CPANPLUS::Shell::Tk myself, I'm happy with cpan.

Each (linux) distro has their own way on package management that resolves all dependencies, but they all, as you mention, are limited in the repository, and can't catch up to the latest release at CPAN. I do admit that having such tool would be very nice for those who need it. I haven't used CPANPLUS::Shell::Tk myself, I'm happy with cpan.

In turn, I haven't used CPANPLUS which you mentioned yourself, but one distinguishing feature of it that I can remember of is the ability to create distro-specific packages on the fly, which would give one the best of both worlds: parallel distro and cpan package management! Support for some major distros is already there and for other ones it can be made available through suitable plugins: for some time I've been tempted to write code for mine (due to its simple nature it shouldn't be that difficult) but with some and occasionally several regrets on my own part from some time on I seem to have turned mostly in a Windows-kinda-guy, so if that is going to happen, it won't be anytime soon.

Do i need to be in root to install thing with cpan?

No, you don't have to, absolutely not :-)

packet, have you read CPAN? Do you use perldoc? If man can't display modules documentation (for whatever reason), you can use perldoc instead. With it, you gain other benefits you won't get from man.

$ perldoc CPAN
$ perldoc CGI

# this is cool
$ perldoc -m CGI

# only for Perl FAQs
$ perldoc -q string

# more on perldoc
# perldoc perldoc
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