To build a module by hand on a Unix machine,* is this correct?
I put the unpacked source into
/home/user/.cpan/build
Navigate to that directory and type
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
And this creates the proper (everything)?
And -- when removing modules on a Unix machine, I just remove the same directory that was created in /home/user/.cpan/build -- is that correct? What about one other thing -- is there a central file or database that keeps track of all installed modules? Do I have to remove an entry from that?
One node here says that using CPAN and 'clean' will remove a module as well. Can someone verify that...
*The reason that I'm building by scratch is because I do not want the latest version of certain modules; I want older versions.
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