What's the easiest way to install a missing Perl module?

Question

I get this error:

Can\'t locate Foo.pm in @INC

Is there an easier way to install it than downloading, untarring, making, etc?

Answer 1

Seems like you've already got your answer but I figured I'd chime in. This is what I do in some scripts on an Ubuntu (or debian server)

#!/usr/bin/perl

use warnings;
use strict;

#I've gotten into the habit of setting this on all my scripts, prevents weird path issues if the script is not being run by root
$ENV{'PATH'} = '/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin';

#Fill this with the perl modules required for your project
my @perl = qw(LWP::Simple XML::LibXML MIME::Lite DBI DateTime Config::Tiny Proc::ProcessTable);

chomp(my $curl = `which curl`);

if(!$curl){ system('apt-get install curl -y > /dev/null'); }

chomp(my $cpanm = system('/bin/bash', '-c', 'which cpanm &>/dev/null'));

#installs cpanm if missing
if($cpanm){ system('curl -s -L http://cpanmin.us | perl - --sudo App::cpanminus'); }

#loops through required modules and installs them if missing
foreach my $x (@perl){
    eval "use $x";
    if($@){
        system("cpanm $x");
        eval "use $x";
    }
}

This works well for me, maybe there is something here you can use.

Answer 2

Try App::cpanminus:

# cpanm Chocolate::Belgian

It's great for just getting stuff installed. It provides none of the more complex functionality of CPAN or CPANPLUS, so it's easy to use, provided you know which module you want to install. If you haven't already got cpanminus, just type:

# cpan App::cpanminus

to install it.

It is also possible to install it without using cpan at all. The basic bootstrap procedure is,

curl -L http://cpanmin.us | perl - --sudo App::cpanminus

For more information go to the App::cpanminus page and look at the section on installation.

Answer 3

Even it should work:

cpan -i module_name

Answer 4

If you want to put the new module into a custom location that your cpan shell isn't configured to use, then perhaps, the following will be handy.

 #wget <URL to the module.tgz>
 ##unpack
 perl Build.PL
./Build destdir=$HOME install_base=$HOME
./Build destdir=$HOME install_base=$HOME install

Answer 5

Use cpan command as cpan Modulename

$ cpan HTML::Parser

To install dependencies automatically follow the below

$ perl -MCPAN -e shell
cpan[1]>  o conf prerequisites_policy follow
cpan[2]>  o conf commit
exit

I prefer App::cpanminus, it installs dependencies automatically. Just do

$ cpanm HTML::Parser

Answer 6

On Fedora you can use

# yum install foo

as long as Fedora has an existing package for the module.