How can I install Perl module without using CPAN.pm?

Question

Is it possible?

Answer 1

If you're asking this because you're having problems with CPAN... you're probably running out of RAM that's why you can't use CPAN.

Maybe you don't have a swap file. Try this:

$ sudo su
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/swap bs=1M count=1k # create a 1GB file
# mkswap /swap
# swapon /swap

Otherwise... stop some services.

$ sudo service mysql stop
$ sudo service nginx stop

...And try again

$ cpan install CPAN
$ cpan install MIME::Lite::TT::HTML

Answer 2

We can install all perl modules both from and even with your terminal in ubuntu. If you are using a ubuntu server then execute the following command , 'sudo apt-get install "perl_module"' The modules which you want just give the name in "perl_module" means If you want to install Apache2::Cookie it will be in "libapreq2" so you have to give like, "sudo apt-get install libapreq2"

Answer 3

If you are using Red Hat (Fedora, CentOS), you should use RPM for Perl dependencies wherever possible. Perl packages are almost always named perl-Module-Name, e.g. perl-DBI, perl-Spreadsheet-WriteExcel, etc.

On Ubuntu the naming scheme is libmodule-name-perl.

Answer 4

If you download the source code, and read the README file. This will probably tell you you should do

perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

or

perl Build.PL
./Build
./Build test
./Build install

Answer 5

I, as others have would highly suggest using CPAN.pm. It is a breeze to use and can resolve any dependencies associated with the module you need automatically.

On the other hand, I would suggest that you read the perlmodinstall document over at perldoc as it gives details on other os' as well.

Regards,

Jeff

Answer 6

See here: How to install perl modules using CPAN without root

I have just set this up on a server without root access and CPAN does everything automatically.

But if you really wanna install a module without CPAN and you don't have root (assuming this since you don't wanna use CPAN), you can do it as follows

perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=$HOME
make
make install

You're gonna have to hunt down dependencies yourself so it's better to use CPAN.