installing module via cpan...

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Re: installing module via cpan... by planetscape (Chancellor) on Dec 05, 2005 at 06:07 UTC
Assuming you are doing `perl -MCPAN -e shell;` : And you have decided you want to install version `Net-SSH-Perl-1.25` from January 19, 2004, you would then type (for example): `install D/DR/DROLSKY/Net-SSH-Perl-1.25.tar.gz` HTH, planetscape	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: installing module via cpan... by BUU (Prior) on Dec 05, 2005 at 02:57 UTC
Yes, you can, but you have to specify the complete path to it. If you merely specify the module name, it installs the latest one.	[reply]
Re: installing module via cpan... by Happy-the-monk (Canon) on Dec 05, 2005 at 07:17 UTC
I want to install ... the most current version. CPAN.pm fetches the current/most recent version for you from your cpan mirror of choice. This will do what you want, with only occasional delays of a few hours when some other cpan mirrors might already have a newer version than your mirror of choice. Most of the time that should not be worth the trouble, or am I mistaken? Cheers, Sören	[reply]