Thanks for mentioning this module, I haven't heard of it. The README/INSTALL file is not relevant in my situation (as potential users are unlikely to see/read it).

The instructions you pasted look insufficient for newbies. For example, don't you need to set up local::lib before/when installing with cpanm (without -S) or cpan as non-root?

At this point I think I'd just suggest sudo cpan App::MyProgram, as it seems to be the most frictionless way to install a module (since the CPAN shell is usually already installed, as tye pointed out below). This however isn't enough for Windows users (for whom I should provide a link to Strawberry Perl) and users who don't have root access.

Any opinions on the usefulness of the website I described in the second part of my article?

In reply to Re^2: "Best practice" instructions for installing modules by mgv
in thread "Best practice" instructions for installing modules by mgv

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