#!/bin/usr/perl
use strict;

sub trim($)
{
        my $string = shift;
        $string =~ s/^\s+//;
        $string =~ s/\s+$//;
        return $string;
} 
my $packName = $ARGV[0]; $packName=~s/:/%3A/g; print $packName,"\n";

my $url = 'http://search.cpan.org/search?format=xml&query='. $packName
+; print $url,"\n";

my $url2 = `wget -q "$url" -O -`; 

if ($url2 =~ s/<link>(.*?)<\/link>/$1/)
{
        my $url2 = trim $1;
        print $url2,"\n";
        my $content = `wget -q "$url2" -O -`;
        if ($content =~ /Download: <a href="(.*?)">/)
        {
                print $1,"\n";
                my $url3 = "http://search.cpan.org$1";
                print `wget -q "$url3"`;
                my $arch = `basename $1`;
                print `tar xvzf $arch`;
                if ( $arch =~ /(.*?).tar.gz/)
                {
                        my $cur=`pwd`;
                        chdir $1;
                        print `perl ./Makefile.PL`;
                        print `make test && sudo make install`;
                        print "going to $cur";
                        chdir("..");
                        print `pwd`;
                        print `/bin/rm -Rf $1*` if ($ARGV[1] eq "-c") 
+;
                }
        }
}

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