Removing un-necessary modules

nbowden has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi monks,

I often have perl scripts that I'd like to ship out to colleagues who dont have perl installed on their windows machines.

I've found a great installer (INNO) to automate the installation process for them but, I'd really like an easy way to strip out all of the un-necessary perl modules, pod files etc. that don't need to get shipped in the perl directory of the installer that gets created.

I've been having a look at the Devel::Dependancies module, with a view to trying to script a solution to cut out all un-used files...but I thought, "somebody must have already done this".

Anyone know any solutions to this ?

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Re: Removing un-necessary modules by rafl (Friar) on Mar 20, 2006 at 13:12 UTC
How about using PAR? It bundles all modules needed to run the application into an archive and can also put a perl interpreter into it so you can also run it on a platform without a perl interpreter installed. Cheers, Flo	[reply]
Re: Removing un-necessary modules by bobf (Monsignor) on Mar 20, 2006 at 14:43 UTC
I'd really like an easy way to strip out all of the un-necessary perl modules, pod files etc I may be misunderstanding this, but it sounds like you're installing Perl and then trying to delete anything that isn't used by your scripts. Please don't do that. Leaving (no... creating) a broken Perl installation on someone's machine will only create problems the next time someone does `perl -v` and assumes all of the core stuff is available. A better idea is to create standalone executable files from your scripts. This is asked quite often - use Super Search to find relevant threads. Another option is to create a bundle of required modules that you can install all at once, CPAN-style. Finally, don't forget about the Categorized Questions and Answers and Tutorials sections. perlfaq3, "How can I compile my Perl program into byte code or C?" (perldoc) perlcc (perldoc) How do I compile my script so that it becomes a standalone executable? (CatQ&A) Shipping standalone perl apps on Win32 (Tutorial) Creating a Bundle:: with all deps? Standalone perl Doing a standalone executable (and even a binary!) Converting perl script into .exe Compiled Perl	[reply] [d/l]