Re^3: Install a CPAN module from a local distr. file

If you upgrade to a recent development version of CPAN (anything later than 1.88_55), it supports installing from local directories using a new "dot" syntax for distributions. Give it a dot or end a directory path with a dot and it will use that directory as if it were a downloaded and unwrapped tarball.

$ cpan .

$ cpan some/directory/.
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Re^4: Install a CPAN module from a local distr. file by Anonymous Monk on Apr 02, 2007 at 15:21 UTC
I updated the CPAN, but the dot (.) trick doesn't work; cpan thinks it's a module name :/ (i've tried "./" as well) MB	[reply]