Installing the Modules

-MCPAN -we 'shell'

First, you'll need to configure the CPAN module. If you've never done this, it's really simple; just execute the above at your command line, and you're on your way. For our purposes, however, we need to make two small modifications to the standard procedure: when the script asks you for any extra arguments for Makefile.PL, you need to supply it with the following list (assuming that you chose '~/myperl' as your private lib directory):

LIB=~/myperl/lib INSTALLSITEMAN1DIR=~/myperl/man/man1 INSTALLSITEMAN3DIR=~/myperl/man/man3

You also need to make sure that the UNINST parameter is turned off; you can do this by setting 'UNINST=0' when that question comes up during the installation. (This is the default behavior unless you set it, but you might as well make sure.)

If you had already configured the CPAN shell at some point in the past, you simply need to modify the configuration. Again, start the shell as above, and issue the following commands at the "cpan> " prompt:

`` o conf makepl_arg "LIB=~/myperl/lib INSTALLSITEMAN1DIR=~/myperl/man/man1 INSTALLSITEMAN3DIR=~/myperl/man/man3" o conf make_install_arg UNINST=0 o conf commit ''

and you're done. From this point forward, using the CPAN shell (or any of the other CPAN functions and methods) should work just like usual:

# Invoke the shell
perl -MCPAN -we shell

# Install the Net::FTP module
perl -MCPAN -we 'install "Net::FTP"'

# Update all outdated modules on this system
perl -MCPAN -we 'CPAN::Shell->install(CPAN::Shell->r)'