Joe Chung
Monmouth U. Homepage

(These commands will likely only work on a Linux system with Perl.)

 Get CPAN shell:

    $ perl -MCPAN -e shell

    Install desired module (example):

       cpan> [force] install MP3::Info

       ("force" forces install even if regression tests fail)

    Other useful commands in CPAN shell:

       i /mp3/        - search for all modules with /mp3/ in the name
       i MP3::Info    - show information about this module
       look MP3::Info - download a module and start a subshell where you
                        can look around before installing
       readme MP3::Info - show the readme file for the module
       ?                - show command summary

    # Run in command shell, not in the CPAN shell:
    # (Works if perldoc is installed and if MP3::Info has any documentation.)
    $ perldoc MP3::Info 

    $ perl -MCPAN -e 'install "MP3::Info"'