This is the README file for CPANPLUS, Ameliorated interface to the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network, by Jos Boumans. Please type "perldoc CPANPLUS" after installation to see the module usage information. For shell usage, please consult "perldoc cpanp"; the FAQ is available as "perldoc CPANPLUS::FAQ". You may also want to read the 'ChangeLog' file, which describes new features, bugfixes and additional notes for this release. ################################################################### ### ### Installation ### ################################################################### CPANPLUS uses the standard perl module install process: $ perl Makefile.PL $ make # or 'nmake' on Windows $ make test $ make install After installation you can start CPANPLUS' interactive client by running one of the following commands: $ cpanp $ perl -MCPANPLUS -eshell CPANPLUS also ships a 'boxed' cpanp client, so you can run it out of it's extraction dir, by typing: $ perl bin/cpanp-boxed This may help you with bootstrap issues, or other situations where you need to use CPANPLUS but can not use a system installation. You can install all of CPANPLUS' dependencies like this, before installing CPANPLUS itself by running: $ perl bin/cpanp-boxed -s selfupdate dependencies All the modules bundled are found in the 'inc/bundle' directory. If you, for whatever reason, wish to not install these from cpan, you could include them into your environment as such (using tcsh): $ setenv PERL5LIB `pwd`/inc/bundle ################################################################### ### ### Notes for windows users ### ################################################################### If you are using Microsoft Windows, you will probably need the 'nmake' utility before installation. It's available at: http://download.microsoft.com/download/vc15/Patch/1.52/W95/EN-US/nmake15.exe If you are connected to the internet, "perl Makefile.PL" is capable of automatically fetch it, and install into your Perl/bin directory. You will see a message like this: The required 'nmake' executable not found, fetching it... However, if you are not yet online, or wish to install 'nmake' into another directory, then please download the file manually, save it to a directory in %PATH (e.g. C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND), then launch the MS-DOS command line shell, "cd" to that directory, and run "nmake15.exe" from there; that will create the 'nmake.exe' file. You may then resume the installation process above, but replace 'make' with 'nmake' in the last three lines. ################################################################### ### ### Notes on CPAN testing ### ################################################################### CPANPLUS offers several features to query and report module testing results. For example, typing "cpanp -c DBI" in the command line (or "c DBI" in the CPANPLUS default shell) will display the test results of latest DBI package. If you wish to report module test results as part of installation process, please answer "Y" to the 'Report tests results? [y/N]:' question during the interactive configuration. You can also type "s edit" in the CPANPLUS Default Shell to edit the config file manually, or just enter "s conf cpantest 1" and "s save" to save the settings. Please consult the CPAN Tester's Website (http://testers.cpan.org/) for detailed information. ################################################################### ### ### Contact ### ################################################################### CPANPLUS has several mailing lists you can write to: - Questions/suggestions: <bug-cpanplus@rt.cpan.org> - Bug reporting: <bug-cpanplus@rt.cpan.org> ################################################################### ### ### License ### ################################################################### Copyright 2001-2006 by Jos Boumans <kane@cpan.org>. All rights reserved. You can redistribute and/or modify this bundle under the same terms as Perl itself. See <http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>.