How to install perl modules?

[Brian Dessent]

Manuel Tejada wrote:

> Somebody can tell me from what URL I must to download
> a perl module and how to install it in Cygwing?

You use CPAN.  "perl -MCPAN -e 'install Foo::Bar'" or "perl -MCPAN -e
shell".  There is no URL to know, it takes care of all of that. 
http://cpan.org/misc/cpan-faq.html

> In pure Windows is easy is you have Perl from
> ActiveState but Perl installed in Cygwin doesnt have
> the ppm Manager.

To me (and perhaps others) that's a feature and not a bug.  I can't
stand that ppm junk.

Brian

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