Meta Options¶

These options are mutually exclusive, and the script processes them in this order: [hvCAar]. Once the script finds one, it ignores the others, and then exits after it finishes the task. The script ignores any other command line options.

-a

Creates the CPAN.pm autobundle with CPAN::Shell->autobundle.

-A module [ module ... ]

Shows the primary maintainers for the specified modules

-C module [ module ... ]

Show the "Changes" files for the specified modules

-D module [ module ... ]

Show the module details. This prints one line for each out-of-date module (meaning, modules locally installed but have newer versions on CPAN). Each line has three columns: module name, local version, and CPAN version.

-L author [ author ... ]

List the modules by the specified authors.

-h

Prints a help message.

-O

Show the out-of-date modules.

-r

Recompiles dynamically loaded modules with CPAN::Shell->recompile.

-v

Print the script version and CPAN.pm version.

Module options¶

These options are mutually exclusive, and the script processes them in alphabetical order. It only processes the first one it finds.

c

Runs a `make clean` in the specified module's directories.

f

Forces the specified action, when it normally would have failed.

i

Installed the specified modules.

m

Makes the specified modules.

t

Runs a `make test` on the specified modules.

Examples¶

        # print a help message
        cpan -h
        # print the version numbers
        cpan -v
        # create an autobundle
        cpan -a
        # recompile modules
        cpan -r
        # install modules ( sole -i is optional )
        cpan -i Netscape::Booksmarks Business::ISBN
        # force install modules ( must use -i )
        cpan -fi CGI::Minimal URI