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From: Paul Branston <apbran@rannoch.demon.co.uk>
To: David <david@huffstutler.com>
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Subject: Re: Perl-Mods
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In-Reply-To: <000d01c13791$1c9e3340$1100a8c0@huffstutler.com>; from david@huffstutler.com on Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 04:34:53AM -0700
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On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 04:34:53AM -0700, David wrote:
> I'm running FreeBSD 4.2-release, Perl-5.00503.
> 
> I have 3 questions.
> 
> How can I find out which Perl Mods are already installed?
try
perldoc perllocal

> What directory are they stored in (the repository)?

perl -e 'print "@INC";'
will show the include path

> What is the best way to install Perl Mods?

usr some devious means to get the gzip from CPAN
onto the machine, decompress it and untar it. Then
do

perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

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