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| You may have to type ''perl -MCPAN -e shell'' instead of ''cpan'' on some systems other than [[http://www.openwall.com/Owl/|Owl]]. | You may have to type ''perl -MCPAN -e shell'' instead of ''cpan'' on some systems other than [[http://www.openwall.com/Owl/|Owl]]. | ||
| - | In response to the appropriate prompt, enter ''PREFIX=~/perl''. | + | In response to the appropriate prompt, enter ''PREFIX=~/perl''. Update: with recent versions of the CPAN shell, this prompt no longer appears by default. To make it appear (along with lots of other prompts), answer ''no'' to ''Would you like to configure as much as possible automatically?'' Alternatively, exit the CPAN shell after initial configuration is done and edit ''.cpan/CPAN/MyConfig.pm'' to set: |
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| + | 'makepl_arg' => q[PREFIX=~/perl], | ||
| Once in the CPAN shell, type ''install MODULE'', where MODULE is the name of the module to install. | Once in the CPAN shell, type ''install MODULE'', where MODULE is the name of the module to install. | ||