[CentOS] scripting CPAN installs

[Bowie Bailey]

Alan McKay wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
> Maybe there is a Perl/CPAN list that is a better place to ask this?
> If so, maybe someone can point me to it.
>
> Anyway, I want to be able to script the installation of a bunch of
> CPAN modules, and the first basic problem I am coming up against is
> that the "cpan" command seems to always return 0 regardless of whether
> or not the install completed.
>
> Google does not bring up a whole lot of help for me here, but I have
> to think this problem has already been solved.
>
> Thanks for any guidance you can give.

First suggestion would be to check if these modules are available as
rpms.  Check the epel and rpmforge repositories.  This will make things
go much smoother both now and when you need to update later.

-- 
Bowie