How to install CPAN modules on mageia 4

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How to install CPAN modules on mageia 4? I am struggling to find out to achieve this.

any help is appreciated..

Umm… any of the standard ways as per CPAN's documentation? — Quentin, Jun 09 '14 at 18:17
I tried the following ways `cpan install WWW::Mechanize` or `sudo cpan install MOJO::Dom` but nothing worked out.. It says CPAN is not found. It is driving me crazy ;(( — doubledecker, Jun 09 '14 at 18:21
Perl is installed (5.18.1). I tried with the command `perl -v` — doubledecker, Jun 09 '14 at 18:23
Use [`cpanminus`](https://metacpan.org/pod/App::cpanminus): `curl -L http://cpanmin.us | perl - App::cpanminus` — Miller, Jun 09 '14 at 18:26
Have you tried using `yum` to install the modules that you require? — Dave Cross, Jun 10 '14 at 09:14

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 10 '14 at 14:55

First you probably don't need to, just install the package.

For example perl-WWW-Mechanize is the one for WWW::Mechanize. You should use rpmdrake or urpmi to find the package providing the module you want.

$ urpmf --provides --literal 'perl(WWW::Mechanize)'
perl-WWW-Mechanize:perl(WWW::Mechanize)[== 1.730.0]

If you want to be able to use the cpan command, you need to install perl-devel package.

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