[PLUG] Updating All Perl Modules

Michael C. Robinson plug_1 at robinson-west.com
Tue Nov 9 20:36:35 UTC 2010


On Tue, 2010-11-09 at 06:47 -0800, Rich Shepard wrote:
> Because of a failing hard drive (apparently linked to the motherboard chip
> failure of a few weeks ago), I've done a clean install of Slackware-13.1 on
> a new drive rather than installing -13.0 on it and upgrading. As a result, a
> lot of manual labor is needed to get applications running again. One
> application not yet working is dirvish, because a Perl module is apparently
> either out of date or missing.
> 
>    I know that I can use 'perl -MCPAN -e shell;' followed by 'install
> <modulename>' for a specific module. I'd like to have perl check and update
> all modules. What command will check all installed modules and update those
> that require it?
> 
> Rich

I find that just upgrade seems to work in CPAN.




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