How Do I Run a Perl Module in Linux?

How Do I Run a Perl Module in Linux?
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How do I run a Perl module?

Generally, run perl -I path script, where path is the path to a directory that contains a Perl module and script is the path to the Perl script itself. For example, to use a module installed in your home directory with cpanm, enter perl -I $HOME/perl5/lib/perl5/ script and press Enter.

How do I install Perl modules?

You can enter the Perl shell to install the modules you want.

  1. perl -MCPAN -e shell.
  2. to install the module type.
  3. install module name.
  4. Example: install HTML::Template.
  5. installing the module making the shell much more user friendly.
  6. make the shell significantly more user friendly type.
  7. install Bundle::CPAN.
  8. highly recommended.
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