New in version 1.6.
Manage Perl library dependencies.
| parameter | required | default | choices | comments |
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| executable (added in 2.1)
| no | Override the path to the cpanm executable |
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| from_path | no | The local directory from where to install |
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| installdeps (added in 2.0)
| no | Only install dependencies |
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| locallib | no | Specify the install base to install modules |
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| mirror | no | Specifies the base URL for the CPAN mirror to use |
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| mirror_only | no | Use the mirror's index file instead of the CPAN Meta DB |
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| name | no |
The name of the Perl library to install. You may use the "full distribution path", e.g. MIYAGAWA/Plack-0.99_05.tar.gz aliases: pkg
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| notest | no | Do not run unit tests |
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| system_lib (added in 2.0)
| no |
Use this if you want to install modules to the system perl include path. You must be root or have "passwordless" sudo for this to work.
This uses the cpanm commandline option '--sudo', which has nothing to do with ansible privilege escalation. aliases: use_sudo
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| version (added in 2.1)
| no | minimum version of perl module to consider acceptable |
# install Dancer perl package - cpanm: name=Dancer # install version 0.99_05 of the Plack perl package - cpanm: name=MIYAGAWA/Plack-0.99_05.tar.gz # install Dancer into the specified locallib - cpanm: name=Dancer locallib=/srv/webapps/my_app/extlib # install perl dependencies from local directory - cpanm: from_path=/srv/webapps/my_app/src/ # install Dancer perl package without running the unit tests in indicated locallib - cpanm: name=Dancer notest=True locallib=/srv/webapps/my_app/extlib # install Dancer perl package from a specific mirror - cpanm: name=Dancer mirror=http://cpan.cpantesters.org/ # install Dancer perl package into the system root path - cpanm: name=Dancer system_lib=yes # install Dancer if it's not already installed # OR the installed version is older than version 1.0 - cpanm: name=Dancer version=1.0
Note
Please note that http://search.cpan.org/dist/App-cpanminus/bin/cpanm, cpanm must be installed on the remote host.
For more information on what this means please read Extras Modules
For help in developing on modules, should you be so inclined, please read Community Information & Contributing, developing_test_pr and Developing Modules.
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