Howto: Install local dist file using the cpan shell

jplindstrom on 2008-02-26T10:17:23

Gaah. I forgot it. Again.

When you have a downloaded tar ball of a CPAN package, but want to use the properly configured cpan shell to install it (and get dependencies nicely resolved):

• Unpack the tar ball
• cd into the dir
• cpan .
• Coffee time!