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How to exit current CPAN module and open a new session?

I am new to perl and CPAN. I see that perl is installed in my system. However, I would like to install DBI package to run a script called INSTALL.PL. When I type CPAN, I get the below error message ...
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Make package both Functional and OO

I've seen CPAN Perl modules that can be used in a functional or OO way. I usually write OO and Functional packages depending on what I need, but I'm still not how write modules that can used both ways....
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Error While installing perl Packages in Freebsd?

I am getting this error while installing any perl module in a freebsd server when I googled it I Found that cpan is broken then how to update cpan without using ports want to use only pkg.. cpan JSON ...
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How to install Perl packages automatically in FreeBSD using a Perl script without any prompt?

I want to install Perl packages automatically using a Perl script. The code I am using is #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use utf8; use CPAN; eval "use JSON" or do { CPAN::install(...
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Automatically Install Package-Based Perl Modules in Ubuntu

I would like to install the Perl modules required by a specific Perl script, such as those listed by the perl-depends tool. However, I would like to do that in Ubuntu using the apt-get, meaning ...
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Perl CPAN-style Packaging with no lib/*.pm

I've got a collection of Perl scripts and a couple XML data files that they depend on which I'd like to distribute. Currently, I've got a shell script which copies bin/* and share/* to a target ...
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How can I install several CPAN distributions at once?

I have recently started some Perl development and use CPAN to install all my packages. I was wondering if there are some "best practices" to manage required packages for a script or application. So ...
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How do I find out the filename of a Perl package?

I would like to translate a Perl package name to the full path of the file. say package_name_to_path('Foo::Bar::Baz'); /tmp/Foo/Bar/Baz.pm I know there is a CPAN module to do this? I just can't find ...
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How do YOU manage Perl modules when using a package manager?

A recent question here on SO got me thinking. On most Linux distributions that I tried, some Perl modules would be available through the package manager. Others, of course, not. For quite a while I ...
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