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Asked: 2026-05-16T03:23:54+00:00

I recently created a little Perl application that utilizes a few non-core modules that

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I recently created a little Perl application that utilizes a few non-core modules that will need to be installed via CPAN.

Is there a way to distribute the application with the ability to check to see if the required modules are installed and pull them from CPAN if they aren’t? I suppose I am looking for something similar to the CPAN auto-dependency-install feature.

I thought about using module-starter and Module::Install to create a module-like directory structure and then tailor the Build file to install the application to /bin… but I’m not sure if this is a shoe-horn solution.

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  1. Editorial Team

    It’s not a shoe-horn solution, but the Right Thing to do. You should let a specialised tool handle the dependencies because of the corner cases, e.g. write in the installation instructions:

    1. Unpack the archive.
    2. Run cpan . in the unarchived directory.

    You need not change the Build file to install programs in the bin directory, it does this by default.

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