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diff --git a/posts/2009-07-07-cpan-and-auto-install.org b/posts/2009-07-07-cpan-and-auto-install.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4523043 --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/2009-07-07-cpan-and-auto-install.org @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +When you install a module from the [[http://search.cpan.org][CPAN]], and +this module requires other modules, the cpan shell will ask you if you +want to install them. When you are installing +[[http://www.catalystframework.org/][Catalyst]], it may take a while, +and you may not want to spend your afternoon in front of the prompt +answering "yes" every 5 seconds. + +The solution is to set the environment variable +*PERL\_MM\_USE\_DEFAULT*. Next time you want to install a big app: +=PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT=1 cpan Catalyst KiokuDB= and your done. |