PerlModules

The shell

 perl -MCPAN -e shell

... gets you to the shell but you can also just use the command line

 cpan -u # upgrades all modules

Common commands

 install Module::Name
 uninstall Module::Name
 upgrade

To reinitialize CPAN's configuration:

 o conf init

The Perl which installs with pkg-get was compiled with the Forte compiler which most people don't have; if you add modules with CPAN which need to be compiled.

Following directions here:

• pkg-get -i gcc3core
• The CPAN config is stored here: /usr/perl5/<version>/<arch>/Config.pm ; it can be replaced with PerlGcc/Config.pm

Or you can manually make with something like:

 perl -cc=gcc Makefile.pl

Perl modules we need:

• GD
• DBI
• DBD::mysql
• PDF::Create (makes PDF files)
• PDF::Labels (makes mailing labels)
• (sometimes DBD::CSV)