Configure CPAN.pm
Need to configure CPAN.pm:
$ cpan cpan> o conf to show the configuration options cpan> o conf urllist http://cpan.pair.com/ a CPAN mirror that is close by cpan> o conf prerequisites_policy follow cpan> o conf makepl_arg (PREFIX=... LIB=...) cpan> o conf commit # to save the changes
other interesting commands
cpan> install Module::Name cpan> look Module::Name gets to subshell cpan> force install Module::Name cpan> notest install Module::Name cpan> test Module::Name