NAME

cpan-get - Tool to fetch module from CPAN archive.

SYNOPSIS

cpan-get [-f] [-h] [-o out_dir] [--version] module_name[module_version]

DESCRIPTION

Vision of this module is:

* intuitive name for script which fetching module from CPAN
* intuitive caching mechanism (switch for source)
* simple dependencies to modules, which doing one thing (not CPAN module) SIC!
* testable and tested distribution

ARGUMENTS

• -f

  Force download and rewrite of existing file.

• -h

  Print help.

• -o out_dir

  Output directory.

  Default value is actual directory.

• --version

  Print version of script.

• module_name

  Perl module name.

  e.g. App::Pod::Example

• module_version

  Perl module version. There are some posibilities how to define:

  @module_version (e.g. @1.23)
  - Define exact module version.
  
  ~module_version (e.g. ~1.23)
  - Define version and later.
  
  ~"== module_version" (e.g. ~"== 1.23")
  - Define exact module version.
  
  ~">= module_version_min, < module_version_max" (e.g. ~">= 1.23, < 2.00")
  - Define limit. (e.g. last version in 1.xx branch)

EXAMPLE

cpan-get App::Pod::Example

SEE ALSO

cpan

easily interact with CPAN from the command line

cpan -g App::Pod::Example

cpanp

The CPANPLUS launcher

cpanp d --fetchdir=. App::Pod::Example

cpanget

Shell tool in cpanspec project.

cpanget App::Pod::Example

cpanspec

Generate a spec file for a CPAN module

Unofficial version of cpanspec from https://github.com/contyk/cpanspec.

cpanspec -D App::Pod::Example

sourcepan

fetch source archives from CPAN

sourcepan --git App::Pod::Example

REPOSITORY

https://github.com/michal-josef-spacek/App-CPAN-Get

AUTHOR

Michal Josef Špaček mailto:skim@cpan.org

http://skim.cz

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Paul Evans for notes about usage.

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

© 2021-2025 Michal Josef Špaček

BSD 2-Clause License

VERSION

0.14