cpaninject (1p)

  # Add the distribution
  cpaninject myperlmodule.tar.gz

  # And then install it from the cpan shell
  cpan> install LOCAL/myperlmodule.tar.gz

cpaninject is a small front-end application for the CPAN::Inject module.

It takes any arbitrary Perl distribution tarball (open source or otherwise) and injects it into the local \s-1CPAN\s0 file cache, smoothing some metadata files to make it look as if it came from \s-1CPAN\s0.

It makes use the officially blessed \*(L"Reserved Local \s-1CPAN\s0 Author\*(R" id \*(L"\s-1LOCAL\s0\*(R" as the author the distributions are added under.

To use the program, just run cpaninject mytarball.tar.gz to add it, then the \s-1CPAN\s0 shell to install it (with full automatic recursive dependency installation).

The key here being the recursive dependency installation, which you are now able to do even for installing non-CPAN modules.

This simplifies the installation process a little, and makes things easier on someone that just wants to install a single commercial or non-CPAN Perl module that might have a dozen or more \s-1CPAN\s0 dependencies.

All bugs should be filed via the bug tracker at

http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=CPAN-Inject <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=CPAN-Inject>

For other issues, or commercial enhancement and support, contact the author

Adam Kennedy <[email protected]>

CPAN::Mini::Inject

Copyright 2006 - 2011 Adam Kennedy.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

The full text of the license can be found in the \s-1LICENSE\s0 file included with this module.