cpanm – Manages Perl library dependencies
Synopsis
- Manage Perl library dependencies.
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
---|---|---|
executable path added in 2.1 | Override the path to the cpanm executable | |
from_path - | The local directory from where to install | |
installdeps boolean added in 2.0 |
| Only install dependencies |
locallib path | Specify the install base to install modules | |
mirror string | Specifies the base URL for the CPAN mirror to use | |
mirror_only boolean |
| Use the mirror's index file instead of the CPAN Meta DB |
name - | The name of the Perl library to install. You may use the "full distribution path", e.g. MIYAGAWA/Plack-0.99_05.tar.gz aliases: pkg | |
notest boolean |
| Do not run unit tests |
system_lib boolean added in 2.0 |
| Use this if you want to install modules to the system perl include path. You must be root or have "passwordless" sudo for this to work. This uses the cpanm commandline option '--sudo', which has nothing to do with ansible privilege escalation. aliases: use_sudo |
version string added in 2.1 | minimum version of perl module to consider acceptable |
Notes
Note
- Please note that http://search.cpan.org/dist/App-cpanminus/bin/cpanm, cpanm must be installed on the remote host.
Examples
# install Dancer perl package - cpanm: name: Dancer # install version 0.99_05 of the Plack perl package - cpanm: name: MIYAGAWA/Plack-0.99_05.tar.gz # install Dancer into the specified locallib - cpanm: name: Dancer locallib: /srv/webapps/my_app/extlib # install perl dependencies from local directory - cpanm: from_path: /srv/webapps/my_app/src/ # install Dancer perl package without running the unit tests in indicated locallib - cpanm: name: Dancer notest: True locallib: /srv/webapps/my_app/extlib # install Dancer perl package from a specific mirror - cpanm: name: Dancer mirror: 'http://cpan.cpantesters.org/' # install Dancer perl package into the system root path - cpanm: name: Dancer system_lib: yes # install Dancer if it's not already installed # OR the installed version is older than version 1.0 - cpanm: name: Dancer version: '1.0'
Status
- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
Authors
- Franck Cuny (@fcuny)
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