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authorJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2002-05-17 12:18:54 +0000
committerJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2002-05-17 12:18:54 +0000
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=head1 NAME
-perlfaq8 - System Interaction ($Revision: 1.7 $, $Date: 2002/04/18 14:23:15 $)
+perlfaq8 - System Interaction ($Revision: 1.8 $, $Date: 2002/05/16 12:41:42 $)
=head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -968,9 +968,17 @@ sysopen():
=head2 How do I install a module from CPAN?
The easiest way is to have a module also named CPAN do it for you.
-This module comes with perl version 5.004 and later. To manually install
-the CPAN module, or any well-behaved CPAN module for that matter, follow
-these steps:
+This module comes with perl version 5.004 and later.
+
+ $ perl -MCPAN -e shell
+
+ cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.59_54)
+ ReadLine support enabled
+
+ cpan> install Some::Module
+
+To manually install the CPAN module, or any well-behaved CPAN module
+for that matter, follow these steps:
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