Module::AutoInstall 1.00

Module::AutoInstall can automatic install of dependencies via CPAN.

SYNOPSIS

In Makefile.PL, with Module::Install available on the author's system:
use inc::Module::Install;

name 'Joe-Hacker';
abstract 'Perl Interface to Joe Hacker';
author 'Joe Hacker ';
include 'Module::AutoInstall';

requires 'Module0'; # mandatory modules

feature 'Feature1',
-default => 0,
'Module2' => '0.1';

feature 'Feature2',
-default => 0,
'Module3' => '1.0';

auto_install(
make_args => '--hello', # option(s) for CPAN::Config
force => 1, # pseudo-option to force install
do_once => 1, # skip previously failed modules
);

WriteAll;

Invoking the resulting Makefile.PL:

% perl Makefile.PL # interactive behaviour
% perl Makefile.PL --defaultdeps # accept default value on prompts
% perl Makefile.PL --checkdeps # check only, no Makefile produced
% perl Makefile.PL --skipdeps # ignores all dependencies
% perl Makefile.PL --testonly # don't write installation targets

Note that the trailing 'deps' of arguments may be omitted, too.

Using --defaultdeps will make Makefile.PL behave similarly to a regular Makefile.PL file with PREREQ_PM dependencies.

One can use environment variables (see "ENVIRONMENT") below to set a default behavior instead of specifying it in the command line for every invocation of Makefile.PL.

Using make (or nmake):

% make [all|test|install] # install dependencies first
% make checkdeps # same as the --checkdeps above
% make installdeps # install dependencies only

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· Perl