Check if a module is installed: perl -M<module name>-e 1 Check the version of the installed modules: perl -M<module name> -e 'print "$<module name>::VERSION \n"' Install a perl module using CPAN: perl -MCPAN -e 'install <module name>' ________________________________________________ References: http://www.perlhowto.com/perl_modules http://www.cpan.org/misc/cpan-faq.html#How_install_Perl_modules
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