Using CPAN in perl scripts

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I'm writing a script that uses some CPAN modules. What can I do so that co-workers can use my script without manually installing these CPAN modules?

Thanks!

possible duplicate of [Can a Perl script install its own CPAN dependencies?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7664829/can-a-perl-script-install-its-own-cpan-dependencies) Or [Is it possible to manually include a CPAN library in a Perl script?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4214047/is-it-possible-to-manually-include-a-cpan-library-in-a-perl-script?rq=1) — Brian Roach, Jan 03 '13 at 16:45

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 03 '13 at 17:59

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Simply mark them as dependencies for your script. When he installs your script, cpan/cpanm will automatically install them too if needed.

answered Jan 03 '13 at 17:59

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Unk · Answer 2 · 2013-01-03T23:54:21.093

If it's going to be shipped and installed, I definitely recommend packaging as a CPAN-style distribution with dependencies declared in the normal way (modules of note: Dist::Zilla, Module::Build, ExtUtils::MakeMaker.

However, there may be the odd occasion when shipping the dependencies with the script itself is desirable. For pure-perl dependencies and having played around a little bit, App::FatPacker seems to work OK (cpanm uses it itself).

Using CPAN in perl scripts

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