Install CPANMinus in CentOS 6 (aka CPANM)

CPANM is a handy little tool for quickly getting modules installed. It is a simplified version of CPAN. I like CPANM for quick tasks and it has become one of my main go to tools. I use CPAN, or manually building when I need to do unusual things or CPANM fails.

See the following for all the fun

• http://search.cpan.org/~miyagawa/App-cpanminus-1.7001/bin/cpanm
  

For CentOS 6 and other similar RedHat/Yum systems

• yum install perl-devel
  
• yum install perl-CPAN
  
• curl -L http://cpanmin.us | perl - --sudo App::cpanminus
  
• Wait a few minutes as a lot is going on
  

Example of use

• sudo /usr/local/bin/cpanm CGI
  

To make /usr/local/bin one of your search directories (do this at your own risk)

• Edit ~root/.bash_profile (root is the typical CPANM user unless you install CPANM as a local user)
  
• Append the following to the end of the file or anywhere you like
  
• # Add local bin (mostly for CPANM)
  PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin