Just install the package using CPAN, and CPAN would automatically check the dependencies and install them. Use the 'install' command on CPAN.
Mike Blancas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mosaic Communications, Inc. On 7 Sep 2002, Gerald Timothy Quimpo wrote: > hello all, > > what's the right way (fewest keystrokes, fire and forget) > way to recursively download and install from CPAN all > packages that a given package depends on? > > e.g., i've got package xxx that is in CPAN. > is there a single command (or a small set of > commands i can send to CPAN to recursively get all > reachable (within CPAN) dependencies of xxx? even > better would be something smart enough to find all > dependencies from anywhere, but that's probably > not possible for now so i don't mind if i figure > out from the INSTALL doc or the include statements > what are needed, and then find them all on CPAN and > get them. i'd rather not have to deal with getting > subdependencies though. that can degenerate into > something similar to RPM hell (although less painful). > > tiger > > -- > Gerald Timothy Quimpo tiger*quimpo*org gquimpo*sni-inc.com tiger*sni*ph > > Veritas liberabit vos. > > _ > Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph > To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
