- Check if module is installed. Errors mean missing module.
 # perl -MModule::Name -e 1
-  See documentation of the module if installed. 
# perldoc Module::Name
- Open CPAN shell 
# perl -MCPAN -e shell
- To reconfigure the shell if needed. 
cpan>o conf init
- Install an available module. 
cpan> install HTML::Template
- You can run the Perl CPAN module via command line perl and get it installed in a single line:
 
# perl -MCPAN -e ‘install HTML::Template
- Force install if test fails. 
cpan> force install Module::Name
- To manual install perl modules. Unzip and go to module directory.
# tar -zxvf HTML-Template-2.8.tar.gz
- 
# perl Makefile.PL # make # make test # make install