How to Install cpanminus software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install cpanminus software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

cpanminus software package provides script to get, unpack, build and install modules from CPAN, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install cpanminus 

cpanminus is installed in your system.

Make ensure the cpanminus package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep cpanminus *

You will get with cpanminus package name, version, architecture and description in a table

cpanminus package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Perl
Package cpanminus
Version 1.7040-1
Description script to get, unpack, build and install modules from CPAN
Sub Section Perl


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