NAME

cpan-packager - create redhat/debian packages from CPAN distributions

SYNOPSIS

  cpan-packager 
    --module             The module name  ex) Test::Exception 
    --builder            RPM or Deb
    --conf               The CPAN::Packager configuration file path.
    [--verbose]          Emit additional information and diagnostics.
    [--always-build]     Always build CPAN modules even if the module is already installed.
    [--modulelist]       The path to a file containing the list of modules
    [--help]

  Example
    $ cpan-packager --module Test::Exception --builder RPM --conf \
    conf/config-deb.yaml --verbose

  Usage
    See perldoc cpan-packager
    See perldoc CPAN::Packager::Manual. 

Manual

RPMs

$ sudo cpan-packager --module Test::Exception --builder RPM --conf \ conf/config-rpm.yaml --verbose

The resulting package may be found at: ~/.cpanpackager/rpm

Debs

$ sudo cpan-packager --module Test::Exception --builder Deb --conf \ conf/config-deb.yaml --verbose

The resulting package may be found at: ~/.cpanpackager/deb

Options

• --builder (required)

  The builder you'd like to use to build the module. Either "RPM" or "Deb".

• --conf (required)

  The local filesystem path to your CPAN::Packager configuration file. An example configuration file is available at:

  http://github.com/dann/p5-cpan-packager/tree/master/conf/

  If you're building RPM's, you'll want the 'config-rpm.yaml' configuration file.

  If you're building Deb's, you'll want the 'config-deb.yaml' configuration file.

• --module (required)

  The name of the module that you'd like to build. For example: Test::Reporter.

• --always-build (optional; default skips builds of installed modules)

  Always build CPAN modules even if the module is already installed.

• --verbose (optional)

  Emit additional information and diagnostics.

• --modulelist (optional; discouraged)

  The path to a file containing the list of modules that should be built. There should be one module per line. For example:

   Foo::Bar
   Wibble::Plink

User Manual

See CPAN::Packager::Manual.

DESCRIPTION

cpan-packager creates RPM and Deb packages of CPAN distributions. Given a module name, cpan-packager will automatically analyze dependencies, download, build, test, provision, and install packages.

AUTHOR

Takatoshi Kitano <kitano.tk@gmail.com>

LICENSE

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.