# Install cpanminus with Homebrew, apt, dnf, pacman, zypper Get, unpack, build, and install modules from CPAN. Version 1.7049 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:cpanminus ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install cpanminus ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install cpanminus ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: cpanminus from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install perl-App-cpanminus ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: perl-App-cpanminus from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S cpanminus ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: cpanminus from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install perl-App-cpanminus ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: perl-App-cpanminus from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:cpanminus - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.7049 - **Source summary:** Get, unpack, build, and install modules from CPAN - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Artistic-1.0-Perl OR GPL-1.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:03:05-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - cpanm (cli) - cpanm (alias) ## Build dependencies - perl ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.7049 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-22 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/miyagawa/cpanminus - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage cpanminus, commonly invoked as cpanm, is a minimal Perl CPAN installer whose official description is to get, unpack, build, and install modules from CPAN and do nothing else. ### Project history The official README presents cpanminus as a dependency-free, zero-configuration, standalone script that can bootstrap itself and run with a small memory footprint. Its copyright notice begins in 2010 under Tatsuhiko Miyagawa. The project repository and MetaCPAN documentation identify cpanminus as App::cpanminus, with cpanm as the user-facing executable. ### Adoption history The official README explicitly notes distribution through package management systems, including Debian packages, RPMs, FreeBSD ports, and other operating-system packages. The batch source facts also list Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora-family, Arch, and openSUSE-style package names. It became popular in Perl packaging culture because it reduced CPAN installation to a small command-line tool, avoiding the heavier interactive configuration experience associated with older CPAN clients. ### How it is used The common usage is `cpanm Module`, with installation options for system Perl, local Perl environments such as perlbrew or plenv, and standalone executable placement. cpanminus fetches and unpacks files under ~/.cpanm by default and allows PERL_CPANM_HOME to change that working area. ### Why package nerds care cpanminus matters to package nerds because it is both a package and a package installer: distributions package it so users can install Perl modules, while Perl users use it to bridge CPAN, local::lib, system package policies, and self-contained language-runtime workflows. ### Timeline - 2010: Copyright start year for App::cpanminus in the official README. - 1.6004: The README notes CPAN Meta DB and MetaCPAN query behavior for cpanm 1.6004 or later. - Current packaging: The README documents availability through Debian packages, RPMs, FreeBSD ports, and other operating-system package systems. ### Related projects - The README compares its scope with CPAN and CPANPLUS, and points to local::lib, perlbrew, plenv, CPAN Meta DB, MetaCPAN, App::cpanoutdated, cpan-listchanges, and App::cpanminus::reporter as adjacent tools. ### Sources - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** cpanminus - **Aliases:** cpanm - **Version Scheme:** 1 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - cpanminus - 1.7048-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: cpanminus from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | script to get, unpack, build and install modules from CPAN | https://metacpan.org/release/App-cpanminus - Ubuntu apt - cpanminus - 1.7047-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: cpanminus from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | script to get, unpack, build and install modules from CPAN | https://metacpan.org/release/App-cpanminus - dnf - perl-App-cpanminus - 1.7049-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: perl-App-cpanminus from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Get, unpack, build and install CPAN modules | https://metacpan.org/release/App-cpanminus - pacman - cpanminus - 1.7049-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: cpanminus from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Get, unpack, build, and install modules from CPAN | https://github.com/miyagawa/cpanminus - zypper - perl-App-cpanminus - 1.7049-1.1: installed executable or alias match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: perl-App-cpanminus from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Get, unpack, build and install modules from CPAN | https://metacpan.org/release/App-cpanminus ## Related links - 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