How do I update all my CPAN module to their latest versions?

Question

I know this is really simple... sorry :)

Answer 1

upgrade.

BTW there is a help command.

Answer 2

An alternative method to using upgrade from the default CPAN shell is to use cpanminus and cpan-outdated.

These are so easy & nimble to use that I hardly ever go back to CPAN shell. To upgrade all your modules in one go is:

cpan-outdated | xargs cpanm

I recommend you install cpanminus like the docs describe:

curl -L http://cpanmin.us | perl - App::cpanminus

And then install cpan-outdated along with all other CPAN modules using cpanm:

cpanm App::cpanoutdated

BTW: If you are using perlbrew then you will need to repeat this for every Perl you have installed under it.

You can find out more about cpanminus and cpan-outdated at the Github repos here:

• http://github.com/miyagawa/cpanminus
• http://github.com/tokuhirom/cpan-outdated

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