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Install the Debian-packaged version of a Perl module

Running 'cpan Module::Name' will install that module from CPAN. This is a simple way of using a similar command to install a packaged Perl module from a Debian archive using apt-get. Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
```
# dpan YAML::Tiny
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libyaml-tiny-perl
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 27.6kB of archives.
... etc, etc ...
```
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function dpan () { PKG=`perl -e '$_=lc($ARGV[0]); s/::/-/g; print "lib$_-perl\n"' $1`; apt-get install $PKG; }

dave0 · 2009-03-12 15:39:38 13
Open Perl module source in your editor

Ever needed to look at the Perl source of an installed module on your system? This works in 90% of cases.
This is sample output - yours may be different.
3

$EDITOR `perldoc -l Module::Name`

dave0 · 2009-03-12 15:31:37 8

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Show git log beautifully

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generate a random 10 character password

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