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CPAN::FirstTime(3pm)                  Perl Programmers Reference Guide                  CPAN::FirstTime(3pm)



NAME
       CPAN::FirstTime - Utility for CPAN::Config file Initialization

SYNOPSIS
       CPAN::FirstTime::init()

DESCRIPTION
       The init routine asks a few questions and writes a CPAN/Config.pm or CPAN/MyConfig.pm file (depending
       on what it is currently using).

       In the following all questions and explanations regarding config variables are collected.

       auto_commit
         Normally CPAN.pm keeps config variables in memory and changes need to be saved in a separate 'o
         conf commit' command to make them permanent between sessions. If you set the 'auto_commit' option
         to true, changes to a config variable are always automatically committed to disk.

         Always commit changes to config variables to disk?

       build_cache
         CPAN.pm can limit the size of the disk area for keeping the build directories with all the
         intermediate files.

         Cache size for build directory (in MB)?

       build_dir
         Directory where the build process takes place?

       build_dir_reuse
         Until version 1.88 CPAN.pm never trusted the contents of the build_dir directory between sessions.
         Since 1.88_58 CPAN.pm has a YAML-based mechanism that makes it possible to share the contents of
         the build_dir/ directory between different sessions with the same version of perl. People who
         prefer to test things several days before installing will like this feature because it saves a lot
         of time.

         If you say yes to the following question, CPAN will try to store enough information about the build
         process so that it can pick up in future sessions at the same state of affairs as it left a
         previous session.

         Store and re-use state information about distributions between CPAN.pm sessions?

       build_requires_install_policy
         When a module declares another one as a 'build_requires' prerequisite this means that the other
         module is only needed for building or testing the module but need not be installed permanently. In
         this case you may wish to install that other module nonetheless or just keep it in the 'build_dir'
         directory to have it available only temporarily.  Installing saves time on future installations but
         makes the perl installation bigger.

         You can choose if you want to always install (yes), never install (no) or be always asked. In the
         latter case you can set the default answer for the question to yes (ask/yes) or no (ask/no).

         Policy on installing 'build_requires' modules (yes, no, ask/yes, ask/no)?

       cache_metadata
         To considerably speed up the initial CPAN shell startup, it is possible to use Storable to create a
         cache of metadata. If Storable is not available, the normal index mechanism will be used.

         Note: this mechanism is not used when use_sqlite is on and SQLLite is running.

         Cache metadata (yes/no)?

       check_sigs
         CPAN packages can be digitally signed by authors and thus verified with the security provided by
         strong cryptography. The exact mechanism is defined in the Module::Signature module. While this is
         generally considered a good thing, it is not always convenient to the end user to install modules
         that are signed incorrectly or where the key of the author is not available or where some
         prerequisite for Module::Signature has a bug and so on.

         With the check_sigs parameter you can turn signature checking on and off. The default is off for
         now because the whole tool chain for the functionality is not yet considered mature by some. The
         author of CPAN.pm would recommend setting it to true most of the time and turning it off only if it
         turns out to be annoying.

         Note that if you do not have Module::Signature installed, no signature checks will be performed at
         all.

         Always try to check and verify signatures if a SIGNATURE file is in the package and
         Module::Signature is installed (yes/no)?

       colorize_output
         When you have Term::ANSIColor installed, you can turn on colorized output to have some visual
         differences between normal CPAN.pm output, warnings, debugging output, and the output of the
         modules being installed. Set your favorite colors after some experimenting with the Term::ANSIColor
         module.

         Do you want to turn on colored output?

       colorize_print
         Color for normal output?

       colorize_warn
         Color for warnings?

       colorize_debug
         Color for debugging messages?

       commandnumber_in_prompt
         The prompt of the cpan shell can contain the current command number for easier tracking of the
         session or be a plain string.

         Do you want the command number in the prompt (yes/no)?

       connect_to_internet_ok
         If you have never defined your own "urllist" in your configuration then "CPAN.pm" will be hesitant
         to use the built in default sites for downloading. It will ask you once per session if a connection
         to the internet is OK and only if you say yes, it will try to connect. But to avoid this question,
         you can choose your favorite download sites once and get away with it. Or, if you have no favorite
         download sites answer yes to the following question.

         If no urllist has been chosen yet, would you prefer CPAN.pm to connect to the built-in default
         sites without asking? (yes/no)?

       ftp_passive
         Shall we always set the FTP_PASSIVE environment variable when dealing with ftp download (yes/no)?

       ftpstats_period
         Statistics about downloads are truncated by size and period simultaneously.

         How many days shall we keep statistics about downloads?

       ftpstats_size
         Statistics about downloads are truncated by size and period simultaneously.

         How many items shall we keep in the statistics about downloads?

       getcwd
         CPAN.pm changes the current working directory often and needs to determine its own current working
         directory. Per default it uses Cwd::cwd but if this doesn't work on your system for some reason,
         alternatives can be configured according to the following table:

             cwd         Cwd::cwd
             getcwd      Cwd::getcwd
             fastcwd     Cwd::fastcwd
             backtickcwd external command cwd

         Preferred method for determining the current working directory?

       halt_on_failure
         Normally, CPAN.pm continues processing the full list of targets and dependencies, even if one of
         them fails.  However, you can specify that CPAN should halt after the first failure.

         Do you want to halt on failure (yes/no)?

       histfile
         If you have one of the readline packages (Term::ReadLine::Perl, Term::ReadLine::Gnu, possibly
         others) installed, the interactive CPAN shell will have history support. The next two questions
         deal with the filename of the history file and with its size. If you do not want to set this
         variable, please hit SPACE ENTER to the following question.

         File to save your history?

       histsize
         Number of lines to save?

       inactivity_timeout
         Sometimes you may wish to leave the processes run by CPAN alone without caring about them. Because
         the Makefile.PL or the Build.PL sometimes contains question you're expected to answer, you can set
         a timer that will kill a 'perl Makefile.PL' process after the specified time in seconds.

         If you set this value to 0, these processes will wait forever. This is the default and recommended
         setting.

         Timeout for inactivity during {Makefile,Build}.PL?

       index_expire
         The CPAN indexes are usually rebuilt once or twice per hour, but the typical CPAN mirror mirrors
         only once or twice per day. Depending on the quality of your mirror and your desire to be on the
         bleeding edge, you may want to set the following value to more or less than one day (which is the
         default). It determines after how many days CPAN.pm downloads new indexes.

         Let the index expire after how many days?

       inhibit_startup_message
         When the CPAN shell is started it normally displays a greeting message that contains the running
         version and the status of readline support.

         Do you want to turn this message off?

       keep_source_where
         Unless you are accessing the CPAN on your filesystem via a file: URL, CPAN.pm needs to keep the
         source files it downloads somewhere. Please supply a directory where the downloaded files are to be
         kept.

         Download target directory?

       load_module_verbosity
         When CPAN.pm loads a module it needs for some optional feature, it usually reports about module
         name and version. Choose 'v' to get this message, 'none' to suppress it.

         Verbosity level for loading modules (none or v)?

       makepl_arg
         Every Makefile.PL is run by perl in a separate process. Likewise we run 'make' and 'make install'
         in separate processes. If you have any parameters (e.g. PREFIX, UNINST or the like) you want to
         pass to the calls, please specify them here.

         If you don't understand this question, just press ENTER.

         Typical frequently used settings:

             PREFIX=~/perl    # non-root users (please see manual for more hints)

         Parameters for the 'perl Makefile.PL' command?

       make_arg
         Parameters for the 'make' command? Typical frequently used setting:

             -j3              # dual processor system (on GNU make)

         Your choice:

       make_install_arg
         Parameters for the 'make install' command?  Typical frequently used setting:

             UNINST=1         # to always uninstall potentially conflicting files
                              # (but do NOT use with local::lib or INSTALL_BASE)

         Your choice:

       make_install_make_command
         Do you want to use a different make command for 'make install'?  Cautious people will probably
         prefer:

             su root -c make
          or
             sudo make
          or
             /path1/to/sudo -u admin_account /path2/to/make

         or some such. Your choice:

       mbuildpl_arg
         A Build.PL is run by perl in a separate process. Likewise we run './Build' and './Build install' in
         separate processes. If you have any parameters you want to pass to the calls, please specify them
         here.

         Typical frequently used settings:

             --install_base /home/xxx             # different installation directory

         Parameters for the 'perl Build.PL' command?

       mbuild_arg
         Parameters for the './Build' command? Setting might be:

             --extra_linker_flags -L/usr/foo/lib  # non-standard library location

         Your choice:

       mbuild_install_arg
         Parameters for the './Build install' command? Typical frequently used setting:

             --uninst 1       # uninstall conflicting files
                              # (but do NOT use with local::lib or INSTALL_BASE)

         Your choice:

       mbuild_install_build_command
         Do you want to use a different command for './Build install'? Sudo users will probably prefer:

             su root -c ./Build
          or
             sudo ./Build
          or
             /path1/to/sudo -u admin_account ./Build

         or some such. Your choice:

       pager
         What is your favorite pager program?

       prefer_installer
         When you have Module::Build installed and a module comes with both a Makefile.PL and a Build.PL,
         which shall have precedence?

         The main two standard installer modules are the old and well established ExtUtils::MakeMaker (for
         short: EUMM) which uses the Makefile.PL. And the next generation installer Module::Build (MB) which
         works with the Build.PL (and often comes with a Makefile.PL too). If a module comes only with one
         of the two we will use that one but if both are supplied then a decision must be made between EUMM
         and MB. See also http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=29235 for a discussion about the right
         default.

         Or, as a third option you can choose RAND which will make a random decision (something regular CPAN
         testers will enjoy).

         In case you can choose between running a Makefile.PL or a Build.PL, which installer would you
         prefer (EUMM or MB or RAND)?

       prefs_dir
         CPAN.pm can store customized build environments based on regular expressions for distribution
         names. These are YAML files where the default options for CPAN.pm and the environment can be
         overridden and dialog sequences can be stored that can later be executed by an Expect.pm object.
         The CPAN.pm distribution comes with some prefab YAML files that cover sample distributions that can
         be used as blueprints to store your own prefs. Please check out the distroprefs/ directory of the
         CPAN.pm distribution to get a quick start into the prefs system.

         Directory where to store default options/environment/dialogs for building modules that need some
         customization?

       prerequisites_policy
         The CPAN module can detect when a module which you are trying to build depends on prerequisites. If
         this happens, it can build the prerequisites for you automatically ('follow'), ask you for
         confirmation ('ask'), or just ignore them ('ignore').  Choosing 'follow' also sets PERL_AUTOINSTALL
         and PERL_EXTUTILS_AUTOINSTALL for "--defaultdeps" if not already set.

         Please set your policy to one of the three values.

         Policy on building prerequisites (follow, ask or ignore)?

       randomize_urllist
         CPAN.pm can introduce some randomness when using hosts for download that are configured in the
         urllist parameter. Enter a numeric value between 0 and 1 to indicate how often you want to let
         CPAN.pm try a random host from the urllist. A value of one specifies to always use a random host as
         the first try. A value of zero means no randomness at all. Anything in between specifies how often,
         on average, a random host should be tried first.

         Randomize parameter

       scan_cache
         By default, each time the CPAN module is started, cache scanning is performed to keep the cache
         size in sync ('atstart'). Alternatively, scanning and cleanup can happen when CPAN exits
         ('atexit'). To prevent any cache cleanup, answer 'never'.

         Perform cache scanning ('atstart', 'atexit' or 'never')?

       shell
         What is your favorite shell?

       show_unparsable_versions
         During the 'r' command CPAN.pm finds modules without version number.  When the command finishes, it
         prints a report about this. If you want this report to be very verbose, say yes to the following
         variable.

         Show all individual modules that have no $VERSION?

       show_upload_date
         The 'd' and the 'm' command normally only show you information they have in their in-memory
         database and thus will never connect to the internet. If you set the 'show_upload_date' variable to
         true, 'm' and 'd' will additionally show you the upload date of the module or distribution. Per
         default this feature is off because it may require a net connection to get at the upload date.

         Always try to show upload date with 'd' and 'm' command (yes/no)?

       show_zero_versions
         During the 'r' command CPAN.pm finds modules with a version number of zero. When the command
         finishes, it prints a report about this. If you want this report to be very verbose, say yes to the
         following variable.

         Show all individual modules that have a $VERSION of zero?

       tar_verbosity
         When CPAN.pm uses the tar command, which switch for the verbosity shall be used? Choose 'none' for
         quiet operation, 'v' for file name listing, 'vv' for full listing.

         Tar command verbosity level (none or v or vv)?

       term_is_latin
         The next option deals with the charset (a.k.a. character set) your terminal supports. In general,
         CPAN is English speaking territory, so the charset does not matter much but some CPAN have names
         that are outside the ASCII range. If your terminal supports UTF-8, you should say no to the next
         question. If it expects ISO-8859-1 (also known as LATIN1) then you should say yes. If it supports
         neither, your answer does not matter because you will not be able to read the names of some authors
         anyway. If you answer no, names will be output in UTF-8.

         Your terminal expects ISO-8859-1 (yes/no)?

       term_ornaments
         When using Term::ReadLine, you can turn ornaments on so that your input stands out against the
         output from CPAN.pm.

         Do you want to turn ornaments on?

       test_report
         The goal of the CPAN Testers project (http://testers.cpan.org/) is to test as many CPAN packages as
         possible on as many platforms as possible.  This provides valuable feedback to module authors and
         potential users to identify bugs or platform compatibility issues and improves the overall quality
         and value of CPAN.

         One way you can contribute is to send test results for each module that you install.  If you
         install the CPAN::Reporter module, you have the option to automatically generate and deliver test
         reports to CPAN Testers whenever you run tests on a CPAN package.

         See the CPAN::Reporter documentation for additional details and configuration settings.  If your
         firewall blocks outgoing traffic, you may need to configure CPAN::Reporter before sending reports.

         Generate test reports if CPAN::Reporter is installed (yes/no)?

       perl5lib_verbosity
         When CPAN.pm extends @INC via PERL5LIB, it prints a list of directories added (or a summary of how
         many directories are added).  Choose 'v' to get this message, 'none' to suppress it.

         Verbosity level for PERL5LIB changes (none or v)?

       prefer_external_tar
         Per default all untar operations are done with the perl module Archive::Tar; by setting this
         variable to true the external tar command is used if available; on Unix this is usually preferred
         because they have a reliable and fast gnutar implementation.

         Use the external tar program instead of Archive::Tar?

       trust_test_report_history
         When a distribution has already been tested by CPAN::Reporter on this machine, CPAN can skip the
         test phase and just rely on the test report history instead.

         Note that this will not apply to distributions that failed tests because of missing dependencies.
         Also, tests can be run regardless of the history using "force".

         Do you want to rely on the test report history (yes/no)?

       use_sqlite
         CPAN::SQLite is a layer between the index files that are downloaded from the CPAN and CPAN.pm that
         speeds up metadata queries and reduces memory consumption of CPAN.pm considerably.

         Use CPAN::SQLite if available? (yes/no)?

       version_timeout
         This timeout prevents CPAN from hanging when trying to parse a pathologically coded $VERSION from a
         module.

         The default is 15 seconds.  If you set this value to 0, no timeout will occur, but this is not
         recommended.

         Timeout for parsing module versions?

       yaml_load_code
         Both YAML.pm and YAML::Syck are capable of deserialising code. As this requires a string eval,
         which might be a security risk, you can use this option to enable or disable the deserialisation of
         code via CPAN::DeferredCode. (Note: This does not work under perl 5.6)

         Do you want to enable code deserialisation (yes/no)?

       yaml_module
         At the time of this writing (2009-03) there are three YAML implementations working: YAML,
         YAML::Syck, and YAML::XS. The latter two are faster but need a C compiler installed on your system.
         There may be more alternative YAML conforming modules. When I tried two other players, YAML::Tiny
         and YAML::Perl, they seemed not powerful enough to work with CPAN.pm. This may have changed in the
         meantime.

         Which YAML implementation would you prefer?

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



perl v5.16.2                                     2012-10-25                             CPAN::FirstTime(3pm)