NAME
Sys::OsPackage - install OS packages and determine if CPAN modules are packaged for the OS
VERSION
version 0.2.0
SYNOPSIS
use Sys::OsPackage;
my $ospackage = Sys::OsPackage->instance();
foreach my $module ( qw(module-name ...)) {
$ospackage->install_module($module);
}DESCRIPTION
Sys::OsPackage is used for installing Perl module dependencies. It can look up whether a Perl module is available under some operating systems' packages. If the module is available as an OS package, it installs it via the packaging system of the OS. Otherwise it runs CPAN to install the module.
The use cases of Sys::OsPackage include setting up systems or containers with Perl modules using OS packages as often as possible. It can also be used fvor installing dependencies for a Perl script on an existing system.
OS packaging systems currently supported by Sys::OsPackage are the Linux distributions Alpine, Arch, Debian, Fedora and OpenSuse. Using Sys::OsRelease it's able to detect operating systems derived from a supported platform use the correct driver.
RHEL and CentOS are supported by the Fedora driver. CentOS-derived systems Rocky and Alma are supported by recognizing them as derivatives. Ubuntu is supported by the Debian driver.
Other packaging systems for Unix-like operating systems should be feasible to add by writing a driver module.
SEE ALSO
fetch-reqs.pl comes with Sys::OsPackage to provide a command-line interface.
"pacman/Rosetta" at Arch Linux Wiki compares commands of 5 Linux packaging systems https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Rosetta
GitHub repository for Sys::OsPackage: https://github.com/ikluft/Sys-OsPackage
BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
Please report bugs via GitHub at https://github.com/ikluft/Sys-OsPackage/issues
Patches and enhancements may be submitted via a pull request at https://github.com/ikluft/Sys-OsPackage/pulls
LICENSE INFORMATION
Copyright (c) 2022 by Ian Kluft
This module is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but it is provided “as is” and without any express or implied warranties. For details, see the full text of the license in the file LICENSE or at https://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic-license-20.html.
AUTHOR
Ian Kluft <cpan-dev@iankluft.com>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is Copyright (c) 2022 by Ian Kluft.
This is free software, licensed under:
The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)