Dist::Zilla and App::Cpanm to quickly install all dependencies
I tend to useDist::Zilla as distribution builder and App::cpanminus as my package manager.
The former has a very useful command, listdeps that scans your project source code and lists all the dependencies; the latter is a very straightforward package manager for Perl.
As an example, here’s the output for a project of mine:
% dzil listdeps
base
Config::YAML
DateTime
DBIx::Class::Core
DBIx::Class::Schema
Excel::Writer::XLSX
experimental
ExtUtils::MakeMaker
File::Path
File::Spec
JSON
lib
List::Util
Log::Log4perl
Mojo::File
Mojo::JSON
Mojo::URL
Mojo::UserAgent
Mojo::Util
Moo
namespace::clean
overload
Spreadsheet::Reader::ExcelXML
strict
Test::More
Time::Duration
Time::HiRes
utf8
warnings
XML::LibXML
It is possible to combine the two commands, so to ensure that all your dependencies are installed and at the right version:
% dzil listdeps | cpanm
and that’s it! This is particularly useful when you upgrade (or change version) Perl, so to ensure that everything on your working tree will continue to work.