Do the ubuntu repo offer an conglomerate sort of perl pkgs

[Joel Roth]

Harry Putnam wrote:
> Joel Roth <joelz at pobox.com> writes:
> 
> > Hi Harry,
> 
> Harry wrote:
> 
> >> I know how to use cpan and have done so quite a few time... only a
> >> superficial level of usage though.  I'm pretty sure when I setup cpan
> >> and get to the point of installing File::Which I will have a whole
> >> pile of pkgs installed... won't even be sure what a lot of them really
> >> are.
> >> 
> >> I'd rather have all that head scratching done by apt or aptitude.
> 
> Joel R replied:
> 
> > The Debian Perl Team does an outstanding job of testing
> > and packaging perl modules. Ubuntu inherits all that.
> >
> > In your case try, 'apt-cache search libfile-which-perl'.
> > If it exists, an install will pull all dependencies.
> 
> First:
> Many thanks for your helpful input, well unappreciated here
> 
> How did you know the name to search on?

File::Which -> libfile-which-perl

Can you see a similarity, because the same pattern
applies to pretty much all perl modules. 
 
(...)
> Do you mean a whole other perl version ... to get File::Which

Probably all the modules you'll need are available as Debian packages. 

Have fun,

-- 
Joel Roth