Which cpan installer is the right one? (CPAN.pm/CPANPLUS/cpanminus)

Question

There are multiple installers for cpan modules available; I know of at least CPAN.pm (comes with perl,) CPANPLUS, and cpanminus.

What is the difference between the t

Answer 1

Are there other module installers I should know about?

If you're using a Linux distribution that packages CPAN modules, then it's worth using their package installation program to install modules. For example, Ubuntu/Debian have a huge number of CPAN modules that you can install using 'apt' and Red Hat/Centos/Fedora have a number that you can install using 'yum'.