How can I install a specific version of a set of Perl modules?

Question

I\'m tasked with replicating a production environment to create many test/sit environments.

One of the things I need to do is build up Perl, with all the modules whi

Answer 1

bdfoy has the best large scale solution, but if you just want to install a few modules you can ask the CPAN shell to install a specific distribution by referencing a path to a tarball (relative to the top of the CPAN tree).

cpan> install MSCHWERN/Test-Simple-0.62.tar.gz

Throw a URL to BackPAN into your URL list and you can install any older version.

cpan> o conf urllist push http://backpan.perl.org/

This is in the CPAN.pm FAQ under "how do I install a 'DEVELOPER RELEASE' of a module?"