Dist::Z...install(3)

✨ NAME ✨

Dist::Zilla::App::Command::install — bestie, this is the command that installs your dist 💅 (and yes, the manual page you're reading right now is the one for Dist::Z...install(3), iconic name, we love a cryptic abbreviation)

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🎀 VERSION 🎀

version 6.040

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

It installs your distribution using a command you pick, no cap:

dzil install [--install-command="cmd"]

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🌸 PERL VERSION 🌸

Okay so here's the tea 🍓: this module should work on any version of perl still receiving updates from the Perl 5 Porters. Like, literally any version released in the last two to three years. So if the most recently released version is v5.40, then this module should work on both v5.40 and v5.38. Periodt.

And yeah, it might work on older versions of perl, but no guarantee is made that the minimum required version won't be increased. The version may be increased for any reason, and there is no promise that patches will be accepted to lower the minimum required perl. So don't come for me about it 🙈

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💖 EXAMPLE 💖

$ dzil install
$ dzil install --install-command="cpan ."

Look at her go 😭👑

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

--install-command

This defines what command to run after building the dist in the dist dir.

Any value that works with system is accepted. (iykyk)

If not specified, calls (roughly):

cpanm .

For more information, look at the install method in Dist::Zilla.

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Ricardo SIGNES 😏 <cpan@semiotic.systems>

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🌈 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE 🌈

This software is copyright (c) 2026 by Ricardo SIGNES.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

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And that's the whole vibe check, bestie 🫶 this page was living its life as perl v5.42.3, dated 2026-10-19, filed under Dist::Z...install(3). Go install something cute 💜