how-to install perl modules from tar.gz packages on Linux , Unix , cygwin if cpan install is not an option

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## START install perl modules by tar.gz

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# go to where you did download the modules tar

cd /path/to/module

# unzip 

gzip -d *.tar.gz

# untar verbosely 

tar xvf *.tar

# check the dirs created 

for dir in `find \`pwd\` -maxdepth 1 -type d ` ; do echo cd $dir ; done ;

# go to the first dir which was created from the untar operation

for dir in `find \`pwd\` -maxdepth 1 -type d ` ; do cd $dir ; done ;

# create the make file 

perl Makefile.PL

# run make 

make

# optionally test 

make test 

# optionally create the make html 

make html 

# install 

make install

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## STOP install perl modules by tar.gz

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