=head1 NAME Carton::Doc::Install - Install the dependencies =head1 SYNOPSIS carton install [--deployment] [--path=PATH] [modules...] =head1 DESCRIPTION Install the dependencies for your application. This command has two modes and the behavior is slightly different. =head2 DEVELOPMENT MODE =over 4 =item carton install If you run C with the arguments, carton will fetch and install the modules given as arguments. =item carton install (no arguments) If you run C without any arguments and if a build file (I or I) exists, carton will scan dependencies from the build file and install the modules. =back In either way, if you run C for the first time (i.e. I does not exist), carton will fetch all the modules specified, resolve dependencies and install all required modules from CPAN. If I file does exist, carton will still try to install modules specified or updated in the build file, but uses I for the dependency resolution, and then cascades to CPAN. carton will analyze all the dependencies and their version information, and it is saved into I file. It is important to add I file into a version controlled repository and commit the changes as you update your dependencies. =head2 DEPLOYMENT MODE If you specify the C<--deployment> command line option or the I exists and your build file does not exist, carton will fetch all remote modules and use the dependencies specified in the I instead of resolving dependencies. =head1 CONSERVATIVE UPDATE C doesn't update the modules already installed into I library path as long as the version is satisfied. For example, one day you install URI-1.50 from CPAN: > carton install URI Successfully installed URI-1.50 Few weeks later, URI module is updated to 1.51 on CPAN. If you run the C again: > carton install URI You have URI (1.50) because you haven't specified the version number, carton won't update the module in your local library path. If you want to update to the latest version of CPAN, you can either use C command, or specify the required version either in your build file or a command line argument: > carton install URI~1.51 > carton update URI > cat Makefile.PL requires 'URI', 1.51; Any of those will upgrade URI to the latest one from CPAN, and the version specified in the I will be bumped. =head1 OPTIONS =over 4 =item --deployment Force the deployment mode and carton will ignore build file contents. =item --path Specify the path to install modules to. Defaults to I in the current directory. =back