# PerlAppResource.withCpanMinus

- Module: [CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Perl](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.perl.md)
- Defined on: [PerlAppResource](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.perl/perlappresource.md)
- Version: `13.4.0`
- Kind: `method`

Configures the Perl application to use cpanm (App::cpanminus) as its package manager instead of the default cpan. Call this before `WithPackage``1` to change how packages are installed.

## Definition

```typescript
interface PerlAppResource {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  withCpanMinus(): PerlAppResource;
}
```

## Signature

```typescript
withCpanMinus(): PerlAppResource
```

## Returns

[PerlAppResource](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.perl/perlappresource.md) `builder`

## Defined on

- [PerlAppResource](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.perl/perlappresource.md) -- `handle`