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CPAN is the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network, a code and documentation archive of over 100,000 open-source Perl modules across more than 25,000 distributions written by more than 10,000 authors. This tag is not for general Perl questions; use the [perl] tag instead.

The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN) is an open-source code and documentation archive of over 100,000 Perl modules across more than 25,000 distributions written by more than 10,000 authors.

CPAN has been online since October 1995 and is constantly growing. CPAN's main purpose is to provide a distributed repository for Perl programmers to locate, install, and share open source modules and code snippets.

Installable files on the CPAN are known as distributions. A distribution consists of one or more modules, documentation files (generally in perldoc), or scripts. Distributions are typically packaged with an install script called Makefile.PL or Build.PL.

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Documentation

CPAN Installation tools for end users

CPAN - the classic CPAN command line install shell
CPANPLUS - an updated API and command line interface to CPAN intended to be more scriptable
cpanminus - a faster and more concise CPAN installer
CPAN::Mini - create a minimal mirror of CPAN

Modules used for creating install/distribution scripts

ExtUtils::MakeMaker - the venerable module used to generate a make file via Makefile.PL.
Module::Install - a drop-in replacement for ExtUtils::MakeMaker that provides more intuitive features and customization for module authors
Module::Build - a mostly pure Perl alternative to ExtUtils::MakeMaker, which does not rely on a system make command.
Dist::Zilla - distribution builder
pip - Perl Installation Program

Related Links

meta::cpan - a modern search interface for CPAN
rt.cpan.org - default bug tracker available to all CPAN authors
mirrors.cpan.org - status of CPAN mirrors
pause.cpan.org - The Perl Authors Upload Server; register as a CPAN developer and maintain your distributions
CPAN Testers - Automated testing of all CPAN distributions
CPANTS - Provides a Kwalitee rating for CPAN distributions
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How to install multiple perl modules at once using CPAN

Is it possible to install multiple modules using CPAN? I've tried: perl -MCPAN -e 'install DBIx::Transaction File::Basename::Object' but I get this error: Can't locate object method "Transaction" via package "DBIx" at -e line 1

perl cpan

asked Aug 25 '14 at 16:55

tvs

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How do I install deps for CPAN module without installing it?

This is a follow-up to my previous question about developing Perl applications. Let’s say I develop an application as a CPAN module using Module::Install. Now I upload the code to the production server, say using a git push, and I would like to…

perl deployment module installation cpan

asked Nov 10 '09 at 14:21

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CPAN thinks an outdated module is up to date

$ sudo cpanm Heap::Priority Heap::Priority is up to date. (0.01) The current version is 0.11. I'm new to CPAN so I'm getting really frustrated. What's wrong and how do I fix it? Thanks.

perl cpan

asked Oct 15 '12 at 03:31

user1484613

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CPAN shell runs out of memory. How can I give it more memory on Unix?

I'm getting an Out of memory! message for all installs. I've never used cpan before and I'm not really sure how it works. I did a ulimit on the /.cpan directory and it resulted in unlimited. Here's what I'm looking at: [/usr/bin]# perl -MCPAN -e…

perl unix cpan aix

asked Jun 19 '12 at 19:31

pnkflydgr

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Installing Perl Modules on Android OS

Are there an options to install Perl modules like LWP on Android (on SL4A environment ). Also, are there prepackaged Perl modules that can be installed on Android, and is there an option to see which modules are installed using the Android Debug…

android perl cpan sl4a

asked Feb 22 '12 at 21:50

smith

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Perl & CPAN upgrade help for OS X

Here is my problem. I am running OS X v10.7 (Lion) and want to set up an old Perl program I have written (was then using a Windows System with ActivePerl and then its ppm). I read to use CPAN to install Perl modules (I am trying to install the Graph…

macos perl terminal cpan perl-module

asked Feb 05 '12 at 06:28

jjNford

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Will all perl versions support older modules?

I'm have Perl 5.8 installed on all of our servers and wanted to use the DBI and DBD::Oracle modules to access our databases. My main concern is with the newer versions of perl the DBI and DBD modules will stop working with 5.8. Then I'd have to…

perl cpan dbi perl5.8

asked Jan 26 '12 at 23:09

krizzo

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converting html to text with perl

I have a bunch of html files and need to convert and format them to text with perl i.e somthing like
will be interperted to \n I found this perl module on cpan html::formattext it format the text well but if there is link it strip it , are…

perl cpan

asked Jan 11 '12 at 19:45

smith

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automatically install missing modules from CPAN

If I want to distribute a Perl script, what is the best way to painlessly install any required modules that are missing on the user's system? Extra credit if there is a way to even install/upgrade Perl itself if it is missing or "too old".

perl deployment cpan

asked Nov 18 '11 at 13:39

JoelFan

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Install & update a Perl module as "universal" (x86_64, arm64)?

Is is possible to install and update Perl (CPAN) modules with universal (x86_64, arm64) architecture support? If yes, then how? background On an arm-based macOS computer, a Perl CPAN module can be installed for exactly one designated architecture as…

macos perl x86-64 cpan apple-silicon

asked Apr 11 '23 at 06:59

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Is there a CPAN module for converting seconds to English?

Is there a CPAN module that can convert a number of seconds to a human-readable English description of the interval? secToEng( 125 ); # => 2 min 5 sec secToEng( 129_600 ); # => 1 day 12 h The format isn't important as long as it's human-readable. I…

perl time cpan intervals time-format

asked Sep 25 '11 at 13:06

Tim

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How can I follow a particular CPAN module's updates?

I subscribe to the CPAN weekly update mailing list but it reports on every module updated in the past week. Instead, I would like to subscribe to particular modules and get only their updates. I want to "follow" that module for the purposes of…

perl cpan

asked Sep 20 '11 at 15:22

Dale Forester

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Non Perl files that need to be installed with CPAN distribution?

I need to have files installed with my CPAN dist that aren't Perl. Where in the dist should I put them? and what's the best way to reference them from within a module so that I have access to them regardless of users configuration?

perl cpan

asked Aug 31 '11 at 22:19

xenoterracide

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DPAN to create local CPAN

I want to make a CPAN repository from all curently installed modules. So I used autobundle to get a list of installed modules. I then used BackPAN::Index to download all the distributions into a directory and then ran dpan in it. It chew them for…

perl cpan dpan

asked Aug 18 '11 at 09:45

jira

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How to specify external library file locations when installing CPAN modules

I'm trying to get Perl's Finance::Quote module working after MacOS upgrade to 11.4. One of the dependencies is B::Keywords. B::Keywords installation fails a test with this error: > sudo cpan B::Keywords [...] Can't open…

macos perl cpan

asked Jul 01 '21 at 14:14

psiz

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