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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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Devel::CheckLib syntax errors when trying to install Tree::Suffix

I'm trying to install the Tree::Suffix module from CPAN on a Debian testing system, with Perl 5.18.1 installed. During compliation, I get a bunch of syntax errors and warnings, related to Devel::CheckLib. CPAN.pm: Building…

perl installation cpan suffix-tree

asked Dec 14 '13 at 19:15

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BOBTFISH/Task-Catalyst installation error

I am using CentOS 5.7 perl 5.14.2. While installing CPAN module Task::Catalyst cpan -i Task::Catalyst i am getting the error: http://pastebin.com/N1p1UMAH 3 modules Catalyst::Authentication::Credential::HTTP, Catalyst::View::Email and…

perl centos cpan catalyst

asked Dec 03 '13 at 07:42

Bharat Pahalwani

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use Bio::seq not working in Perl

I installed CPAN and then successfully installed Bioperl. I cannot find Bio perl folder in /usr/bin However, the files are present at home/.cpan/build/BioPerl-1.61/Bio/ I am unable to use Bio::SeqIO on Komodo IDE: Komodo Edit 8 OS: Ubuntu…

perl cpan bioperl

asked Nov 27 '13 at 20:42

Death Metal

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Unable to load (and reinstall) Socket.pm after upgrade

I've just upgraded Slackware64 to 14.1 and I found Perl 5.18 in it. Socket.pm now complains that it was compiled for another Perl version, which was 5.16. Here is the error: Perl API version v5.16.0 of Socket does not match v5.18.0 at…

perl cpan

asked Nov 26 '13 at 09:50

Zagorax

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Image::Magick Install Error 127

When I try to install Image::Magick via CPAN on an Ubuntu system, I get an 127 error. I have no idea what is going wrong. Below is the text of what I get: cpan[1]> install Image::Magick Reading '/root/.cpan/Metadata' Database was generated on Fri,…

perl ubuntu makefile imagemagick cpan

asked Nov 17 '13 at 04:43

CS3000911

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Error in checking an email id is valid using Mail::CheckUser

I am creating a script for checking mail id inbox exist or not (mail probing), i am using Mail::CheckUser module for this.But when i execute the code with a mail id like "somthing@yahooo.com" it shows the mail id exist ,but it does not exist in…

linux perl email smtp cpan

asked Oct 30 '13 at 15:30

user2935203

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How can i change ip in mail probing using perl

I am creating a script for checking mail id inbox exist or not (mail probing), i am using Mail::CheckUser module for this.but the problem is when i continuously run the script, there may be a chance to block my ip , so i would like to use change my…

linux perl email smtp cpan

asked Oct 30 '13 at 07:15

user2935203

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Installing XML::DOM module fails

I couldn't find any solution for two weeks.!!!! I try to install CPAN Modules using the cpan.exe. When I try to install a module with "install XML::DOM" fails stating dmake.exe is NOT OK, here is my error: Microsoft Windows [Version…

perl cpan activeperl

asked Oct 26 '13 at 17:48

user2796487

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Installing CPAN modules fails

I try to install CPAN Modules using the cpan.exe. When I try to install a module with "install XML::DOM" fails stating dmake.exe is NOT OK, Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601] Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights…

c# perl cpan

asked Oct 25 '13 at 06:58

user2796487

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Perl API Error: Bareword "SQL_INTEGER" not allowed while "strict subs" in use

I am attempting to connect to the Ensembl API using the following Perl code: #!/bin/perl use Bio::EnsEMBL::Registry; use DBI qw(:sql_types); my $registry = 'Bio::EnsEMBL::Registry'; $registry->load_registry_from_db( …

perl api cpan dbi bioperl

asked Oct 24 '13 at 14:26

user2639056

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how to post-process coordinates, lat, lon, .... after retrieval of data?

When using Geo::Coder:Google, a mapping from an address to lat/lon works vice versa. But the output is not suitable for an immediate access concerning concrete fields especially when converting lat/lon to an address. According to my debug log: loc…

perl geocoding cpan

asked Oct 21 '13 at 13:29

mnemonic

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How to install perl Logger module

I am a noob to perl. Searching for "How to install a perl module" I did install cpan and tried the following: sudo cpan install Logger But received: Going to read '/Users/steve/.cpan/Metadata' Database was generated on Wed, 09 Oct 2013 06:53:03…

perl logging cpan

asked Oct 09 '13 at 07:23

WestCoastProjects

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Best C/C++ Library to defang HTML?

I'm looking for a C/C++ functional equivalent to HTML::Defang, and my Google-fu has not been able to uncover anything. I want to keep any benign tags and strip out/defang everything else. Lacking an actual library, any pointers to complete lists of…

c++ html c cpan strip

asked Dec 17 '09 at 18:42

user234021

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Log in a form using perl?

I am trying to log in in a website using perl but i can't get that done, this is the code i actually wrote : package Vk; use strict; use warnings; use LWPx::ParanoidAgent; use HTML::TokeParser; use XML::TokeParser; use Time::HiRes qw/ usleep /; use…

perl cpan

asked Sep 17 '13 at 18:18

MNS

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Git::Repository: use of uninitialized value $git_dir

I've just had my sysadmin install Git::Repository on a solaris-server for me. I wrote a little test-script, to check if the basic functionality of the module is working and came across this error: Use of uninitialized value $git_dir in -d at…

git perl cpan

asked Sep 03 '13 at 06:02

Vince

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