Questions tagged [cpan]

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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This tag is not for general Perl questions; use perl instead. This tag should be used for questions relating to cpan.org or modules for interacting with cpan.org and mirrors (like CPAN.pm ) ...

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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Installation local perl and modules from bash

My scripts require a new version of perl, which I have installed into a local directory, to avoid corrupting the packaged version of perl that comes with Debian. I configured and installed a tarball of perl with: Configure -des…

perl cpan

asked Apr 30 '13 at 07:16

Joel G Mathew

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DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader installation fails

Well, I been trying to get this work for the past two days, re installing dependencies, updating modules, but I haven't found any solution. install command line: $> cpan DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader I get failed tests, such as: …

perl cpan dbix-class

asked Apr 24 '13 at 09:10

Mattan

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GZip compression in Perl maintains file path in gz-file on Windows

I'm trying to send some gzipped files via e-mail. The packaging and sending of the files work fine, but when I open the .gz-files on a windows machine, the archive includes the filepath (in my case /tmp/feed) for each file. On Linux the filepath is…

perl gzip cpan

asked Apr 22 '13 at 08:13

Vince

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issue with creating perl script to imitate linux command "ifconfig"

I have an assignment in which I am to create a Perl script in Linux to imitate the command ifconfig. This command basically shows you information about your network interfaces. I have already created the program, but a few lines are giving me some…

perl perl-module cpan ifconfig

asked Apr 17 '13 at 19:44

user218001

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How to Display IFconfig information with perl program in Linux

I have an assignment where i am supposed to create a perl script in linux that will give an output similar to that of the linux command "ifconfig". I have started writing the script but I repeatedly get errors. I would like some assistance in…

perl module perl-module cpan ifconfig

asked Apr 16 '13 at 19:46

user218001

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install CPAN module

I have a problem when i want to install perl module I make " cpan" to install cpan , but i get this " Terminal does not support AddHistory. Your configuration suggests that CPAN.pm should use a working directory of /home/cyrine/.cpan …

perl module installation cpan

asked Apr 13 '13 at 21:24

Poisson

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How to count the length of output in perl

I need to be able to count the output of the program i have below, the output basically supposed to look like website-name.com - Breaking news, opinion, politics, entertainment, sports and culture. Length 89008 Lines 1517 I have tried to create it…

perl function module cpan

asked Apr 10 '13 at 02:17

user218001

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How to get information from log files and add them to database table using Perl DBI sqlite

I have this assignment which requires me to take the source ip and destination port from this log file and add them to a database table i created using Perl dbi sqlite. i have tried to write a script that does that but it does not seem to work. i…

sql perl sqlite cpan dbi

asked Apr 05 '13 at 19:58

user218001

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how to incorporate perl modules into script

I am a beginner at Perl, I need to use functions from the Perl module Date::Easter in order to create a program that will take a year from user input and display the date of Easter within that year, i need to know how you would incorporate that…

perl perl-module cpan

asked Apr 03 '13 at 23:22

user218001

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perl module for creating CLI

I wish to know is there any existing perl module which can provide the framework to create new CLI commands ? Thanks Arpit

perl command-line-interface cpan mod-perl

asked Apr 01 '13 at 06:43

Arpit

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How to test your own Perl modules while not depending on other modules in production?

First of all, I think somebody needs to rewrite my question, I know what I am asking, not how I should ask it precisely. Assume I have some local module LOCAL::Commons and it has one subroutine called globalTrim. I am testing that subroutine below,…

perl unit-testing perl-module cpan

asked Mar 20 '13 at 15:21

Gogi

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Net::SSH::Perl not working but up to date

I keep getting this when i try to run an SSH login Can't locate Net/SSH/Perl.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl …

linux perl ssh cpan

asked Mar 15 '13 at 17:14

DjTazie

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Create a simple PDF file using perl

I am parsing a text file in my perl script and wanted to dumb my hash to a pdf file. I dont really need to do formatting of data, just some plain text going to be there in the pdf file. Using a heavy cpan module would be an overkill for this simple…

perl pdf cpan

asked Mar 14 '13 at 15:48

Govind Kailas

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Add path to Global PERL @INC, System-wide, not in my scripts, but Globally. On a Mac

I'm having the following problem I don't know what introduced it but perl include path's on a Mac were always a nightmare; cpan[1]> install DateTime::Event::Recurrence Going to read '/Users/Hristo/.cpan/Metadata' Database was generated on Tue, 08…

perl cpan

asked Mar 12 '13 at 11:14

Recct

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Installing Event::Lib in CitrusPerl install on Mac OS X 10.7

I'm working on a Perl project that requires Event::Lib. I'm on MacOS 10.7, and am running Citrus Perl instead of the system Perl. I installed libevent from source and it compiled fine. But, when I go to install Event::Lib, I run into some…

perl cpan perl-module libevent

asked Feb 08 '13 at 18:33

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