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
makefile viaMakefile.PL. - Module::Install - a drop-in replacement for
ExtUtils::MakeMakerthat 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 systemmakecommand. - 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
- On StackOverflow: minicpan perl metacpan cpanm
