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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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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.cpan/Metadata:how to edit to reinstall a model

I use cpan to install Carton. When I run this command first, the output is URL can't found. When I run this command second, the output is follows: Going to read '/home/hengaini/.cpan/Metadata' Warning: Cannot install Carton, don't know what it…

perl cpan

asked Sep 18 '12 at 07:53

Thai Heng

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perl -MCPAN Frontier

I have Debian 6. I want install script PHP with perl demon. I install perl etc. apt-get install perl build-essential In demon.pl I have lines: use Frontier::Daemon::Forking; use Crypt::XXTEA; use Cfg::Config; Blockquote use…

perl debian cpan

asked Aug 10 '12 at 23:27

Piotr

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cpanm doesn't install AI::MXNet

How do I install all the dependencies automatically under cygwin, Windows 8 for this command: cpanm install AI::MXNet Right now it gives the following error Building and testing AI-NNVMCAPI-1.4 ... FAIL ! Installing AI::NNVMCAPI failed. See…

perl cpan

asked Aug 25 '23 at 10:07

user2925716

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Install perlcritic on macOS Ventura

I'm on macOS Ventura 13.3.1 and I'm trying to get perlcritic working. perl --version Gives me: This is perl 5, version 36, subversion 0 (v5.36.0) built for darwin-thread-multi-2level ... When I type: cpan Perl::Critic I get: Loading internal…

macos perl zsh cpan

asked May 07 '23 at 11:38

baduker

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The problem: found a tab character that violate intendation

./run-bot Running bot 22496 Error parsing ./shittybot.yml: YAML::XS::Load Error: The problem: found a tab character that violate intendation was found at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Config/Any.pm line 201 …

perl yaml indentation cpan

asked Jan 23 '11 at 04:17

DanielBryan

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Cant install Net::SSH2 perl module

I'm trying to install a perl module: Net::SSH2 with cpan but doesn't actually works. cpan -f install Net::SSH2 Output: CPAN: Storable loaded ok (v2.20) Going to read '/root/.cpan/sources/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz' …

linux perl module cpan

asked May 23 '17 at 21:36

Jobine23

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What for there is file .exists in Perl installed modules' folders?

I have installed CPAN modules some time ago. After I open a folder of module Catalyst-Plugin-Browser, there is a file .exists. What for is it there?

perl cpan

asked Sep 01 '16 at 08:08

osiv

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Can't locate File/Find/Rule.pm in @INC

!#/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use warnings; use File::Find::Rule; my $finder=File::Find::Rule->directory->in($directory); Warning is Can't locate File/Find/Rule.pm in @INC (@INC contains:…

linux multithreading perl cpan

asked Feb 19 '16 at 09:31

Navaneeth Cp

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Creating Table in database from Perl using SQLite3

I'm having trouble creating a table in a database I created with Perl using dbi sqlite3. Using the code I have below, I want the table to contain port-probes, one line for each source ip and port. I don't know if im doing it properly, the code below…

database perl sqlite cpan dbi

asked Apr 05 '13 at 01:19

user218001

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Writing a perl module of the most used util rutines. Are you sitting with a gem function?

Problem: I am using a lot of CPAN modules and hard-coded perl functions in many different scripts (a lot of which is duplicated), and I want to make my code base DRY (don't repeat yourself) by extracting all of the common code (and maybe even by…

perl cpan

asked Feb 05 '13 at 14:24

Gogi

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How to install perl module within script

How can I install a perl module from within a script? I am using a program called Discovery Studio Visualizer which has a scripting interface built-in and I have no way to install Win32::GUI() using standard methods. The reason I want to do this is…

perl user-interface cpan bioinformatics

asked Jan 08 '13 at 21:03

user1876508

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error while installing DBD::oracle in windows10 `perl -MCPAN -e "install DBD::Oracle"

Fetching with LWP:http://cpan.strawberryperl.com/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz LWP failed with code[470] message[status code 470]Warning: no success downloading 'C:\STRAWB~1\cpan\sources\authors\01mailrc.txt.gz.tmp16388.Giving up on it. As a last resort…

perl cpan

asked Mar 17 '23 at 11:18

Shrishti Sharma

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How to get all available perl modules list

How can i get only the list of all perl modules with short description of what they will do? So that it will help learners like me to use modules as per our need immediately, rather that searching it for long time.

perl module cpan

asked Apr 27 '15 at 12:23

sam

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how to extract function definition from c source file

I am working on a perl script that prints out the entire function onto std out given the source file name and function name. using a regex might not be feasible as i have multiline function prototypes. any suggestion on whether there are c parser…

regex perl parsing cpan

asked Dec 12 '14 at 07:11

MSK

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reading data from an excel sheet in perl

I have a hash of result messages. Each message has 4-5 different parameters. I want to match parameter values with the values stored in an excel sheet. If they match its pass or fail Can you help me how to read from an excel sheet and match it line…

excel perl file-io cpan

asked Aug 09 '13 at 15:05

user2486369

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