Friday, May 7, 2010

WHAT IS CPAN: Comprehensive Perl Archive Network

There are some separate modules, usually consisting of a .pm and/or a .pll file and available from CPAN (comprehensive Perl Archive network).


CPAN, the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network, is an archive of over 18000 modules of software written in Perl. It has a presence on the World Wide Web at www.cpan.org and is mirrored worldwide on more than 220 locations. CPAN can denote either the archive network itself, or the Perl program that acts as an interface to the network and as an automated software installer (somewhat like a package manager). Most software on CPAN is free and open source software.

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perl -MCPAN -e shell 

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