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copied!<p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Installable files on the CPAN are known as <em>distributions</em>. A distribution consists of one or more modules, documentation files (generally in <a href="/questions/tagged/perldoc" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'perldoc'" rel="tag">perldoc</a>), or scripts. Distributions are typically packaged with an install script called <em>Makefile.PL</em> or <em>Build.PL</em>.</p> <h2>When to use this tag?</h2> <p>This tag is not for general Perl questions; use <a href="/questions/tagged/perl" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'perl'" rel="tag">perl</a> instead. This tag should be used for questions relating to cpan.org or modules for interacting with cpan.org and mirrors (like CPAN.pm ) ...</p> <h2>Documentation</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.cpan.org/modules/INSTALL.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">How to install CPAN modules</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.cpan.org/misc/cpan-faq.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">CPAN Frequently Asked Questions</a></li> <li><a href="http://learn.perl.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Learning Perl</a></li> </ul> <h2>CPAN Installation tools for end users</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://search.cpan.org/dist/CPAN/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">CPAN</a> - the classic CPAN command line install shell</li> <li><a href="http://search.cpan.org/dist/CPANPLUS/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">CPANPLUS</a> - an updated API and command line interface to CPAN intended to be more scriptable</li> <li><a href="http://search.cpan.org/dist/App-cpanminus/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">cpanminus</a> - a faster and more concise CPAN installer</li> <li><a href="http://search.cpan.org/dist/CPAN-Mini/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">CPAN::Mini</a> - create a minimal mirror of CPAN</li> </ul> <h2>Modules used for creating install/distribution scripts</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://search.cpan.org/dist/ExtUtils-MakeMaker/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ExtUtils::MakeMaker</a> - the venerable module used to generate a <code>make</code> file via <code>Makefile.PL</code>.</li> <li><a href="http://search.cpan.org/dist/Module-Install/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Module::Install</a> - a drop-in replacement for <code>ExtUtils::MakeMaker</code> that provides more intuitive features and customization for module authors</li> <li><a href="http://search.cpan.org/dist/Module-Build/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Module::Build</a> - a mostly pure Perl alternative to <code>ExtUtils::MakeMaker</code>, which does not rely on a system <code>make</code> command.</li> <li><a href="http://search.cpan.org/dist/Dist-Zilla" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Dist::Zilla</a> - distribution builder</li> <li><a href="http://search.cpan.org/dist/pip/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">pip</a> - Perl Installation Program</li> </ul> <h2>Related Links</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://metacpan.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">meta::cpan</a> - a modern search interface for CPAN</li> <li><a href="http://search.cpan.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">search.cpan.org</a> - the classic CPAN search interface</li> <li><a href="http://cpanratings.perl.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">cpanratings.perl.org/</a> - ratings and reviews for CPAN</li> <li><a href="https://rt.cpan.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">rt.cpan.org</a> - default bug tracker available to all CPAN authors</li> <li><a href="http://mirrors.cpan.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">mirrors.cpan.org</a> - status of CPAN mirrors</li> <li><a href="http://pause.cpan.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">pause.cpan.org</a> - The Perl Authors Upload Server; register as a CPAN developer and maintain your distributions</li> <li>On StackOverflow: <a href="/questions/tagged/minicpan" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'minicpan'" rel="tag">minicpan</a>, <a href="/questions/tagged/perl" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'perl'" rel="tag">perl</a></li> </ul>

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