Chapter 9. INSTALLING THIRD-PARTY PERL MODULES
Introducing CPAN
The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN) is the largest repository of third-party Perl modules, scripts, and documentation that are freely distributed on the Internet. The CPAN repository is also available as a Web site that you can access to search for modules, download source code archives, and review documentation. On your computer, the CPAN repository is also accessible as a command-line program, simply called cpan, that you can use to download and install modules with a single command.
All Perl distributions have the capability to access CPAN, but CPAN may not be appropriate for all distributions. For example, if you are running ActiveState Perl on Windows, you use the ActivePerl ...
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