If you write enough Perl, you'll reach a point where you need to create a module. And the more you work with quality code modules from the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN), the more you're ...

*It can be confusing for new Perl programmers to understand the terminology used to describe Perl distributions and their accompanying files. This article explains the core concepts.* The start of the ...

Support for utilizing OWL ontologies in Perl is extremely limited, despite the growing importance of the Semantic Web in Healthcare and Life Sciences. Here, we present a Perl framework that generates ...

which is owned by the `perl-devel` package. For packaging modules from CPAN, the following macros are used: * `%{perl5_vendorlib}` --- The base directory for RPM packaged perl modules that are ...

CPAN, the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network, is a network of Perl software archives around the world. Perl version 5.6.x includes modules (CPAN and CPAN::FirstTime, among others) that allow it to ...

Is it possible to have perl modules that are not systemwide available, but located in a users home directory- but still loaded by the systemwide perl when the user calls that perl with an option?<P>I ...

Try moving /usr/bin/perl to /usr/bin/perl.old, or just adjust your path.<BR><BR>If this module is pure Perl (no C or other h2xs nonsense in it) then you should drop it in with no problems.

Two key areas for improving Perl programming are achieving better support for Win32 and efficiently producing an executable version of your program. Here, we've rounded up a couple of tips to address ...