%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ Perl Modules The Perl module packages (also referred to as Distributions, because each can contain multiple modules) add useful objects to the Perl language. The packages listed on this page are required or recommended for other packages in the book. If they have dependent modules, those are either on this page or else on the next page. Modules utilized by packages throughout BLFS are listed here, along with their dependencies. The various ways of building and installing perl modules are shown at the bottom of this page. In many cases, only the required or recommended dependencies are listed - there might be other modules which allow more tests to be run, but omitting them will still allow the tests to PASS. For a few modules, the BLFS editors have determined that other modules still listed as prerequisites are not required, and omitted them. It is generally worth running the tests for perl modules, they often can show problems such as missing dependencies which are required to use the module. In some cases, such dependencies are marked as '(for the testsuite)'. It is possible to automatically install the current versions of a module and any missing or too-old dependencies using CPAN. See the end of this page for details. Most of these modules only install files below /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.xx.y and those will not be documented. One or two install programs (mostly, perl scripts), or a library, into /usr/bin/ or /usr/lib/ and these are documented. User Notes: