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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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8 | <sect1 id="perl-modules" xreflabel="Perl modules">
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9 | <sect1info>
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10 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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11 | <date>$Date$</date>
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12 | </sect1info>
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13 | <?dbhtml filename="perl-modules.html" ?>
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14 | <title><application>Perl</application> modules</title>
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15 |
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16 | <sect2>
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17 | <title>Introduction to <application>Perl</application> modules</title>
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18 |
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19 | <para>The <application>Perl</application> module packages add useful objects
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20 | to the <application>Perl</application> language. Modules utilized by packages
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21 | throughout <acronym>BLFS</acronym> are listed here, along with their
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22 | dependencies. Most references to <application>Perl</application> modules are
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23 | in the form of Module, Module::SubName or Module::Sub::Name, however
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24 | occasionally you'll also see Module, Module-SubName or Module-Sub-Name. Most
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25 | references on this page are in the latter form, as these are the official
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26 | package names.</para>
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27 |
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28 | <sect3><title>The Module::Info module</title>
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29 | <para>One module in particular is shown first, as this module's usefulness
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30 | warrants installation, even though it won't be required by many other modules.
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31 | The Module::Info module can tell you if a particular module is included in,
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32 | or has been installed into your <application>Perl</application> installation.
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33 | Additionally, the module can tell you what versions are installed and what
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34 | dependencies are required for them. You can even use Module::Info to gather
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35 | dependencies of uninstalled modules.</para>
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36 |
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37 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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38 | <listitem><para><ulink
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39 | url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/M/MB/MBARBON/Module-Info-&Module-Info-version;.tar.gz">
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40 | Module-Info-&Module-Info-version;</ulink></para>
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41 | </listitem></itemizedlist>
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42 | </sect3>
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43 |
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44 | <sect3><title><application>Perl</application> Module Packages</title>
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45 |
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46 | <itemizedlist><listitem><para><ulink
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47 | url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/M/ML/MLEHMANN/Gtk-Perl-&Gtk-Perl-version;.tar.gz">
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48 | Gtk-Perl-&Gtk-Perl-version;</ulink></para>
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49 |
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50 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem><para><ulink
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51 | url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/J/JO/JOSEPHW/XML-Writer-&XML-Writer-version;.tar.gz">
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52 | XML-Writer-&XML-Writer-version;</ulink></para>
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53 | </listitem>
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54 |
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55 | <listitem><para><ulink
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56 | url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/M/MS/MSERGEANT/XML-Parser-&XML-Parser-version;.tar.gz">
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57 | XML-Parser-&XML-Parser-version;</ulink></para>
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58 |
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59 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem>
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60 | <para><xref linkend="expat"/></para>
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61 | </listitem></itemizedlist>
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62 | </listitem>
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63 |
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64 | <listitem>
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65 | <para><xref linkend="GTK"/></para>
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66 | </listitem></itemizedlist>
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67 | </listitem>
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68 |
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69 | <listitem><para><ulink
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70 | url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/D/DM/DMEGG/SGMLSpm-&SGMLSpm-version;.tar.gz">
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71 | SGMLSpm-&SGMLSpm-version;</ulink></para>
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72 | </listitem>
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73 |
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74 | <listitem><para><ulink
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75 | url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/N/NI/NI-S/Tk-&Perl-Tk-version;.tar.gz">
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76 | Tk-&Perl-Tk-version;</ulink></para>
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77 |
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78 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem>
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79 | <para><xref linkend="tk"/> and <xref linkend="libjpeg"/></para>
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80 | </listitem></itemizedlist>
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81 | </listitem>
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82 |
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83 | <listitem><para><ulink
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84 | url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/C/CR/CREIN/Net-DNS-&Net-DNS-version;.tar.gz">
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85 | Net-DNS-&Net-DNS-version;</ulink></para>
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86 |
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87 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem><para><ulink
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88 | url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/G/GA/GAAS/Digest-HMAC-&Digest-HMAC-version;.tar.gz">
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89 | Digest-HMAC-&Digest-HMAC-version;</ulink></para>
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90 |
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91 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem><para><ulink
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92 | url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/G/GA/GAAS/Digest-SHA1-&Digest-SHA1-version;.tar.gz">
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93 | Digest-SHA1-&Digest-SHA1-version;</ulink></para>
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94 | </listitem></itemizedlist>
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95 | </listitem></itemizedlist>
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96 | </listitem>
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97 |
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98 | <listitem><para><ulink
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99 | url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/G/GA/GAAS/libwww-perl-&LWP-version;.tar.gz">
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100 | LWP-&LWP-version;</ulink></para>
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101 |
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102 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem><para><ulink
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103 | url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/G/GA/GAAS/URI-&URI-version;.tar.gz">
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104 | URI-&URI-version;</ulink></para>
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105 |
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106 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem><para><ulink
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107 | url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/B/BD/BDFOY/Business-ISBN-&Business-ISBN-version;.tar.gz">
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108 | Business-ISBN-&Business-ISBN-version;</ulink> (Only used during the test
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109 | suite)</para>
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110 |
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111 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem><para><ulink
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112 | url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/B/BD/BDFOY/Business-ISBN-Data-&Business-ISBN-Data-version;.tar.gz">
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113 | Business-ISBN-Data-&Business-ISBN-Data-version;</ulink></para>
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114 |
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115 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem><para><ulink
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116 | url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/P/PE/PETDANCE/Test-Pod-&Test-Pod-version;.tar.gz">
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117 | Test-Pod-&Test-Pod-version;</ulink></para>
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118 |
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119 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem><para><ulink
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120 | url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/S/SB/SBURKE/Pod-Simple-&Pod-Simple-version;.tar.gz">
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121 | Pod-Simple-&Pod-Simple-version;</ulink></para>
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122 |
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123 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem><para><ulink
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124 | url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/S/SB/SBURKE/Pod-Escapes-&Pod-Escapes-version;.tar.gz">
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125 | Pod-Escapes-&Pod-Escapes-version;</ulink></para>
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126 | </listitem></itemizedlist>
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127 | </listitem>
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128 |
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129 | <listitem><para><ulink
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130 | url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/M/MA/MARKF/Test-Builder-Tester-&Test-Builder-Tester-version;.tar.gz">
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131 | Test-Builder-Tester-&Test-Builder-Tester-version;</ulink></para>
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132 | </listitem></itemizedlist>
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133 | </listitem>
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134 |
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135 | <listitem><para><ulink
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136 | url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/B/BD/BDFOY/Test-Prereq-&Test-Prereq-version;.tar.gz">
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137 | Test-Prereq-&Test-Prereq-version;</ulink></para>
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138 |
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139 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem><para><ulink
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140 | url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/M/MB/MBARBON/Module-Info-&Module-Info-version;.tar.gz">
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141 | Module-Info-&Module-Info-version;</ulink></para>
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142 | </listitem>
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143 |
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144 | <listitem><para><ulink
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145 | url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/R/RC/RCLAMP/Module-CoreList-&Module-Corelist-version;.tar.gz">
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146 | Module-CoreList-&Module-Corelist-version;</ulink></para>
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147 | </listitem></itemizedlist>
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148 | </listitem></itemizedlist>
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149 | </listitem></itemizedlist>
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150 | </listitem></itemizedlist>
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151 | </listitem>
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152 |
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153 | <listitem><para><ulink
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154 | url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/G/GA/GAAS/HTML-Parser-&HTML-Parser-version;.tar.gz">
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155 | HTML-Parser-&HTML-Parser-version;</ulink></para>
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156 |
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157 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem><para><ulink
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158 | url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/S/SB/SBURKE/HTML-Tagset-&HTML-Tagset-version;.tar.gz">
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159 | HTML-Tagset-&HTML-Tagset-version;</ulink></para>
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160 | </listitem></itemizedlist>
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161 | </listitem>
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162 |
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163 | <listitem><para><ulink
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164 | url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/P/PM/PMQS/Compress-Zlib-&Compress-Zlib-version;.tar.gz">
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165 | Compress-Zlib-&Compress-Zlib-version;</ulink></para>
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166 | </listitem>
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167 |
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168 | <listitem><para><ulink
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169 | url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/C/CH/CHAMAS/Crypt-SSLeay-&Crypt-SSLeay-version;.tar.gz">
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170 | Crypt-SSLeay-&Crypt-SSLeay-version;</ulink></para>
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171 | </listitem></itemizedlist>
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172 | </listitem>
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173 |
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174 | <listitem><para><ulink
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175 | url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/S/SB/SBECK/DateManip-&DateManip-version;.tar.gz">
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176 | DateManip-&DateManip-version;</ulink></para>
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177 | </listitem>
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178 |
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179 | <listitem><para><ulink
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180 | url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/P/PJ/PJF/Finance-Quote-&Finance-Quote-version;.tar.gz">
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181 | Finance-Quote-&Finance-Quote-version;</ulink></para>
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182 |
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183 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem><para><ulink
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184 | url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/M/MS/MSISK/HTML-TableExtract-&HTML-TableExtract-version;.tar.gz">
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185 | HTML-TableExtract-&HTML-TableExtract-version;</ulink></para>
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186 | </listitem></itemizedlist>
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187 | </listitem></itemizedlist>
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188 | </sect3>
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189 |
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190 | </sect2>
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191 |
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192 | <sect2>
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193 | <title>Installation of <application>Perl</application> modules</title>
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194 |
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195 | <para>Install <application>Perl</application> modules by running the following
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196 | commands:</para>
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197 |
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198 | <screen><userinput><command>perl Makefile.PL &&
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199 | make &&
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200 | make test &&
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201 | make install</command></userinput></screen>
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202 |
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203 | <para>The modules listed below require modifications to the instructions in
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204 | order to install successfully.</para>
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205 |
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206 | <sect3><title>Gtk-Perl-&Gtk-Perl-version;:</title>
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207 | <screen><userinput><command>perl Makefile.PL --without-guessing &&
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208 | make &&
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209 | make test &&
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210 | make install</command></userinput></screen>
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211 | </sect3>
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212 |
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213 | <sect3><title>SGMLSpm-&SGMLSpm-version;</title>
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214 |
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215 | <para>If your system's <application>Perl</application> version is different
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216 | than &LFS-Perl-version;, you'll need to modify the <command>sed</command>
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217 | command below to reflect the version you have installed.</para>
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218 |
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219 | <screen><userinput><command>sed -i -e "s@/usr/local/bin@/usr/bin@" \
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220 | -e "s@/usr/local/lib/perl5@/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/&LFS-Perl-version;@" \
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221 | -e "s@/usr/local/lib/www/docs@/usr/share/doc/perl5@" \
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222 | Makefile &&
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223 | make install &&
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224 | install -d -m 755 /usr/share/doc/perl5 &&
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225 | make install_html &&
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226 | rm -f /usr/share/doc/perl5/SGMLSpm/sample.pl &&
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227 | install -m 644 DOC/sample.pl /usr/share/doc/perl5/SGMLSpm</command></userinput></screen>
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228 | </sect3>
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229 |
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230 | </sect2>
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231 |
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232 | <sect2><title>(Alternate) Auto installation of <application>Perl</application>
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233 | modules.</title>
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234 |
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235 | <para>There is an alternate way of installing the modules using
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236 | <application>Perl</application>'s built-in <command>install</command> command.
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237 | The command automatically downloads the source from the <acronym>CPAN</acronym>
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238 | archive, extracts it, runs the commands mentioned above, and removes the build
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239 | tree. You may still need to install dependent library packages before running
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240 | the automated installation method.</para>
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241 |
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242 | <para>The first time you run this command, you'll be prompted to enter some
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243 | information regarding download locations and methods. This information is
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244 | retained in files located in <filename class='directory'>~/.cpan</filename>.
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245 | Start the perl shell with the following command:</para>
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246 |
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247 | <screen><userinput><command>perl -MCPAN -e shell</command></userinput></screen>
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248 |
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249 | <para>Each module may now be installed from this shell with the command:</para>
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250 |
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251 | <screen><userinput><command>install <replaceable>[ModuleName]</replaceable></command></userinput></screen>
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252 |
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253 | <para>For additional commands and help, type <command>help</command>.</para>
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254 |
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255 | </sect2>
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256 |
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257 | </sect1>
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258 |
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