A preview of Perl 5.22
by brian d foy
New features, deprecations become fatal, and cleaner syntax
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How to build Perl on Android 4.4
A step by step guide to installing Perl 5.20 on Android KitKat
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Perl distributions, modules, packages explained
Learn which files are in a distribution, the difference between a module and a package etc.
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Easy application dependency management with Stratopan
Get the right modules and versions everytime
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Shazam! Use Image::Magick with Perlbrew in minutes
How to get a local non-root install of Image::Magick working with Perlbrew
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A Stratopan quick start user guide
Learn how to manage your Perl modules in the cloud with Stratopan
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Find CPAN mirrors and configure the local CPAN mirror list
CPAN mirrors are online repositories which host or "mirror" the Perl module distributions on CPAN. There are hundreds of CPAN mirrors dispersed throughout the World. When the CPAN program is run for the first time on a machine, it will configure the CPAN mirror list to use for checking for new versions of modules and downloading Perl distributions. All CPAN mirrors are not created equally though: the distribution list's age, speed and the geographic location vary from mirror to mirror and so you may want to re-configure your local CPAN mirror list to suit your needs. This article describes how to find CPAN mirrors and edit the local CPAN mirror configuration.
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Get detailed Perl version configuration information
Most Perl programmers know they can find out the current Perl version by typing "perl -v" as the command line:
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Run local Perl as root
This is a simple trick for conveniently running local Perl as a root user on UNIX-based systems.
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Use Module::Version to get the version of an installed Perl module
Another cool way to get the version of a module
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List all Perl modules installed via CPAN
A quick way to list all non-core modules installed via CPAN using the command line:
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3 quick ways to find out the version number of an installed Perl module from the terminal
Perl module features and behaviour can change from version to version and so knowing the version number of an installed Perl module can be useful in several scenarios. Below are three different command line methods for finding out the version number of an installed module that work on Bash and Windows Powershell. So fire up the terminal and get typing!
