dumpcpandist - show some details for a distribution from the CPAN
dumpcpandist $filename [use_tar => ...]
Where $filename is a tarball or zipfile from the CPAN. The arguments are the same as CPAN::ParseDistribution's new() method.
new()
CPAN::ParseDistribution
Copyright 2009 David Cantrell <david@cantrell.org.uk>
This software is free-as-in-speech software, and may be used, distributed, and modified under the terms of either the GNU General Public Licence version 2 or the Artistic Licence. It's up to you which one you use. The full text of the licences can be found in the files GPL2.txt and ARTISTIC.txt, respectively.
This module is also free-as-in-mason software.
To install CPAN::ParseDistribution, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm CPAN::ParseDistribution
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install CPAN::ParseDistribution
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.