CPAN - query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites

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The CPAN module automates or at least simplifies the make and install of perl modules and extensions. It includes some primitive searching capabilities and knows how to use LWP, HTTP::Tiny, Net::FTP and certain external download clients to fetch dist...

• cpan - easily interact with CPAN from the command line
• App::Cpan - easily interact with CPAN from the command line
• CPAN::Mirrors - Get CPAN mirror information and select a fast one
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Data::Printer - colored & full-featured pretty print of Perl data structures and objects

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The ever-popular Data::Dumper is a fantastic tool, meant to stringify data structures in a way they are suitable for being "eval"'ed back in. The thing is, a lot of people keep using it (and similar ones, like Data::Dump) to print data structures and...

WWW::Mechanize::Chrome - automate the Chrome browser

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Like WWW::Mechanize, this module automates web browsing with a Perl object. Fetching and rendering of web pages is delegated to the Chrome (or Chromium) browser by starting an instance of the browser and controlling it with Chrome DevTools <https://d...

buildaperl - Build an arbitrary perl version from APC

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This script builds the sources for any perl version between 5.004 and bleadperl. The --h option displays all available options. The argument consists of "PERL_VERSION@PATCHNUMBER". The "@" is mandatory, both "PERL_VERSION" and "PATCHNUMER" are option...

• binsearchaperl - binary search perl versions that exhibit changing behaviour
• Perl::Repository::APC - Class modelling "All Perl Changes" repository
• Perl::Repository::APC::BAP - Transform the argument to buildaperl

Test::SSH - Perl extension for testing SSH modules.

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Important: This module is being replaced by Net::SSH::Any::Test. Development of "Test::SSH" is now mostly limited to bug fixing! In order to test properly Perl modules that use the SSH protocol, a running server and a set of valid authentication cred...

Net::Pcap::Easy - Net::Pcap is awesome, but it's difficult to bootstrap

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This module is little more than a collection of macros and convenience functions. Net::Pcap does all the real work (of lifting libpcap into perl anyway). Every time I began to write a Net::Pcap application, I had to go figure out all these little thi...

CPAN::SQLite - maintain and search a minimal CPAN database

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This package is used for setting up, maintaining, and searching a CPAN database consisting of the information stored in the two main CPAN indices: $CPAN/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz and $CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz. It should be considered at a...

MooseX::Getopt - A Moose role for processing command line options

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This is a role which provides an alternate constructor for creating objects using parameters passed in from the command line....

Test::Reporter - sends test results to cpan-testers@perl.org

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Test::Reporter reports the test results of any given distribution to the CPAN Testers project. Test::Reporter has wide support for various perl5's and platforms. CPAN Testers no longer receives test reports by email, but reports still resemble an ema...

CPAN::Visitor - Generic traversal of distributions in a CPAN repository

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A very generic, callback-driven program to iterate over a CPAN repository. Needs better documentation and tests, but is provided for others to examine, use or contribute to....

File::Rsync::Mirror::Recentfile - mirroring via rsync made efficient

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Lower level than F:R:M:Recent, handles one recentfile. Whereas a tree is always composed of several recentfiles, controlled by the F:R:M:Recent object. The Recentfile object has to do the bookkeeping for a single timeslice....

Test::Pod::LinkCheck::Lite - Test POD links

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This Perl module tests POD links. A given file generates one failure for each broken link found. If no broken links are found, one passing test is generated. This all means that there is no way to know how many tests will be generated, and you will n...

Date::Manip::History - Twenty years and still going strong

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Graphics::ColorNames - defines RGB values for common color names

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This module provides a common interface for obtaining the RGB values of colors by standard names. The intention is to (1) provide a common module that authors can use with other modules to specify colors by name; and (2) free module authors from havi...

Acme::PM::Berlin::Meetings::History - the history of past Berlin PM meetings

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Devel::Symdump - dump symbol names or the symbol table

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This little package serves to access the symbol table of perl. "Devel::Symdump->rnew(@packages)" returns a symbol table object for all subtrees below @packages. Nested Modules are analyzed recursively. If no package is given as argument, it defaults ...

Business::DK::CVR - Danish CVR (VAT Registration) number generator/validator

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CVR is a company registration number used in conjuction with VAT handling in Denmark. If you want to use this module with Data::FormValidator please check: Data::FormValidator::Constraints::Business::DK::CVR...

WWW::CPANRatings::RSS - get information from RSS feed on http://cpanratings.perl.org/

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The module provides access to information provided by RSS feed on <http://cpanratings.perl.org/>, which is basically several of most recent reviews....

Dist::Zilla::Plugin::ReportVersions::Tiny - (DEPRECATED) reports dependency versions during testing

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This module integrates with Dist::Zilla to automatically add an additional test to your released software. Rather than testing features of the software, this reports the versions of all static module dependencies, and of Perl, at the time the tests a...

pause-checkperms - check PAUSE permissions are consistent for all modules in a dist

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pause-checkperms looks at the PAUSE permissions for all modules in CPAN distributions, and lets you know if they're consistent. It will typically be used to check all your CPAN distributions. My PAUSE id is "NEILB", so I'd run the following: pause-ch...