How to build Perl on Android 4.4
A step by step guide to installing Perl 5.20 on Android KitKat
A step by step guide to installing Perl 5.20 on Android KitKat
Learn which files are in a distribution, the difference between a module and a package etc.
Making dependency-free Perl applications is simple with App::FatPacker
How to get a local non-root install of Image::Magick working with Perlbrew
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.
Cron is a job scheduling program available on UNIX-like platforms. Most system commands can be scheduled including the execution of Perl programs. Once a job is setup, cron will run it as scheduled even if the user is not logged in, which can be a great way to automate sysadmin tasks or repetitive jobs. This article describes how to run Perl scripts with cron.
Most Perl programmers know they can find out the current Perl version by typing “perl -v” as the command line:
This is a simple trick for conveniently running local Perl as a root user on UNIX-based systems.
CPAN is a fantastic Perl resource with thousands of modules and new ones being added all the time. But how do you keep track of what’s being released? This article describes three techniques for keeping tabs on the latest CPAN releases.
Another cool way to get the version of a module
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!