Chapter 1 Summary Congratulations! You now know how to find and install modules from the CPAN! In this chapter you learned about the CPAN, the world’s largest collection of open source code dedicated to a single programming language. You learned the cpan and cpanm clients, how to create a miniature CPAN mirror, and you installed your first module, File::Find::Rule.
WHAT YOU LEARNED IN THIS CHAPTER[td]| TOPIC | KEY CONCEPTS |
| CPAN | The world’s largest collection of open source code for a single language. This makes it very easy to find code you need rather than writing it yourself. |
| http://www.cpan.org | The website for the CPAN. Use this to search for modules that solve problems you face. |
| CPAN.pm | The original client program for downloading and installing CPAN modules |
| App::cpanminus | A new and excellent alternative to CPAN.pm. It is much less verbose than the origina CPAN client. |
| PPM | The CPAN client bundled with ActivePerl. |
| CPAN::Mini | How to create a local CPAN mirror. It’s useful when installing modules when you don’t have an internet connection. |