decompress and unpack modules.
Or, you can use InfoZip's C<unzip> utility (
-http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/Info-Zip.html ) to uncompress
-C<.zip> files; type C<unzip yourmodule.zip> in
-your shell.
+http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/ ) to uncompress C<.zip> files; type
+C<unzip yourmodule.zip> in your shell.
Or, if you have a working C<tar> and C<gzip>, you can
type
You can either use the shareware B<StuffIt Expander> program
-( http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive/Archive/cmp/stuffit-expander-401.hqx )
+( http://www.aladdinsys.com/expander/ )
in combination with I<DropStuff with Expander Enhancer>
-( http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive/Archive/cmp/drop-stuff-with-ee-40.hqx )
+( http://www.aladdinsys.com/dropstuff/ )
or the freeware B<MacGzip> program (
http://persephone.cps.unizar.es/general/gente/spd/gzip/gzip.html ).
B. UNPACK
If you're using DropStuff or Stuffit, you can just extract the tar
-archive. Otherwise, you can use the freeware B<suntar>
-( http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive/Archive/cmp/suntar-221.hqx )
-or I<Tar> ( http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive/Archive/cmp/tar-40b.hqx ).
+archive. Otherwise, you can use the freeware B<suntar> or I<Tar> (
+http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive/Archive/cmp/ ).
C. BUILD
unzip Your-Module.zip
Executables for gzip, zip, and VMStar ( Alphas:
-http://www.openvms.digital.com/cd/000TOOLS/ALPHA/ and Vaxen:
-http://www.openvms.digital.com/cd/000TOOLS/VAX/ ).
+http://www.openvms.digital.com/freeware/000TOOLS/ALPHA/ and Vaxen:
+http://www.openvms.digital.com/freeware/000TOOLS/VAX/ ).
gzip and tar
are also available at ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/VMS.
ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/CPAN/
ftp://ftpza.co.za/pub/mirrors/cpan/
+
=item Asia
China ftp://freesoft.cei.gov.cn/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
- Hong Kong ftp://ftp.hkstar.com/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.pacific.net.hk/pub/mirror/CPAN/
+ Hong Kong ftp://ftp.pacific.net.hk/pub/mirror/CPAN/
Indonesia ftp://malone.piksi.itb.ac.id/pub/CPAN/
Israel ftp://bioinfo.weizmann.ac.il/pub/software/perl/CPAN/
Japan ftp://ftp.dti.ad.jp/pub/lang/CPAN/
ftp://ftp.meisei-u.ac.jp/pub/CPAN/
ftp://ftp.ring.gr.jp/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
ftp://mirror.nucba.ac.jp/mirror/Perl/
+ Saudi-Arabia ftp://ftp.isu.net.sa/pub/CPAN/
Singapore ftp://ftp.nus.edu.sg/pub/unix/perl/CPAN/
South Korea ftp://ftp.bora.net/pub/CPAN/
ftp://ftp.kornet.net/pub/CPAN/
ftp://ftp.nuri.net/pub/CPAN/
Taiwan ftp://coda.nctu.edu.tw/computer-languages/perl/CPAN/
ftp://ftp.ee.ncku.edu.tw/pub3/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.wownet.net/pub2/PERL/
ftp://ftp1.sinica.edu.tw/pub1/perl/CPAN/
- Thailand ftp://ftp.cs.riubon.ac.th/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.nectec.or.th/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
+ Thailand ftp://ftp.nectec.or.th/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
+
=item Australasia
Australia ftp://cpan.topend.com.au/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.labyrinth.net.au/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.labyrinth.net.au/pub/perl-CPAN/
ftp://ftp.sage-au.org.au/pub/compilers/perl/CPAN/
ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/perl/CPAN/
New Zealand ftp://ftp.auckland.ac.nz/pub/perl/CPAN/
ftp://sunsite.net.nz/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
+
=item Central America
Costa Rica ftp://ftp.ucr.ac.cr/pub/Unix/CPAN/
+
=item Europe
Austria ftp://ftp.tuwien.ac.at/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
Denmark ftp://sunsite.auc.dk/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
Estonia ftp://ftp.ut.ee/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
Finland ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
- France ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ France ftp://ftp.grolier.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/
ftp://ftp.oleane.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
ftp://ftp.pasteur.fr/pub/computing/CPAN/
ftp://ftp.uvsq.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ German ftp://ftp.gigabell.net/pub/CPAN/
+ Germany ftp://ftp.archive.de.uu.net/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.freenet.de/pub/ftp.cpan.org/pub/
+ ftp://ftp.gmd.de/packages/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/general/programming/languages/script/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/source/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.uni-hamburg.de/pub/soft/lang/perl/CPAN/
Germany ftp://ftp.archive.de.uu.net/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.freenet.de/pub/ftp.cpan.org/pub/
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/packages/CPAN/
ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/programming/languages/script/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/general/programming/languages/script/perl/CPAN/
ftp://ftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de/pub/perl/CPAN/
ftp://ftp.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/pub/CPAN/
ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/source/CPAN/
ftp://ftp.unina.it/pub/Other/CPAN/
ftp://ftp.unipi.it/pub/mirror/perl/CPAN/
Netherlands ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/mirror/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.EU.net/packages/cpan/
ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
Norway ftp://ftp.uit.no/pub/languages/perl/cpan/
ftp://sunsite.uio.no/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
- Poland ftp://ftp.man.szczecin.pl/pub/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.man.torun.pl/pub/doc/CPAN/
+ Poland ftp://ftp.man.torun.pl/pub/CPAN/
ftp://ftp.pk.edu.pl/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
ftp://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/CPAN/
Portugal ftp://ftp.ci.uminho.pt/pub/mirrors/cpan/
ftp://ftp.ist.utl.pt/pub/CPAN/
ftp://ftp.ua.pt/pub/CPAN/
- Romania ftp://ftp.dntis.ro/pub/mirrors/perl-cpan/
- ftp://ftp.dnttm.ro/pub/CPAN/
+ Romania ftp://ftp.dnttm.ro/pub/CPAN/
Russia ftp://ftp.chg.ru/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
ftp://ftp.sai.msu.su/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
Slovakia ftp://ftp.entry.sk/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
ftp://ftp.plig.org/pub/CPAN/
ftp://sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/CPAN/
+
=item North America
Alberta ftp://sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/Mirror/CPAN/
California ftp://cpan.nas.nasa.gov/pub/perl/CPAN/
ftp://cpan.valueclick.com/CPAN/
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/plan/perl/CPAN/
- California ftp://cpan.nas.nasa.gov/pub/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://cpan.valueclick.com/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/plan/perl/CPAN/
+ http://download.sourceforge.net/mirrors/CPAN/
Colorado ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/
Florida ftp://ftp.cise.ufl.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ Georgia ftp://ftp.twoguys.org/CPAN/
Illinois ftp://uiarchive.uiuc.edu/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
Indiana ftp://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/CPAN/
ftp://ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/
Massachusetts ftp://ftp.ccs.neu.edu/net/mirrors/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
ftp://ftp.iguide.com/pub/mirrors/packages/perl/CPAN/
Mexico ftp://ftp.msg.com.mx/pub/CPAN/
- Minnesota ftp://ftp.midearthbbs.com/CPAN/
New York ftp://ftp.deao.net/pub/CPAN/
ftp://ftp.rge.com/pub/languages/perl/
- ftp://ftp.tpj.com/pub/CPAN/
- Nova Scotia ftp://cpan.chebucto.ns.ca/pub/CPAN/
North Carolina ftp://ftp.duke.edu/pub/perl/
+ Nova Scotia ftp://cpan.chebucto.ns.ca/pub/CPAN/
Oklahoma ftp://ftp.ou.edu/mirrors/CPAN/
Ontario ftp://ftp.crc.ca/pub/packages/lang/perl/CPAN/
Oregon ftp://ftp.orst.edu/pub/packages/CPAN/
Pennsylvania ftp://ftp.epix.net/pub/languages/perl/
Tennessee ftp://ftp.sunsite.utk.edu/pub/CPAN/
Texas ftp://ftp.sedl.org/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
+ ftp://jhcloos.com/pub/mirror/CPAN/
Utah ftp://mirror.xmission.com/CPAN/
Virginia ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/perl/CPAN/
ftp://ruff.cs.jmu.edu/pub/CPAN/
Washington ftp://ftp-mirror.internap.com/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.llarian.net/pub/CPAN/
ftp://ftp.spu.edu/pub/CPAN/
+
=item South America
Brazil ftp://cpan.if.usp.br/pub/mirror/CPAN/
ftp://ftp.matrix.com.br/pub/perl/
- Chile ftp://sunsite.dcc.uchile.cl/pub/Lang/perl/CPAN/
+ Chile ftp://sunsite.dcc.uchile.cl/pub/Lang/PERL/
=back
For an up-to-date listing of CPAN sites,
-see http://www.perl.com/perl/CPAN or ftp://www.perl.com/perl/ .
+see http://www.perl.com/perl/CPAN/SITES or ftp://www.perl.com/CPAN/SITES .
=head1 Modules: Creation, Use, and Abuse
FTP Archives for Perl Modules:
-Follow the instructions and links on
+Follow the instructions and links on:
- http://franz.ww.tu-berlin.de/modulelist
+ http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/00modlist.long.html
+ http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/04pause.html
or upload to one of these sites:
- ftp://franz.ww.tu-berlin.de/incoming
- ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/incoming
+ https://pause.kbx.de/pause/
+ http://pause.perl.org/pause/
-and notify <F<upload@franz.ww.tu-berlin.de>>.
+and notify <modules@perl.org>.
By using the WWW interface you can ask the Upload Server to mirror
your modules from your ftp or WWW site into your own directory on