URI::cpan::distfile - cpan:///distfile/AUTHOR/Dist-1.234.tar.gz
version 1.007
This URL refers to a file in an author directory on the CPAN, and expects the format AUTHOR/DISTFILE
This returns the name of the dist, like CGI.pm or Acme-Drunk.
This returns the version of the dist, or undef if the version can't be found or is the string "undef"
This returns the path to the dist file. This is the whole URL after the distfile part.
distfile
This returns the name of the author whose file is referred to.
Ricardo SIGNES <rjbs@cpan.org>
This software is copyright (c) 2009 by Ricardo SIGNES.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
To install URI::cpan, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm URI::cpan
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install URI::cpan
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.