What modules are included with Perl?

Standard Modules

• Amiga::ARexx – Perl extension for ARexx support.
• Amiga::Exec – Perl extension for low level amiga support.
• AnyDBM_File – Provide framework for multiple DBMs.
• App::Cpan – Easily interact with CPAN from the command line.
• App::Prove – Implements the prove command.

How can I tell what Perl modules are installed on Linux?

You need to use instmodsh (interactive inventory for installed Perl modules) command to find out what modules already installed on my system. instmodsh command provides an interactive shell type interface to query details of locally installed Perl modules.

How do I know what version of CPAN module I have?

3 quick ways to find out the version number of an installed Perl module from the terminal

1. Use CPAN with the -D flag. cpan -D Moose.
2. Use a Perl one-liner to load and print the module version number.
3. Use Perldoc with the -m flag to load the module’s source code and extract the version number.

How do I call a Perl module function?

A module can be loaded by calling the use function. #!/usr/bin/perl use Foo; bar( “a” ); blat( “b” ); Notice that we didn’t have to fully qualify the package’s function names. The use function will export a list of symbols from a module given a few added statements inside a module.

How do I find Perl version in Linux?

To find the version run perl -v command. Latest version of perl can get from ActiveState perl site. Have a look at App::perlbrew to compile and manage perl from source. From perl source code, you can find more information about current perl releases.

How do I know if BioPerl is installed?

How can I tell what version of BioPerl is installed? Printing the version number can be done on any module in BioPerl (and should be consistent) so for example, printing out the version number of Bio::SeqIO, which is different from the overall Bioperl version number.

How do I install a missing Perl module?

For each of the modules that you downloaded, complete the following steps:

1. Unpack it into a writable directory.
2. Run the Perl configure command: perl Makefile.pl .
3. Run the make command.
4. Run the make test command. Do not proceed until this command completes successfully.
5. Run the make install command.