perl distro packages on Fedora

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 Most popular Linux distributions package a large number of CPAN modules as part of the distribution. If a sufficiently new version of the package you want is available from your distribution, this is likely to be a better option than installing it from CPAN.
 
 
 Most popular Linux distributions package a large number of CPAN modules as part of the distribution. If a sufficiently new version of the package you want is available from your distribution, this is likely to be a better option than installing it from CPAN.
 

-If you are running Debian or Ubuntu, the Perl module `Foo::Bar` will be present, if at all, under the name `libfoo-bar-perl`.
+If you are running Debian or Ubuntu, the Perl module `Foo::Bar` will be present, if at all, under the name `libfoo-bar-perl`. On Fedora, it will be named `perl-Foo-Bar`, or can be found with the query
+
+    yum whatprovides 'perl(Foo::Bar)'

 
 ## The short version (installing packages system-wide)
 
 
 ## The short version (installing packages system-wide)