X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/wiki.git/blobdiff_plain/23e6b176ca06e05f758e269d04da81c3a90252bb..26a26b730c55a32189026050029f7ae1cf0a9049:/doc/cpan.mdwn?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/cpan.mdwn b/doc/cpan.mdwn index 914f08f..fd1346b 100644 --- a/doc/cpan.mdwn +++ b/doc/cpan.mdwn @@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ 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)