“If you run Perl across many different computers of any sort,
you know how frustrating it can be to install Perl extension
modules across those machines. The administrative process is even
worse if you have a Web server farm and need to keep each machine
up to date with a set suite of extension modules for your
installation. CPAN helps, but there are issues with CPAN that make
it an unwieldy solution for use on a network. This article provides
possible solutions before covering the final system. The main goals
are a unified installation/module set, a single download, and a
guaranteed unified set of version numbers across all the computers
in the network…”
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