CPANPLUS provides a programming interface and command-line access to the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN). CPANPLUS can download and install Perl distributions for you. Please type "perldoc CPANPLUS" after installation to see the module usage information. For shell usage, please consult "perldoc cpanp". perl-CPANPLUS-Dist-Slackware, which creates Slackware compatible packages from Perl distributions, is an optional dependency.