CPANPLUS::Dist::Slackware is a CPANPLUS plugin that creates Slackware compatible packages from Perl distributions. You can either install the created packages using the API provided by CPANPLUS, or manually via "installpkg". $ cpanp CPAN Terminal> i Some::Module --format=CPANPLUS::Dist::Slackware $ cpan2dist --format CPANPLUS::Dist::Slackware Some::Module $ sudo /sbin/installpkg /tmp/perl-Some-Module-1.0-i486-1_CPANPLUS.tgz The fakeroot command is highly recommended. After installing, you can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command. perldoc CPANPLUS::Dist::Slackware