---
name: "CPAN::Perl::Releases"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-cpan-perl-releases"
version: "5.20261022-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/CPAN::Perl::Releases"
---

# CPAN::Perl::Releases(3pm)

Mapping Perl releases on CPAN to the location of the tarballs

## NAME

CPAN::Perl::Releases - Mapping Perl releases on CPAN to the location of the tarballs

## VERSION

version 5.20261022

## SYNOPSIS

```
  use CPAN::Perl::Releases qw[perl_tarballs];
  my $perl = '5.14.0';
  my $hashref = perl_tarballs( $perl );
  print "Location: ", $_, "\n" for values %{ $hashref };
```

## DESCRIPTION

CPAN::Perl::Releases is a module that contains the mappings of all `"perl"` releases that have been uploaded to CPAN to the `"authors/id/"` path that the tarballs reside in.

This is static data, but newer versions of this module will be made available as new releases of `"perl"` are uploaded to CPAN.

## FUNCTIONS

- "perl\_tarballs"

  Takes one parameter, a `"perl"` version to search for. Returns an hashref on success or `"undef"` otherwise.

  The returned hashref will have a key/value for each type of tarball. A key of `"tar.gz"` indicates the location of a gzipped tar file and `"tar.bz2"` of a bzip2'd tar file. The values will be the relative path under `"authors/id/"` on CPAN where the indicated tarball will be located.

  ```
    perl_tarballs( '5.14.0' );
    Returns a hashref like:
    {
      "tar.bz2" => "J/JE/JESSE/perl-5.14.0.tar.bz2",
      "tar.gz" => "J/JE/JESSE/perl-5.14.0.tar.gz"
    }
  ```

  Not all `"perl"` releases had `"tar.bz2"`, but only a `"tar.gz"`.

  Perl tarballs may also be compressed using `"xz"` and therefore have a `"tar.xz"` entry.

- "perl\_versions"

  Returns the list of all the perl versions supported by the module in ascending order. `"TRIAL"` and `"RC"` will be lower than an actual release.

- "perl\_pumpkins"

  Returns a sorted list of all PAUSE IDs of Perl pumpkins.

## SEE ALSO

\<http://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/\>

## AUTHOR

Chris Williams \<chris@bingosnet.co.uk\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2026 by Chris Williams.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.