MiniCPAN http://www.perladvent.org/2004/5th/ details a mechanism to mirror the latest version of CPAN modules. this will grab all the CPAN modules and create a local mirror. Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Ftwiki.org%2Fcgi-bin%2Fview%2FTWiki%2FHowToInstallCpanModules
CPAN++ (also referred to and pronounced as CPANPLUS) is a new and flexible method of perl module management and installation using the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN). It aims to be a rewrite, and in time a replacement to the current CPAN.pm. In