One way to arrange things in 2 rows of 3 each is to divide your area into 2 Tk::Frames:

Red  Green  Blue <-- Top frame
Mustard  Vinegar  Salt <-- Bottom frame
Then pack each row into its frame, left-to-right: 
my $mw = new Tk::MainWindow;
my $top = $mw->Frame->pack;
my $bottom = $mw->Frame->pack;
my @cb = ((map { $top->Checkbutton(-text => $_)->pack(-side => 'left')
+ }
       qw{Red Green Blue}),
      (map { $bottom->Checkbutton(-text => $_)->pack(-side => 'left') 
+}
       qw{Mustard Vinegar Salt}));
MainLoop;

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Of course, this keeps the widths of different buttons independent. If you want everything nicely gridded out, use the Tk::grid geometry manager instead of Tk::pack. This lets you align everything, a bit like this:

RedGreenBlue
MustardVinegarSalt
You'll probably want to stick each Checkbutton to the east side of its box, too: 
my $mw = new Tk::MainWindow;
my @cb = ((map { $mw->Checkbutton(-text => (qw{Red Green Blue})[$_])->
           grid(-column => $_, -row => 0, -sticky => 'w') } 0..2),
      (map { $mw->Checkbutton(-text => (qw{Mustard Vinegar Salt})[$_])
+->
           grid(-column => $_, -row => 1, -sticky => 'w') } 0..2));
MainLoop;

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ariels -- Add table to explicate the thing with the grid.

In reply to Re: Lining up check boxes in Tk by ariels
in thread Lining up check boxes in Tk by Popcorn Dave

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