There are basically two types of modules, Pure Perl and XS modules.

Pure Perl modules should work straight out of the box with the exception of dependencies.

XS modules needs make and the C libraries that are used for a particular module to be installed. The code is calling these libraries to do the actual work for that module.

If you are getting a module from a vendor supplied distribution, they are just pre-packaging the C libraries and copying the compile XS modules to a pre-determined location. Just because the distribution provider is doing the work for you does not mean that the module is unavailable for the platform.

All you need is make and the C libraries and you can do the same thing. Some platforms are harder to get certain modules compiled (*cough* Windows *cough*). However this is not a limitation of the platform but of the compiler.

In reply to Re^3: Which CPAN modules are available on platform X? by Herkum
in thread Which CPAN modules are available on platform X? by szabgab

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