in reply to downloading specific version of module from CPAN

For example: 

$ wget http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/G/GA/GAAS/libwww-perl-5.
+810.tar.gz

[download]

(there's a "Other Releases" drop-down box on the module's page on search.cpan.org)

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