use URI::PackageURL; # OO-interface # Encode components in PackageURL string $purl = URI::PackageURL->new(type => cpan, namespace => 'GDT', name => 'URI-PackageURL', version => '2.23'); say $purl; # pkg:cpan/GDT/URI-PackageURL@2.23 # Parse PackageURL string $purl = URI::PackageURL->from_string('pkg:cpan/GDT/URI-PackageURL@2.23'); # use setter methods my $purl = URI::PackageURL->new(type => 'cpan', namespace => 'GDT', name => 'URI-PackageURL'); say $purl; # pkg:cpan/GDT/URI-PackageURL say $purl->version; # undef $purl->version('2.23'); say $purl; # pkg:cpan/GDT/URI-PackageURL@2.23 say $purl->version; # 2.23 # exported functions $purl = decode_purl('pkg:cpan/GDT/URI-PackageURL@2.23'); say $purl->type; # cpan $purl_string = encode_purl(type => cpan, namespace => 'GDT', name => 'URI::PackageURL', version => '2.23');Inspect and export "purl" string in various formats (JSON, YAML, Data::Dumper, ENV):
$ purl-tool pkg:cpan/GDT/URI-PackageURL@2.23 --json | jq { "name": "URI-PackageURL", "namespace": "GDT", "qualifiers": {}, "subpath": null, "type": "cpan", "version": "2.23" }Download package using "purl" string:
$ wget $(purl-tool pkg:cpan/GDT/URI-PackageURL@2.23 --download-url)Use "purl" string in your shell-scripts:
#!bash set -e PURL="pkg:cpan/GDT/URI-PackageURL@2.23" eval $(purl-tool "$PURL" --env) echo "Download $PURL_NAME $PURL_VERSION" wget $PURL_DOWNLOAD_URL echo "Build and install module $PURL_NAME $PURL_VERSION" tar xvf $PURL_NAME-$PURL_VERSION.tar.gz cd $PURL_NAME-$PURL_VERSION perl Makefile.PL make && make installCreate on-the-fly a "purl" string:
$ purl-tool --type cpan \ --namespace GDT \ --name URI-PackageURL \ --version 2.23Using Makefile.PL:
To install URI::PackageURL distribution, run the following commands.
perl Makefile.PL make make test make install Using App::cpanminus:
cpanm URI::PackageURL perldoc URI::PackageURL- https://metacpan.org/release/URI-PackageURL
- https://github.com/package-url/purl-spec
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