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# 8  
Old 10-14-2009
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Originally Posted by pludi
Perl can't find the module in any of it's search paths. Since Spreadsheet::ParseExcel isn't part of the core distribution, you'll have to install it by yourself. If it's available through your Linux distribution, install that, otherwise you'll have to use CPAN:
Code:
perl -MCPAN -e 'install Spreadsheet::ParseExcel'


Thanks for the reply!!

One more question.... Smilie since "Spreadsheet::ParseExcel" isn't part of core distribution we have to install it ..... is it freeware??
Because as my discussion with the Unix Admin.... inorder to install these we have to take lots of permission...(follow very lengthy process... Smilie)..if its just a freeware....we can do that!! Smilie

I have no idea about CPAN.... Smilie
many thanks for help!!
# 9  
Old 10-20-2009
IANAL but I believe it's free to use provided you adhere to it's usage license (generally that's GPL - ie you can't release it to someone else without also including the source code). If it doubt, check the README or LICENSE files that come with that module.

CPAN can be defined as a tool/repository to make installing additional perl modules easier.
# 10  
Old 10-21-2009
99.5 % (my rough estimate, not based on actual numbers) of the modules in CPAN are licensed under the same license as Perl, either the Artistic License or it's successor, the Artistic License 2.0. Both are fully approved by the OSI as Open Source Licenses. So they are even more free than freeware (you get the source and can edit it too).
 
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