Perl Archive Toolkit (PAR) is a cross-platform packaging and deployment tool for computer

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and

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written in the

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. Its name is inspired by

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technology. It was originally developed by

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and is now maintained via th
PAR development mailing list
with help from numerous contributo

Apart from creating, manipulating, loading, and installing binary ''PAR archives'', the PAR module can be used to create standalone executables from complex applications using it
PAR::Packer
extension. Like many other

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, PAR is primarily distributed via the

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where numerous extensions have been published. These include:
PAR::WebStart
a Perl implementation of

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that allows users to start

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directly from the

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using a

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.
PAR::Repository
a

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for Perl applications and modules in PAR archives.
MasonX::Resolver::PAR
an extension to the Mason web application framework for loading components from PAR archives.
Apache::PAR
a Perl extension for including PAR files in a mod_perl (1.x or 2.x) environment.

References

External links

Perl Archiving Toolkit
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