Module::Build::PPMMaker(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Module::Build::PPMMaker(3pm)

# [NAME](#NAME)

Module::Build::PPMMaker - Perl Package Manager file creation

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
  On the command line, builds a .ppd file:
  ./Build ppd
```

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This package contains the code that builds *.ppd* "Perl Package Description" files, in support of ActiveState's "Perl Package Manager". Details are here: <http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Downloads/ActivePerl/PPM/>

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>, Ken Williams <kwilliams@cpan.org>

# [COPYRIGHT](#COPYRIGHT)

Copyright (c) 2001-2006 Ken Williams. All rights reserved.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**perl**(1)](/man/os/perl-module-build/perl.1), [**Module::Build**(3)](/man/os/perl-module-build/Module::Build.3)

2026-10-24 perl v5.44.0

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Document: Module::Build::PPMMaker(3pm) from perl-module-build 0.4234-r11 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/Perl-Toolchain-Gang/Module-Build