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'''Perl Package Manager''' (''PPM'') is a [[Perl]] utility intended to simplify the tasks of locating, installing, upgrading and removing software packages. It can determine if the most recent version of a software package is installed on a system, and can install or upgrade that package from a local or remote host.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://wwwbooks.google.co.ukcom/books/edition/Programming_Perl_in_the_NET_Environment/fltHkK3iLBYC?hlid=en&gbpv=1fltHkK3iLBYC&pg=PA155&printsec=frontcover |pages=155–156 |title=Programming Perl in the .NET Environment |author1=Yevgeny Menaker |author2=Michael Saltzman |author3=Robert J. Oberg |year=2003 |isbn=9780130652065 |publisher=[[Prentice Hall]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://wwwbooks.google.co.ukcom/books/edition/Win32_Perl_Programming/C6G0evV1ekwC?hlid=en&gbpv=1C6G0evV1ekwC&pg=PA13&printsec=frontcover |pages=13–16 |title=Win32 Perl Programming: The Standard Extensions |author=Dave Roth |year=2002 |isbn=9781578702169 |publisher=[[New Riders Press]]}}</ref>

PPM is widespread on [[Microsoft Windows]] systems, which often lack the [[C (programming language)|C]] and [[C++]] compilers necessary to build some Perl modules.

Popular [[ActiveState]]'s ActivePerl distribution comes with PPM included, other distributions can use PPM after acquiring and building PPM module from [[CPAN]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://wwwbooks.google.co.ukcom/books/edition/Perl_For_Dummies/KOUoU_MTg8MC?hlid=en&gbpv=1KOUoU_MTg8MC&dq=%22Perl+package+manager%22+activestate&pg=PT54&printsec=frontcover |title=Perl For Dummies |author=Paul Hoffman |year=2011 |isbn=9781118085189 |publisher=[[Wiley (publisher)|Wiley]]}}</ref>

PPM uses so called “PPM Repositories”, collections of pre-compiled modules. These repositories contain a large variety of modules, published on CPAN.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://wwwbooks.google.co.ukcom/books/edition/Perl_for_System_Administration/umJJXsFGO14C?hlid=en&gbpv=1umJJXsFGO14C&pg=PA6&printsec=frontcover |page=6 |title=Perl for System Administration |author=David N. Blank-Edelman |year=2000 |isbn=9781565926097 |publisher=[[O'Reilly Media]]}}</ref>

As of ActivePerl 5.28, PPM is no longer supported.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.activestate.com/blog/goodbye-ppm-hello-state-tool/ |title=Goodbye PPM, Hello State Tool |date=July 23, 2019 |website=activestate.com}}</ref>