How can I use Perl 5 modules from Perl 6?

Question

Is the a way to use Perl 5 modules from CPAN from Rakudo Perl 6?

For example, how can I use the venerable Perl 5 module, CGI, which hasn't been ported yet, in Perl 6.

Update:

And what this funky code from some early Perl 6 module:

use CGI:from<perl5>;

Is the :from<perl5> directive used to evoke some kind of a Perl 5 compatibility layer? Can't seem to find any documentation about it.

I understand CGI is just a example, but for modern web development you could look Dancer for Perl6 — w.k
– w.k, Commented Feb 7, 2012 at 13:10
possible duplicate of Are perl5 libraries are importable in perl6? — teodozjan
– teodozjan, Commented Aug 26, 2013 at 12:18
Like @w.k., I understand CGI is just an example, but, like them, I also want to mention a native Raku option for web dev, though in my case it's from the perspective of late 2019: Cro. — raiph
– raiph, Commented Nov 30, 2019 at 21:08

raiph · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-01 15:29:41Z

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Use Inline::Perl5.

The following example shows how to use the CPAN hosted Perl 5 module Text::Unidecode ("the Unicode transliteration of last resort") in Raku.

First, install Inline::Perl5 if you don't already have it installed:

zef install Inline::Perl5

Now install the CPAN module if you don't already have it installed:

perl -MCPAN -e "install Text::Unidecode"

You can now use the installed Perl module by writing a use statement with an appended :from<Perl5> (with an uppercase P, not :from<perl5>) :

use Text::Unidecode:from<Perl5>;
say Text::Unidecode::unidecode 'Solidarność';

displays:

Solidarnosc

See also other SO posts about Inline::Perl5.

edited Dec 1, 2019 at 15:29

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answered Dec 6, 2014 at 18:59

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user7610 Over a year ago

@raiph I added your comment to the answer, feel free to edit it further

Jim Balter Over a year ago

When I try to install Inline::Perl5 it says it can't find resources\libraries\p5helper.dll

bvr · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-07 12:10:02Z

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There is blizkost project that aims to use of perl5 code from Rakudo/Parrot. However it is AFAIK in quite early stage of development and probably not usable for real code.

answered Feb 7, 2012 at 12:10

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Brad Gilbert Over a year ago

The last commit was more than a year ago.

bvr Over a year ago

@BradGilbert - yeah, thats why I put the warning there. However this is only project I know of that aims at using perl5 in parrot.

user7610 Over a year ago

@bvr Parrot for Perl6 is also kind of dead. Rakudo FTF! (for the future)

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