This is Perl module UUID::Generator::PurePerl. INSTALLATION UUID::Generator::PurePerl installation is straightforward. If your CPAN shell is set up, you should just be able to do % cpan UUID::Generator::PurePerl Download it, unpack it, then build it as per the usual: % perl Makefile.PL % make && make test Then install it: % make install DOCUMENTATION UUID::Generator::PurePerl documentation is available as in POD. So you can do: % perldoc UUID::Generator::PurePerl to read the documentation online with your favorite pager. ITO Nobuaki (banb@cpan.org)