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author | Steve Hay <steve.m.hay@googlemail.com> | 2015-09-02 13:24:04 +0100 |
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committer | Steve Hay <steve.m.hay@googlemail.com> | 2015-09-02 13:24:04 +0100 |
commit | 11a61062655adc412e69716b847c8acdd36756d8 (patch) | |
tree | 46353a4bbcf423e5b297094ee5ca62707de0376e | |
parent | 914897576919dc58dce7ec2fee4a41f93e9ab12c (diff) | |
download | perl-libnet-11a61062655adc412e69716b847c8acdd36756d8.tar.gz |
Add INSTALL file
-rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 42 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | MANIFEST | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | README | 43 |
3 files changed, 44 insertions, 42 deletions
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +PREREQUISITES + + Perl + + Perl version 5.8.1 or later. + The latest version of Perl is available from http://www.perl.com/. + + Perl Modules + + There are no non-standard Perl modules required by this module. + +INSTALLATION + + To install this module, cd to the directory that contains this INSTALL file + and type the following: + + perl Makefile.PL + make + make test + make install + + Normally when Makefile.PL is run it will run Configure which will ask some + questions about your system. The results of these questions will be stored + in a file called libnet.cfg which will be installed alongside the other perl + modules in this distribution. Makefile.PL will run Configure in an + interactive mode unless these exists a file called libnet.cfg in the build + directory or Makefile.PL itself is being run non-interactively or via cpan, + cpanp or cpanm. + + If you are on a system which cannot run this script you can create an empty + file to make Makefile.PL skip running Configure. If you want to keep your + existing settings and not run interactivly then simply run: + + perl Configure -d + + before running Makefile.PL. + + On Windows, you will need to use "nmake" or "dmake" rather than "make" in + the commands above, depending on what your perl was built with. To + determine which make program was used to build your perl type the following: + + perl -V:make @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Artistic Changes Configure Copying +INSTALL LICENCE MANIFEST MANIFEST.SKIP @@ -32,52 +32,11 @@ If you have a Git client, then you can checkout the latest code with git clone http://github.com/steve-m-hay/perl-libnet.git -INSTALLATION - -In order to use this package you will need Perl version 5.8.1 or -better. You install libnet, as you would install any perl module -library, by running these commands: - - perl Makefile.PL - make - make test - make install - -If you want to install a private copy of libnet in your home -directory, then you should try to produce the initial Makefile with -something like this command: - - perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=~/perl - - -The Makefile.PL program will start out by checking your perl -installation for a few packages that are recommended to be installed -together with libnet. These packages should be available on CPAN -(described above). - -CONFIGURE - -Normally when Makefile.PL is run it will run Configure which will -ask some questions about your system. The results of these questions -will be stored in a file called libnet.cfg which will be installed -alongside the other perl modules in this distribution. Makefile.PL -will run Configure in an interactive mode unless these exists a file -called libnet.cfg in the build directory or Makefile.PL itself is being -run non-interactively or via cpan, cpanp or cpanm. - -If you are on a system which cannot run this script you can create an -empty file to make Makefile.PL skip running Configure. If you want to -keep your existing settings and not run interactivly then simply run - - perl Configure -d - -before running Makefile.PL. - DOCUMENTATION See ChangeLog for recent changes. POD style documentation is included in all modules and scripts. These are normally converted to manual -pages and installed as part of the "make install" process. You should +pages and installed as part of the installation process. You should also be able to use the 'perldoc' utility to extract documentation from the module files directly. |