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authorJohn L. Allen <allen@grumman.com>1999-07-29 10:55:05 -0400
committerJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>1999-08-02 18:46:21 +0000
commit491517e03c6a5df5aef649456de95bc218ced051 (patch)
treedc6e87b2cc55d40f3256099e4222625946d12c63 /INSTALL
parent34fdc28fe0bb227e246bafc115cf300b523be856 (diff)
downloadperl-491517e03c6a5df5aef649456de95bc218ced051.tar.gz
Update README and INSTALL; partly based on the message
To: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> cc: perl5-porters@perl.org Subject: Re: Perl Installation Problem Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.990729144440.1035A-100000@gateway.grumman.com> and private email from Andy Dougherty. p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@3900
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Install - Build and Installation guide for perl5.
The basic steps to build and install perl5 on a Unix system are:
rm -f config.sh Policy.sh
- sh Configure
+ sh Configure -de
make
make test
make install
@@ -19,6 +19,17 @@ The basic steps to build and install perl5 on a Unix system are:
Each of these is explained in further detail below.
+The above commands will install Perl to /usr/local or /opt, depending
+on the platform. If that's not okay with you, use
+
+ rm -f config.sh Policy.sh
+ sh Configure
+ make
+ make test
+ make install
+
+Full configuration instructions can be found in the INSTALL file.
+
For information on non-Unix systems, see the section on
L<"Porting information"> below.
@@ -1119,12 +1130,17 @@ libgdbm under HP-UX 11.
Specific information for the OS/2, Plan9, VMS and Win32 ports is in the
corresponding README files and subdirectories. Additional information,
including a glossary of all those config.sh variables, is in the Porting
-subdirectory.
+subdirectory. Especially Porting/Glossary should come in handy.
Ports for other systems may also be available. You should check out
http://www.perl.com/CPAN/ports for current information on ports to
various other operating systems.
+If you plan to port Perl to a new architecture study carefully the
+section titled "Philosophical Issues in Patching and Porting Perl"
+in the file Porting/pumpkin.pod and the file Porting/patching.pod.
+Study also how other non-UNIX ports have solved problems.
+
=back
=head1 make depend