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| author | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2000-10-04 23:25:04 +0000 |
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| committer | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2000-10-04 23:25:04 +0000 |
| commit | b7a73309b8530cbdcbcf7de31e63df301f0c61dd (patch) | |
| tree | 4d9f856515c408ecdbc05e2f792624953a95cb78 /INSTALL | |
| parent | b68ece06e2cf4b8e1f7a860c1625cd5817c8c80b (diff) | |
| download | perl-b7a73309b8530cbdcbcf7de31e63df301f0c61dd.tar.gz | |
Enable disabling scripts installation by Configure -Uinstallscripts,
suggested by H. Merijn Brand.
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@7146
Diffstat (limited to 'INSTALL')
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 32 |
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -1831,11 +1831,16 @@ anything, you can run make install will install the following: + binaries + perl, perl5.nnn where nnn is the current release number. This will be a link to perl. suidperl, sperl5.nnn If you requested setuid emulation. + + scripts + a2p awk-to-perl translator cppstdin This is used by perl -P, if your cc -E can't read from stdin. @@ -1849,13 +1854,21 @@ make install will install the following: pl2pm Convert Perl 4 .pl files to Perl 5 .pm modules pod2html, Converters from perl's pod documentation format pod2latex, to other useful formats. - pod2man, and - pod2text + pod2man, + pod2text, + pod2checker, + pod2select, + pod2usage splain Describe Perl warnings and errors dprofpp Perl code profile post-processor - library files in $privlib and $archlib specified to + library files + + in $privlib and $archlib specified to Configure, usually under /usr/local/lib/perl5/. + + documentation + man pages in $man1dir, usually /usr/local/man/man1. module man pages in $man3dir, usually /usr/local/man/man3. @@ -1864,11 +1877,22 @@ make install will install the following: Installperl will also create the directories listed above in L<"Installation Directories">. -Perl's *.h header files and the libperl.a library are also installed +Perl's *.h header files and the libperl library are also installed under $archlib so that any user may later build new modules, run the optional Perl compiler, or embed the perl interpreter into another program even if the Perl source is no longer available. +Sometimes you do no want to install the scripts. This may be the case +for example when installing a newer version of perl alongside an +already installed production version of perl without disabling +installation of new modules for the production version. To not to +install the scripts run + + Configure -Uinstallscripts + +(note the plural 'scripts') or by answering 'no' to the appropriate +Configure prompt. + =head1 Coexistence with earlier versions of perl5 In general, you can usually safely upgrade from one version of Perl (e.g. |