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| author | Shlomi Fish <shlomif@shlomifish.org> | 2019-05-22 13:27:32 +0300 |
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| committer | Karl Williamson <khw@cpan.org> | 2020-03-19 10:36:53 -0600 |
| commit | 9ffb844176f21e9b4627ffc83b3903bf5ac73dd8 (patch) | |
| tree | 17e56e67f70e0f80d971284e463d932b3aac92b9 /README.linux | |
| parent | 4fe9356b2507e805e4951a5a6c8060d7fe0a6d9b (diff) | |
| download | perl-9ffb844176f21e9b4627ffc83b3903bf5ac73dd8.tar.gz | |
Correct some grammar in README.linux and update it
Fix GH #17007
(cherry picked from commit b9677ee9a1dd1f5d79c5ab3e2e788eea65c20253)
Signed-off-by: Nicolas R <atoomic@cpan.org>
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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/README.linux b/README.linux index ab9e2d5f5c..4e8fd69f5a 100644 --- a/README.linux +++ b/README.linux @@ -11,19 +11,30 @@ perllinux - Perl version 5 on Linux systems This document describes various features of Linux that will affect how Perl version 5 (hereafter just Perl) is compiled and/or runs. +=head2 Deploying Perl on Linux + +Normally one can install F</usr/bin/perl> on Linux using your distribution's +package manager (e.g: C<sudo apt-get install perl>, or +C<sudo dnf install perl>). Note that sometimes one needs to install some +extra system packages in order to be able to use CPAN frontends, and that +messing with the system's perl is not always recommended. One can use +L<perlbrew|https://perlbrew.pl/> to avoid such issues. + +Otherwise, perl should build fine on Linux using the mainstream compilers +GCC and clang, while following the usual instructions. + =head2 Experimental Support for Sun Studio Compilers for Linux OS Sun Microsystems has released a port of their Sun Studio compilers for -Linux. As of November 2005, only an alpha version has been released. -Until a release of these compilers is made, support for compiling Perl with -these compiler experimental. +Linux. As of May 2019, the last stable release took place on 2017, and one can +buy support contracts for them. -Also, some special instructions for building Perl with Sun Studio on Linux. -Following the normal C<Configure>, you have to run make as follows: +There are some special instructions for building Perl with Sun Studio on +Linux. Following the normal C<Configure>, you have to run make as follows: LDLOADLIBS=-lc make -C<LDLOADLIBS> is an environment variable used by the linker to link modules +C<LDLOADLIBS> is an environment variable used by the linker to link C</ext> modules to glibc. Currently, that environment variable is not getting populated by a combination of C<Config> entries and C<ExtUtil::MakeMaker>. While there may be a bug somewhere in Perl's configuration or |