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| author | John L. Allen <allen@grumman.com> | 1999-07-29 10:55:05 -0400 |
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| committer | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 1999-08-02 18:46:21 +0000 |
| commit | 491517e03c6a5df5aef649456de95bc218ced051 (patch) | |
| tree | dc6e87b2cc55d40f3256099e4222625946d12c63 /README | |
| parent | 34fdc28fe0bb227e246bafc115cf300b523be856 (diff) | |
| download | perl-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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@@ -64,14 +64,27 @@ Installation 1) Detailed instructions are in the file INSTALL which you should read. In brief, the following should work on most systems: - rm -f config.sh - sh Configure + + rm -f config.sh Policy.sh + sh Configure -de make make test make install + For most systems, it should be safe to accept all the Configure defaults. -(It is recommended that you accept the defaults the first time you build -or if you have any problems building.) +It is recommended that you accept the defaults the first time you build +or if you have any problems building. + +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. 2) Read the manual entries before running perl. |