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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
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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.