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@@ -163,18 +163,11 @@ your perl source directory. If you do, installperl will attempt infinite recursion. It may seem obvious to say, but Perl is useful only when users can -easily find it. When possible, it's good for both /usr/bin/perl and -/usr/local/bin/perl to be symlinks to the actual binary. If that can't -be done, system administrators are strongly encouraged to put -(symlinks to) perl and its accompanying utilities, such as perldoc, -into a directory typically found along a user's PATH, or in another -obvious and convenient place. - -It may seem obvious to say, but Perl is useful only when users can -easily find it. When possible, it's good for both /usr/bin/perl and -/usr/local/bin/perl to be symlinks to the actual binary. If that can't -be done, system administrators are strongly encouraged to put -(symlinks to) perl and its accompanying utilities, such as perldoc, +easily find it. It's often a good idea to have both /usr/bin/perl and +/usr/local/bin/perl be symlinks to the actual binary. Be especially +careful, however, of overwriting a version of perl supplied by your +vendor. In any case, system administrators are strongly encouraged to +put (symlinks to) perl and its accompanying utilities, such as perldoc, into a directory typically found along a user's PATH, or in another obvious and convenient place. @@ -515,14 +508,6 @@ system. For most users, the defaults are sensible and will work. Some users, however, may wish to further customize perl. Here are some of the main things you can change. -=head2 Installing perl under different names - -If you want to install perl under a name other than "perl" (for example, -when installing perl with special features enabled, such as debugging), -indicate the alternate name on the "make install" line, such as: - - make install PERLNAME=myperl - =head2 Threads On some platforms, perl5.005 can be compiled to use threads. To @@ -1319,6 +1304,16 @@ pages, however. You may need to be root to run B<make install>. If you are not root, you must own the directories in question and you should ignore any messages about chown not working. +=head2 Installing perl under different names + +If you want to install perl under a name other than "perl" (for example, +when installing perl with special features enabled, such as debugging), +indicate the alternate name on the "make install" line, such as: + + make install PERLNAME=myperl + +=head2 Installed files + If you want to see exactly what will happen without installing anything, you can run @@ -1588,4 +1583,4 @@ above. =head1 LAST MODIFIED -$Id: INSTALL,v 1.34 1998/04/23 18:19:41 doughera Released $ +$Id: INSTALL,v 1.35 1998/05/18 19:06:26 doughera Released $ |