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- <sect1 id="ch06-perl">
- <title>Installing Perl-&perl-version;</title>
- <?dbhtml filename="perl.html" dir="chapter06"?>
- <screen>Estimated build time: &perl-time;
- Estimated required disk space: &perl-compsize;</screen>
- &aa-perl-shortdesc;
- &aa-perl-dep;
- <sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2>
- <sect2>
- <title>Installation of Perl</title>
- <para>Prepare Perl for compilation:</para>
- <screen><userinput>./configure.gnu --prefix=/usr -Dpager="/bin/less -isR"</userinput></screen>
- <para>If you want more control over the way Perl sets itself up to be
- built, you can run the interactive <userinput>Configure</userinput> script
- instead and modify the way Perl is built. If you think you can live with the
- (sensible) defaults Perl auto-detects, then just use the command listed
- above.</para>
- <para>The meaning of the configure option:</para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem><para><userinput>-Dpager="/bin/less -isR"</userinput>: This corrects
- an error in the perldoc code with the invocation of the less
- program.</para></listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- <para>Compile the package:</para>
- <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
- <para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of
- checks to ensure it built correctly. Should you choose to run it, you first
- have to create a basic <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file, needed by a
- couple of tests to resolve the name <emphasis>localhost</emphasis>:</para>
- <screen><userinput>echo "127.0.0.1 localhost $(hostname)" > /etc/hosts</userinput></screen>
- <para>Now run the tests, if you wish:</para>
- <screen><userinput>make test</userinput></screen>
- <para>And install the package:</para>
- <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
- </sect2>
- </sect1>
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