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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 7 | <!-- it seems at least one entity is needed -->
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| 8 | <!ENTITY perl-alternatives-dummy "42">
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| 9 | ]>
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| 10 | <!-- Begin perl alternatives -->
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| 11 | <sect2 id="perl-alternatives" xreflabel="Building and installing perl modules">
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| 12 |
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| 13 | <title>Building and installing perl modules</title>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <indexterm zone="perl-alternatives">
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| 16 | <primary sortas="a-installing-perl-modules">Installing perl modules</primary>
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| 17 | </indexterm>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <sect3 role="package">
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| 20 | <title>The various ways of building and Installing perl modules</title>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <para>
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| 23 | Most modules use a standard install, but some use a different method. Each
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| 24 | module links to the appropriate method. You can also make an automated
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| 25 | install, using CPAN to download any modular dependencies - details at the
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| 26 | end.
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| 27 | </para>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | </sect3>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <sect3 role="installation" id="new-perl-standard-install"
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| 32 | xreflabel="standard build and installation instructions">
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| 33 | <title>Standard Installation of Perl Modules</title>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | <para>Install <application>Perl</application> modules by running the
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| 36 | following commands:</para>
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| 37 |
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| 38 | <para>For <xref linkend="perl-data-uniqid"/>, first apply the required
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| 39 | patch with:</para>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../Data-Uniqid-&Data-Uniqid-version;-disable_failing_test-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <para>Then, or for all other modules using the standard installation, proceed
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| 44 | with:</para>
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| 45 |
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| 46 | <screen><userinput>perl Makefile.PL &&
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| 47 | make &&
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| 48 | make test</userinput></screen>
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| 49 |
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| 50 | <note>
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| 51 | <para>If the module is described as using the <emphasis>unsafe</emphasis>
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| 52 | variant of the Standard Installation, (the use of the current
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| 53 | directory in <literal>@INC</literal> was removed for security reasons
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| 54 | in <literal>perl-5.26.0</literal>)
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| 55 | you should change the perl invocation to:</para>
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| 56 |
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| 57 | <screen><userinput>PERL_USE_UNSAFE_INC=1 &&</userinput></screen>
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| 58 |
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| 59 | <para>If, however, you are using the Auto Installation described below,
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| 60 | that environment variable will be set whenever the <command>cpan</command>
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| 61 | shell <command>install</command> is used.</para>
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| 62 | </note>
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| 63 |
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| 64 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 65 |
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| 66 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 67 |
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| 68 | <note>
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| 69 | <para>When reinstalling a <application>Perl</application> module,
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| 70 | sometimes older versions of the module being reinstalled are in other
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| 71 | directories specified in <parameter>@INC</parameter>. To delete all
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| 72 | other versions of the module being reinstalled (not simply older ones)
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| 73 | set the <varname>UNINST</varname> variable:</para>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | <screen><userinput>make install UNINST=1</userinput></screen>
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| 76 | </note>
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| 77 |
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| 78 | </sect3>
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| 79 |
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| 80 | <sect3 role="installation" id="new-perl-build-install"
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| 81 | xreflabel="instructions for packages using Build.PL">
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| 82 | <title>Installation of Perl Modules which use Build.PL</title>
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| 83 |
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| 84 | <para>Install <application>Perl</application> modules which use
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| 85 | Build.PL by running the following commands:</para>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <screen><userinput>perl Build.PL &&
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| 88 | ./Build &&
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| 89 | ./Build test</userinput></screen>
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| 90 |
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| 91 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 92 |
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| 93 | <screen role="root"><userinput>./Build install</userinput></screen>
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| 94 |
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| 95 | </sect3>
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| 96 |
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| 97 | <sect3 role="installation" id="new-perl-auto-install"
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| 98 | xreflabel="alternate auto installation instructions">
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| 99 | <title>(Alternate) Auto Installation of Perl Modules.</title>
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| 100 |
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| 101 | <para>There is an alternate way of installing the modules using the
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| 102 | <command>cpan</command> shell <command>install</command> command. The
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| 103 | command automatically downloads the source from the CPAN archive, extracts
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| 104 | it, runs the compilation, testing and installation commands mentioned
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| 105 | above, and removes the build source tree. You may still need to install
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| 106 | dependent library packages before running the automated installation
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| 107 | method.</para>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | <para>The first time you run <command>cpan</command>, you'll be prompted
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| 110 | to enter some information regarding download locations and methods. This
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| 111 | information is retained in files located in
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| 112 | <filename class='directory'>~/.cpan</filename>. Start the
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| 113 | <command>cpan</command> shell by issuing '<command>cpan</command>' as the
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| 114 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user. Any module may now be
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| 115 | installed from the
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| 116 | <emphasis role='underlined'><prompt>cpan> </prompt></emphasis>
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| 117 | prompt with the command:</para>
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| 118 |
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| 119 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install <replaceable><Module::Name></replaceable></userinput></screen>
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| 120 |
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| 121 | <para>For additional commands and help, issue '<command>help</command>'
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| 122 | from the
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| 123 | <emphasis role='underlined'><prompt>cpan> </prompt></emphasis>
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| 124 | prompt.</para>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | <para>Alternatively, for scripted or non-interactive installations, use the
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| 127 | following syntax as the
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| 128 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user to install one or more
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| 129 | modules:</para>
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| 130 |
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| 131 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cpan -i <replaceable><Module1::Name> <Module2::Name></replaceable></userinput></screen>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | <para>Review the <filename>cpan.1</filename> man page for additional
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| 134 | parameters you can pass to <command>cpan</command> on the command
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| 135 | line.</para>
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| 136 |
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| 137 | </sect3>
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| 138 |
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| 139 | </sect2>
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