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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6
7 <!ENTITY perl_modules_md5sums_download_http "http://anduin.linuxfromscratch.org/sources/BLFS/SVN/Perl_Modules/Perl_Modules.gz.md5sums">
8 <!ENTITY perl_modules_md5sums_download_ftp "ftp://anduin.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/SVN/Perl_Modules/Perl_Modules.gz.md5sums">
9]>
10
11<sect1 id="perl-modules" xreflabel="Perl modules">
12 <?dbhtml filename="perl-modules.html" ?>
13
14 <sect1info>
15 <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
16 <date>$Date$</date>
17 </sect1info>
18
19 <title>Perl Modules</title>
20
21 <indexterm zone="perl-modules">
22 <primary sortas="a-Perl-modules">Perl modules</primary>
23 </indexterm>
24
25 <sect2 role="package">
26 <title>Introduction to Perl Modules</title>
27
28 <para>The <application>Perl</application> module packages add useful
29 objects to the <application>Perl</application> language. Modules utilized
30 by packages throughout BLFS are listed here, along with their dependencies.
31 Installation of the modules shown on this page should be accomplished by
32 installing the listed dependencies (from the bottom and working up to the
33 top) and then the desired module. Most references to
34 <application>Perl</application> modules are in the form of Module,
35 Module::SubName or Module::Sub::Name, though sometimes you'll see Module,
36 Module-SubName or Module-Sub-Name. The references on this page that reflect
37 an external URL are in the latter form, as these are the official package
38 names.</para>
39
40 <!-- This section commented out now because the new organization of files
41 on the Anduin server do not include md5sums for the .tar.gz Perl
42 module sources
43
44 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
45 <listitem>
46 <para>Download MD5 sums (HTTP):
47 <ulink url="&perl_modules_md5sums_download_http;"/></para>
48 </listitem>
49 <listitem>
50 <para>Download MD5 sums (FTP):
51 <ulink url="&perl_modules_md5sums_download_ftp;"/></para>
52 </listitem>
53 </itemizedlist>
54 -->
55
56 <!-- This is info for the Test::Builder::Tester module which may very well
57 be obsolete now. The packages that need it apparently also now need
58 Test::More-0.62 which is a core Perl module in an updated version. To
59 install the Test::More-0.62 version you must install the
60 Test::Simple-0.62 module which will overwrite the Perl core stuff.
61 The Test::Simple-0.62 module now includes the Test::Builder::Tester
62 module. Perl versions starting with Perl-5.9.x will have this module
63 include in the core at which time Test::Builder::Tester can be forever
64 removed from this page as it will then also be a core module.
65
66 <para id="perl-test-builder-tester"><ulink
67 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/M/MA/MARKF/Test-Builder-Tester-&Test-Builder-Tester-version;.tar.gz">
68 Test-Builder-Tester-&Test-Builder-Tester-version;</ulink></para>
69 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-test-builder-tester">
70 <primary sortas="g-Test-Builder-Tester">Test::Builder::Tester</primary>
71 </indexterm>
72 -->
73
74 <!-- Archive::Zip -->
75 <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="perl-archive-zip"
76 xreflabel="Archive::Zip-&Archive-Zip-version;">
77 Archive::Zip-&Archive-Zip-version;</bridgehead>
78
79 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-archive-zip">
80 <primary sortas="g-Archive-Zip">Archive::Zip</primary>
81 </indexterm>
82
83 <para>The Archive::Zip module allows a <application>Perl</application>
84 program to create, manipulate, read, and write Zip archive files. The
85 two modules listed below can be installed using the
86 <application>Perl</application> module
87 <xref linkend="perl-standard-install"/>.</para>
88
89 <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
90 <listitem>
91 <para><ulink
92 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/S/SM/SMPETERS/Archive-Zip-&Archive-Zip-version;.tar.gz">
93 Archive-Zip-&Archive-Zip-version;</ulink></para>
94
95 <itemizedlist>
96 <listitem>
97 <para><xref linkend="perl-compress-zlib"/></para>
98 </listitem>
99 </itemizedlist>
100
101 </listitem>
102 </itemizedlist>
103
104 <!-- Compress::Zlib -->
105 <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="perl-compress-zlib"
106 xreflabel="Compress::Zlib-&Compress-Zlib-version;">
107 Compress::Zlib-&Compress-Zlib-version;</bridgehead>
108
109 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-compress-zlib">
110 <primary sortas="g-Compress-Zlib">Compress::Zlib</primary>
111 </indexterm>
112
113 <para>The Compress::Zlib module provides a <application>Perl</application>
114 interface to the <application>Zlib</application> compression library. Most
115 of the functionality provided by <application>Zlib</application> is
116 available in Compress::Zlib. The module can be split into two general areas
117 of functionality, namely in-memory compression/decompression and read/write
118 access to gzip files.</para>
119
120 <note>
121 <para>The Compress::Zlib module requires the following
122 <command>sed</command> after untarring the distribution tarball (before
123 any other build commands) to use the system-installed copy of
124 <application>Zlib</application>.</para>
125
126<screen><userinput>sed -i -e "s|BUILD_ZLIB = True|BUILD_ZLIB = False|" \
127 -e "s|INCLUDE = ./zlib-src|INCLUDE = /usr/include|" \
128 -e "s|LIB = ./zlib-src|LIB = /usr/lib|" \
129 config.in</userinput></screen>
130 </note>
131
132 <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
133 <listitem>
134 <para><ulink
135 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/P/PM/PMQS/Compress-Zlib-&Compress-Zlib-version;.tar.gz">
136 Compress-Zlib-&Compress-Zlib-version;</ulink>
137 (<xref linkend="perl-standard-install"/>)</para>
138 </listitem>
139 </itemizedlist>
140
141 <!-- Date::Manip -->
142 <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="perl-date-manip"
143 xreflabel="Date::Manip-&DateManip-version;">
144 Date::Manip-&DateManip-version;</bridgehead>
145
146 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-date-manip">
147 <primary sortas="g-Date-Manip">Date::Manip</primary>
148 </indexterm>
149
150 <para>Date::Manip is a set of routines designed to make any common
151 date/time manipulation easy to do. Operations such as comparing two times,
152 calculating a time a given amount of time from another, or parsing
153 international times are all easily done. From the very beginning, the
154 main focus of Date::Manip has been to be able to do ANY desired date/time
155 operation easily.</para>
156
157 <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
158 <listitem>
159 <para><ulink
160 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/S/SB/SBECK/DateManip-&DateManip-version;.tar.gz">
161 DateManip-&DateManip-version;</ulink>
162 (<xref linkend="perl-standard-install"/>)</para>
163 </listitem>
164 </itemizedlist>
165
166 <!-- Finance::Quote -->
167 <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="perl-finance-quote"
168 xreflabel="Finance::Quote-&Finance-Quote-version;">
169 Finance::Quote-&Finance-Quote-version;</bridgehead>
170
171 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-finance-quote">
172 <primary sortas="g-Finance-Quote">Finance::Quote</primary>
173 </indexterm>
174
175 <para>Finance::Quote is used to get stock quotes from various Internet
176 sources, including Yahoo! Finance, Fidelity Investments, and the Australian
177 Stock Exchange. There are two methods of using this module &ndash; a
178 functional interface that is depreciated, and an object-orientated method
179 that provides greater flexibility and stability. With the exception of
180 straight currency exchange rates, all information is returned as a
181 two-dimensional hash (or a reference to such a hash, if called in a scalar
182 context).</para>
183
184 <para>After you've installed the package, issue
185 <command>perldoc Finance::Quote</command> for full information.
186 Alternatively, you can issue <command>perldoc lib/Finance/Quote.pm</command>
187 after unpacking the distribution tarball and changing into the top-level
188 directory. The module and dependencies can be installed using the
189 <application>Perl</application> module
190 <xref linkend="perl-standard-install"/>.</para>
191
192 <note>
193 <para>To run the regression test suite, you'll need to create a
194 symbolic link to the <filename class='directory'>test</filename>
195 directory using the following command after unpacking the tarball
196 and changing into the root directory of the sources:</para>
197
198<screen><userinput>ln -s test t</userinput></screen>
199
200 <para>Some tests will fail depending on certain conditions. See the
201 <filename>INSTALL</filename> file for full details.</para>
202 </note>
203
204 <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
205 <listitem>
206 <para><ulink
207 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/P/PJ/PJF/Finance-Quote-&Finance-Quote-version;.tar.gz">
208 Finance-Quote-&Finance-Quote-version;</ulink></para>
209
210 <itemizedlist>
211 <listitem>
212 <para><xref linkend="perl-html-tableextract"/></para>
213 </listitem>
214 <listitem>
215 <para><xref linkend="perl-lwp"/></para>
216 </listitem>
217 </itemizedlist>
218
219 </listitem>
220 </itemizedlist>
221
222 <!-- Finance::QuoteHist -->
223 <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="perl-finance-quotehist"
224 xreflabel="Finance::QuoteHist-&Finance-QuoteHist-version;">
225 Finance::QuoteHist-&Finance-QuoteHist-version;</bridgehead>
226
227 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-finance-quotehist">
228 <primary sortas="g-Finance-QuoteHist">Finance::QuoteHist</primary>
229 </indexterm>
230
231 <para>The Finance::QuoteHist bundle is several modules designed to fetch
232 historical stock quotes from the web. The module and dependencies can be
233 installed using the <application>Perl</application> module
234 <xref linkend="perl-standard-install"/>.</para>
235
236 <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
237 <listitem>
238 <para><ulink
239 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/M/MS/MSISK/Finance-QuoteHist-&Finance-QuoteHist-version;.tar.gz">
240 Finance-QuoteHist-&Finance-QuoteHist-version;</ulink></para>
241
242 <itemizedlist>
243 <listitem>
244 <para><xref linkend="perl-html-tableextract"/></para>
245 </listitem>
246 <listitem>
247 <para><xref linkend="perl-lwp"/></para>
248 </listitem>
249 <listitem>
250 <para><xref linkend="perl-date-manip"/></para>
251 </listitem>
252 <listitem>
253 <para id="perl-text-csv_xs"><ulink
254 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/J/JW/JWIED/Text-CSV_XS-&Text-CSV_XS-version;.tar.gz">
255 Text-CSV_XS-&Text-CSV_XS-version;</ulink></para>
256 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-text-csv_xs">
257 <primary sortas="g-Text-CSV_XS">Text::CSV_XS</primary>
258 </indexterm>
259 </listitem>
260 </itemizedlist>
261
262 </listitem>
263 </itemizedlist>
264
265 <!-- HTML::Parser -->
266 <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="perl-html-parser"
267 xreflabel="HTML::Parser-&HTML-Parser-version;">
268 HTML::Parser-&HTML-Parser-version;</bridgehead>
269
270 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-html-parser">
271 <primary sortas="g-HTML-Parser">HTML::Parser</primary>
272 </indexterm>
273
274 <para>The HTML::Parser distribution is a collection of modules that parse
275 and extract information from HTML documents. In order to use the included
276 HTML::HeadParser module, you will also need to install
277 <xref linkend="perl-lwp"/>. The two modules listed below can be installed
278 using the <application>Perl</application> Module
279 <xref linkend="perl-standard-install"/>.</para>
280
281 <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
282 <listitem>
283 <para><ulink
284 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/G/GA/GAAS/HTML-Parser-&HTML-Parser-version;.tar.gz">
285 HTML-Parser-&HTML-Parser-version;</ulink></para>
286
287 <itemizedlist>
288 <listitem>
289 <para id="perl-html-tagset"><ulink
290 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/P/PE/PETDANCE/HTML-Tagset-&HTML-Tagset-version;.tar.gz">
291 HTML-Tagset-&HTML-Tagset-version;</ulink></para>
292 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-html-tagset">
293 <primary sortas="g-HTML-Tagset">HTML::Tagset</primary>
294 </indexterm>
295 </listitem>
296 </itemizedlist>
297
298 </listitem>
299 </itemizedlist>
300
301 <!-- HTML::TableExtract -->
302 <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="perl-html-tableextract"
303 xreflabel="HTML::TableExtract-&HTML-TableExtract-version;">
304 HTML::TableExtract-&HTML-TableExtract-version;</bridgehead>
305
306 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-html-tableextract">
307 <primary sortas="g-HTML-TableExtract">HTML::TableExtract</primary>
308 </indexterm>
309
310 <para></para>
311
312 <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
313 <listitem>
314 <para><ulink
315 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/M/MS/MSISK/HTML-TableExtract-&HTML-TableExtract-version;.tar.gz">
316 HTML-TableExtract-&HTML-TableExtract-version;</ulink></para>
317
318 <itemizedlist>
319 <listitem>
320 <para><xref linkend="perl-html-parser"/></para>
321 </listitem>
322 </itemizedlist>
323
324 </listitem>
325 </itemizedlist>
326
327 <!-- LWP -->
328 <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="perl-lwp"
329 xreflabel="LWP-&LWP-version;">
330 LWP-&LWP-version;</bridgehead>
331
332 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-lwp">
333 <primary sortas="g-LWP">LWP</primary>
334 </indexterm>
335
336 <para>The libwww-perl (LWP) collection is a set of
337 <application>Perl</application> modules which provides a simple and
338 consistent application programming interface to the World-Wide Web. The
339 main focus of the library is to provide classes and functions that allow
340 you to write WWW clients. The library also contains modules that are of
341 more general use and even classes that help you implement simple HTTP
342 servers. The LWP modules and all its <application>Perl</application>
343 module dependencies can be installed using the
344 <application>Perl</application> Module
345 <xref linkend="perl-standard-install"/>.</para>
346
347 <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
348 <listitem>
349 <para><ulink
350 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/G/GA/GAAS/libwww-perl-&LWP-version;.tar.gz">
351 LWP-&LWP-version;</ulink></para>
352
353 <itemizedlist>
354 <listitem>
355 <para id="perl-uri"><ulink
356 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/G/GA/GAAS/URI-&URI-version;.tar.gz">
357 URI-&URI-version;</ulink></para>
358 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-uri">
359 <primary sortas="g-URI">URI</primary>
360 </indexterm>
361
362 <itemizedlist>
363 <listitem>
364 <para id="perl-business-isbn"><ulink
365 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/B/BD/BDFOY/Business-ISBN-&Business-ISBN-version;.tar.gz">
366 Business-ISBN-&Business-ISBN-version;</ulink> (optional, only
367 used during the test suite)</para>
368 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-business-isbn">
369 <primary sortas="g-Business-ISBN">Business::ISBN</primary>
370 </indexterm>
371
372 <itemizedlist>
373 <listitem>
374 <para id="perl-business-isbn-data"><ulink
375 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/B/BD/BDFOY/Business-ISBN-Data-&Business-ISBN-Data-version;.tar.gz">
376 Business-ISBN-Data-&Business-ISBN-Data-version;</ulink></para>
377 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-business-isbn-data">
378 <primary sortas="g-Business-ISBN-Data">Business::ISBN::Data</primary>
379 </indexterm>
380
381 <itemizedlist>
382 <listitem>
383 <para><xref linkend="perl-test-pod"/></para>
384 </listitem>
385 <listitem>
386 <para id="perl-test-prereq"><ulink
387 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/B/BD/BDFOY/Test-Prereq-&Test-Prereq-version;.tar.gz">
388 Test-Prereq-&Test-Prereq-version;</ulink></para>
389 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-test-prereq">
390 <primary sortas="g-Test-Prereq">Test::Prereq</primary>
391 </indexterm>
392
393 <itemizedlist>
394 <listitem>
395 <para><xref linkend="perl-module-info"/></para>
396 </listitem>
397 <listitem>
398 <para><xref linkend="perl-module-build"/> (optional)</para>
399 </listitem>
400 <listitem>
401 <para id="perl-module-corelist"><ulink
402 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/R/RG/RGARCIA/Module-CoreList-&Module-Corelist-version;.tar.gz">
403 Module-CoreList-&Module-Corelist-version;</ulink></para>
404 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-module-corelist">
405 <primary sortas="g-Module-Corelist">Module::Corelist</primary>
406 </indexterm>
407 </listitem>
408 </itemizedlist>
409
410 </listitem>
411 </itemizedlist>
412
413 </listitem>
414 </itemizedlist>
415
416 </listitem>
417 </itemizedlist>
418
419 </listitem>
420 <listitem>
421 <para><xref linkend="perl-html-parser"/></para>
422 </listitem>
423 <listitem>
424 <para><xref linkend="perl-compress-zlib"/></para>
425 </listitem>
426 <listitem>
427 <para id="perl-crypt-ssleay"><ulink
428 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/C/CH/CHAMAS/Crypt-SSLeay-&Crypt-SSLeay-version;.tar.gz">
429 Crypt-SSLeay-&Crypt-SSLeay-version;</ulink> (optional, for HTTPS
430 support)</para>
431 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-crypt-ssleay">
432 <primary sortas="g-Crypt-SSLeay">Crypt::SSLeay</primary>
433 </indexterm>
434
435 <itemizedlist>
436 <listitem>
437 <para><xref linkend="openssl"/></para>
438 </listitem>
439 </itemizedlist>
440
441 </listitem>
442 </itemizedlist>
443
444 </listitem>
445 </itemizedlist>
446
447 <!-- Module::Build -->
448 <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="perl-module-build"
449 xreflabel="Module::Build-&Module-Build-version;">
450 Module::Build-&Module-Build-version;</bridgehead>
451
452 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-module-build">
453 <primary sortas="g-Module-Build">Module::Build</primary>
454 </indexterm>
455
456 <para>The Module::Build module is a system for building, testing, and
457 installing <application>Perl</application> modules. It is meant to be an
458 alternative to ExtUtils::MakeMaker. Developers may alter the behavior of
459 the module through subclassing in a much more straightforward way than with
460 MakeMaker. It also does not require a <command>make</command> command on
461 your system. Most of the Module::Build code is
462 pure-<application>Perl</application> and written in a very cross-platform
463 way.</para>
464
465 <para>The Module::Build module (as well as any other
466 <application>Perl</application> module that uses the Module::Build build
467 system) uses <xref linkend="perl-module-build-install"/>. All the
468 dependencies can be installed using the
469 <xref linkend="perl-standard-install"/>.</para>
470
471 <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
472 <listitem>
473 <para><ulink
474 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/K/KW/KWILLIAMS/Module-Build-&Module-Build-version;.tar.gz">
475 Module-Build-&Module-Build-version;</ulink></para>
476
477 <itemizedlist>
478 <listitem>
479 <para id="perl-module-signature"><ulink
480 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/A/AU/AUTRIJUS/Module-Signature-&Module-Signature-version;.tar.gz">
481 Module-Signature-&Module-Signature-version;</ulink> (optional)</para>
482 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-module-signature">
483 <primary sortas="g-Module-Signature">Module::Signature</primary>
484 </indexterm>
485
486 <itemizedlist>
487 <listitem>
488 <para id="perl-digest-sha"><ulink
489 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/M/MS/MSHELOR/Digest-SHA-&Digest-SHA-version;.tar.gz">
490 Digest-SHA-&Digest-SHA-version;</ulink></para>
491 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-digest-sha">
492 <primary sortas="g-Digest-SHA">Digest::SHA</primary>
493 </indexterm>
494 </listitem>
495 <listitem>
496 <para id="perl-par-dist"><ulink
497 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/A/AU/AUTRIJUS/PAR-Dist-&PAR-Dist-version;.tar.gz">
498 PAR-Dist-&PAR-Dist-version;</ulink></para>
499 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-par-dist">
500 <primary sortas="g-PAR-Dist">PAR::Dist</primary>
501 </indexterm>
502 </listitem>
503 <listitem>
504 <para><xref linkend="gnupg"/></para>
505 </listitem>
506 </itemizedlist>
507
508 </listitem>
509 <listitem>
510 <para id="perl-extutils-parsexs"><ulink
511 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/K/KW/KWILLIAMS/ExtUtils-ParseXS-&ExtUtils-ParseXS-version;.tar.gz">
512 ExtUtils-ParseXS-&ExtUtils-ParseXS-version;</ulink></para>
513 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-extutils-parsexs">
514 <primary sortas="g-ExtUtils-ParseXS">ExtUtils::ParseXS</primary>
515 </indexterm>
516
517 <itemizedlist>
518 <listitem>
519 <para id="perl-extutils-cbuilder"><ulink
520 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/K/KW/KWILLIAMS/ExtUtils-CBuilder-&ExtUtils-CBuilder-version;.tar.gz">
521 ExtUtils-CBuilder-&ExtUtils-CBuilder-version;</ulink></para>
522 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-extutils-cbuilder">
523 <primary sortas="g-ExtUtils-CBuilder">ExtUtils::CBuilder</primary>
524 </indexterm>
525 </listitem>
526 </itemizedlist>
527
528 </listitem>
529 <listitem>
530 <para id="perl-archive-tar"><ulink
531 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/K/KA/KANE/Archive-Tar-&Archive-Tar-version;.tar.gz">
532 Archive-Tar-&Archive-Tar-version;</ulink></para>
533 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-archive-tar">
534 <primary sortas="g-Archive-Tar">Archive::Tar</primary>
535 </indexterm>
536
537 <itemizedlist>
538 <listitem>
539 <para id="perl-io-zlib"><ulink
540 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/T/TO/TOMHUGHES/IO-Zlib-&IO-Zlib-version;.tar.gz">
541 IO-Zlib-&IO-Zlib-version;</ulink></para>
542 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-io-zlib">
543 <primary sortas="g-IO-Zlib">IO::Zlib</primary>
544 </indexterm>
545
546 <itemizedlist>
547 <listitem>
548 <para><xref linkend="perl-compress-zlib"/></para>
549 </listitem>
550 </itemizedlist>
551
552 </listitem>
553 <listitem>
554 <para><xref linkend="perl-test-pod"/></para>
555 </listitem>
556 <listitem>
557 <para id="perl-text-diff"><ulink
558 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/R/RB/RBS/Text-Diff-&Text-Diff-version;.tar.gz">
559 Text-Diff-&Text-Diff-version;</ulink></para>
560 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-text-diff">
561 <primary sortas="g-Text-Diff">Text::Diff</primary>
562 </indexterm>
563
564 <itemizedlist>
565 <listitem>
566 <para id="perl-algorithm-diff"><ulink
567 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/T/TY/TYEMQ/Algorithm-Diff-&Algorithm-Diff-version;.zip">
568 Algorithm-Diff-&Algorithm-Diff-version;</ulink></para>
569 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-algorithm-diff">
570 <primary sortas="g-Algorithm-Diff">Algorithm::Diff</primary>
571 </indexterm>
572
573 <itemizedlist>
574 <listitem>
575 <para><xref linkend="unzip"/></para>
576 </listitem>
577 </itemizedlist>
578
579 </listitem>
580 </itemizedlist>
581
582 </listitem>
583 </itemizedlist>
584
585 </listitem>
586 <listitem>
587 <para id="perl-yaml"><ulink
588 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/I/IN/INGY/YAML-&YAML-version;.tar.gz">
589 YAML-&YAML-version;</ulink></para>
590 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-yaml">
591 <primary sortas="g-YAML">YAML</primary>
592 </indexterm>
593 </listitem>
594 </itemizedlist>
595
596 </listitem>
597 </itemizedlist>
598
599 <bridgehead renderas="sect4" id="perl-module-build-install"
600 xreflabel="modified build instructions">Module::Build Build and
601 Installation Instructions</bridgehead>
602
603<screen><userinput>perl Build.PL &amp;&amp;
604./Build test</userinput></screen>
605
606 <para>Now, as the <systemitem class='username'>root</systemitem> user:</para>
607
608<screen role='root'><userinput>./Build install</userinput></screen>
609
610 <!-- Module::Info -->
611 <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="perl-module-info"
612 xreflabel="Module::Info-&Module-Info-version;">
613 Module::Info-&Module-Info-version;</bridgehead>
614
615 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-module-info">
616 <primary sortas="g-Module-Info">Module::Info</primary>
617 </indexterm>
618
619 <para>The Module::Info module is quite useful for tasks other than just
620 support of other modules. It can be used from the command-line to tell you
621 if a particular module is included in, or has been installed into your
622 <application>Perl</application> installation. Additionally, Module::Info
623 can tell you what version of a module is installed and what dependencies
624 are required for it. You can even use Module::Info to gather dependencies
625 of uninstalled modules.</para>
626
627 <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
628 <listitem>
629 <para><ulink
630 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/M/MB/MBARBON/Module-Info-&Module-Info-version;.tar.gz">
631 Module-Info-&Module-Info-version;</ulink>
632 (<xref linkend="perl-standard-install"/>)</para>
633 </listitem>
634 </itemizedlist>
635
636 <!-- Net::DNS -->
637 <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="perl-net-dns"
638 xreflabel="Net-DNS-&Net-DNS-version;">
639 Net::DNS-&Net-DNS-version;</bridgehead>
640
641 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-net-dns">
642 <primary sortas="g-Net-DNS">Net::DNS</primary>
643 </indexterm>
644
645 <para>Net::DNS is a DNS resolver implemented in
646 <application>Perl</application>. It can be used to perform nearly any type
647 of DNS query from a <application>Perl</application> script. The Net::DNS
648 module and all its dependencies can be installed using the
649 <application>Perl</application> Module
650 <xref linkend="perl-standard-install"/>.</para>
651
652 <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
653 <listitem>
654 <para><ulink
655 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/O/OL/OLAF/Net-DNS-&Net-DNS-version;.tar.gz">
656 Net-DNS-&Net-DNS-version;</ulink></para>
657
658 <itemizedlist>
659 <listitem>
660 <para id="perl-digest-hmac"><ulink
661 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/G/GA/GAAS/Digest-HMAC-&Digest-HMAC-version;.tar.gz">
662 Digest-HMAC-&Digest-HMAC-version;</ulink></para>
663 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-digest-hmac">
664 <primary sortas="g-Digest-HMAC">Digest::HMAC</primary>
665 </indexterm>
666
667 <itemizedlist>
668 <listitem>
669 <para id="perl-digest-sha1"><ulink
670 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/G/GA/GAAS/Digest-SHA1-&Digest-SHA1-version;.tar.gz">
671 Digest-SHA1-&Digest-SHA1-version;</ulink></para>
672 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-digest-sha1">
673 <primary sortas="g-Digest-SHA1">Digest::SHA1</primary>
674 </indexterm>
675 </listitem>
676 </itemizedlist>
677
678 </listitem>
679 <listitem>
680 <para id="perl-net-ip"><ulink
681 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/M/MA/MANU/Net-IP-&Net-IP-version;.tar.gz">
682 Net-IP-&Net-IP-version;</ulink></para>
683 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-net-ip">
684 <primary sortas="g-Net-IP">Net::IP</primary>
685 </indexterm>
686 </listitem>
687 <listitem>
688 <para id="perl-io-socket-inet6"><ulink
689 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/M/MO/MONDEJAR/IO-Socket-INET6-&IO-Socket-INET6-version;.tar.gz">
690 IO-Socket-INET6-&IO-Socket-INET6-version;</ulink> (required for
691 IPv6 support)</para>
692 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-io-socket-inet6">
693 <primary sortas="g-IO-Socket-INET6">IO::Socket::INET6</primary>
694 </indexterm>
695
696 <itemizedlist>
697 <listitem>
698 <para id="perl-socket6"><ulink
699 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/U/UM/UMEMOTO/Socket6-&Socket6-version;.tar.gz">
700 Socket6-&Socket6-version;</ulink></para>
701 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-socket6">
702 <primary sortas="g-Socket6">Socket6</primary>
703 </indexterm>
704 </listitem>
705 </itemizedlist>
706
707 </listitem>
708 <listitem>
709 <para id="perl-digest-bubblebabble"><ulink
710 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/B/BT/BTROTT/Digest-BubbleBabble-&Digest-BubbleBabble-version;.tar.gz">
711 Digest-BubbleBabble-&Digest-BubbleBabble-version;</ulink>
712 (optional, only used during the test suite)</para>
713 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-digest-bubblebabble">
714 <primary sortas="g-Digest-BubbleBabble">Digest::BubbleBabble</primary>
715 </indexterm>
716 </listitem>
717 </itemizedlist>
718
719 </listitem>
720 </itemizedlist>
721
722 <!-- Test::Pod -->
723 <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="perl-test-pod"
724 xreflabel="Test::Pod">The Test::Pod Module</bridgehead>
725
726 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-test-pod">
727 <primary sortas="g-Test-Pod">Test::Pod</primary>
728 </indexterm>
729
730 <para>Another useful module, and one which is (typically optionally) used
731 by other modules during the build process is the Test:Pod module. This
732 module is used to check the validity of POD (Plain Old Documentation)
733 files. The Test::Pod module is typically included by module authors to
734 automatically find and check all POD files in a module distribution. This
735 module and all the dependencies can be installed using the
736 <xref linkend="perl-standard-install"/>.</para>
737
738 <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
739 <listitem>
740 <para><ulink
741 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/P/PE/PETDANCE/Test-Pod-&Test-Pod-version;.tar.gz">
742 Test-Pod-&Test-Pod-version;</ulink></para>
743
744 <itemizedlist>
745 <listitem>
746 <para id="perl-pod-simple"><ulink
747 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/A/AR/ARANDAL/Pod-Simple-&Pod-Simple-version;.tar.gz">
748 Pod-Simple-&Pod-Simple-version;</ulink></para>
749 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-pod-simple">
750 <primary sortas="g-Pod-Simple">Pod::Simple</primary>
751 </indexterm>
752
753 <itemizedlist>
754 <listitem>
755 <para id="perl-pod-escapes"><ulink
756 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/S/SB/SBURKE/Pod-Escapes-&Pod-Escapes-version;.tar.gz">
757 Pod-Escapes-&Pod-Escapes-version;</ulink></para>
758 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-pod-escapes">
759 <primary sortas="g-Pod-Escapes">Pod::Escapes</primary>
760 </indexterm>
761 </listitem>
762 </itemizedlist>
763
764 </listitem>
765 <listitem>
766 <para><xref linkend="perl-test-simple"/></para>
767 </listitem>
768 </itemizedlist>
769
770 </listitem>
771 </itemizedlist>
772
773 <!-- Test::Simple -->
774 <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="perl-test-simple"
775 xreflabel="Test::Simple">The Test::Simple Module</bridgehead>
776
777 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-test-simple">
778 <primary sortas="g-Test-Simple">Test::Simple</primary>
779 </indexterm>
780
781 <para>The Test::Simple module contains utilities designed to assist
782 developers in creating tests. A version of Test::Simple was installed
783 during LFS with the <application>Perl</application>-&LFS-Perl-version;
784 installation, however, some of the sub-modules contained in Test::Simple
785 have been updated (notably, the Test::More module) and these updated
786 modules are now required by other modules. This updated version of
787 Test::Simple also now includes the Test:Builder:Tester module, required by
788 many of the modules on this page. Note that installing this updated
789 version of Test::Simple will overwrite some files from the original
790 <application>Perl</application> installation, but there's really nothing to
791 be alarmed about as these modules are only used by developers creating
792 tests, or for running the test suites during additional module
793 installations.</para>
794
795 <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
796 <listitem>
797 <para><ulink
798 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/M/MS/MSCHWERN/Test-Simple-&Test-Simple-version;.tar.gz">
799 Test-Simple-&Test-Simple-version;</ulink>
800 (<xref linkend="perl-standard-install"/>)</para>
801 </listitem>
802 </itemizedlist>
803
804 <!-- XML::Parser -->
805 <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="perl-xml-parser"
806 xreflabel="XML::Parser">The XML::Parser Module</bridgehead>
807
808 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-xml-parser">
809 <primary sortas="g-XML-Parser">XML::Parser</primary>
810 </indexterm>
811
812 <para>The XML::Parser module is a <application>Perl</application> extension
813 interface to James Clark's XML parser,
814 <application>expat</application>. The module can be installed using the
815 <application>Perl</application> Module
816 <xref linkend="perl-standard-install"/>.</para>
817
818 <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
819 <listitem>
820 <para><ulink
821 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/M/MS/MSERGEANT/XML-Parser-&XML-Parser-version;.tar.gz">
822 XML-Parser-&XML-Parser-version;</ulink></para>
823
824 <itemizedlist>
825 <listitem>
826 <para><xref linkend="expat"/></para>
827 </listitem>
828 </itemizedlist>
829
830 </listitem>
831 </itemizedlist>
832
833 <!-- SGMLSpm -->
834 <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="perl-sgmlspm"
835 xreflabel="SGMLSpm">The SGMLSpm Module</bridgehead>
836
837 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-sgmlspm">
838 <primary sortas="g-SGMLSpm">SGMLSpm</primary>
839 </indexterm>
840
841 <para>The SGMLSpm module is a <application>Perl</application> library
842 used for parsing the output from James Clark's SGMLS and NSGMLS
843 parsers. This module requires modified installation instructions, shown
844 below.</para>
845
846 <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
847 <listitem>
848 <para><ulink
849 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/D/DM/DMEGG/SGMLSpm-&SGMLSpm-version;.tar.gz">
850 SGMLSpm-&SGMLSpm-version;</ulink></para>
851 </listitem>
852 </itemizedlist>
853
854 <para>If your system's <application>Perl</application> version is different
855 than &LFS-Perl-version;, you'll need to modify the <command>sed</command>
856 command below to reflect the version you have installed.</para>
857
858<screen><userinput>sed -i -e "s@/usr/local/bin@/usr/bin@" \
859 -e "s@/usr/local/lib/perl5@/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/&LFS-Perl-version;@" \
860 -e "s@/usr/local/lib/www/docs@/usr/share/doc/perl5@" \
861 Makefile</userinput></screen>
862
863 <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
864
865<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
866install -v -d -m755 /usr/share/doc/perl5 &amp;&amp;
867make install_html &amp;&amp;
868rm -v -f /usr/share/doc/perl5/SGMLSpm/sample.pl &amp;&amp;
869install -v -m644 DOC/sample.pl /usr/share/doc/perl5/SGMLSpm</userinput></screen>
870
871 <!-- Tk -->
872 <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="perl-tk"
873 xreflabel="Perl-Tk">The Tk Module</bridgehead>
874
875 <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-tk">
876 <primary sortas="g-Tk">Tk</primary>
877 </indexterm>
878
879 <para>The <application>Tk</application> module is a
880 <application>Perl</application> interface to the
881 <application>Tk</application> package. The goal of this release is Unicode
882 support via <application>Perl</application>'s and
883 core-<application>Tk</application>'s use of UTF-8. Tk-&Perl-Tk-version;
884 builds and loads into a threaded <application>Perl</application> but is NOT
885 yet thread safe. The module can be installed using the
886 <application>Perl</application> Module
887 <xref linkend="perl-standard-install"/>.</para>
888
889 <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
890 <listitem>
891 <para><ulink
892 url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/N/NI/NI-S/Tk-&Perl-Tk-version;.tar.gz">
893 Tk-&Perl-Tk-version;</ulink></para>
894
895 <itemizedlist>
896 <listitem>
897 <para><xref linkend="tk"/> and <xref linkend="libjpeg"/></para>
898 </listitem>
899 </itemizedlist>
900
901 </listitem>
902 </itemizedlist>
903
904 </sect2>
905
906 <sect2 role="installation" id="perl-standard-install"
907 xreflabel="build and installation instructions">
908 <title>Standard Installation of Perl Modules</title>
909
910 <para>Install <application>Perl</application> modules by running the
911 following commands:</para>
912
913<screen><userinput>perl Makefile.PL &amp;&amp;
914make &amp;&amp;
915make test</userinput></screen>
916
917 <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
918
919<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
920
921 </sect2>
922
923 <sect2 role="installation">
924 <title>(Alternate) Auto Installation of Perl Modules.</title>
925
926 <para>There is an alternate way of installing the modules using
927 <application>Perl</application>'s built-in <command>install</command> command.
928 The command automatically downloads the source from the CPAN
929 archive, extracts it, runs the commands mentioned above, and removes the build
930 tree. You may still need to install dependent library packages before running
931 the automated installation method.</para>
932
933 <para>The first time you run this command, you'll be prompted to enter some
934 information regarding download locations and methods. This information is
935 retained in files located in <filename class='directory'>~/.cpan</filename>.
936 Start the perl shell with the following command as the
937 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
938
939<screen role="root"><userinput>perl -MCPAN -e shell</userinput></screen>
940
941 <para>Each module may now be installed from this shell with the command:</para>
942
943<screen role="root"><userinput>install <replaceable>[Module::Name]</replaceable></userinput></screen>
944
945 <para>For additional commands and help, type <command>help</command>.</para>
946
947 <para>Alternatively, for scripted or non-interactive installations, use the
948 following syntax as the
949 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
950
951<screen role="root"><userinput>perl -MCPAN -e 'install <replaceable>[Module::Name]</replaceable>'</userinput></screen>
952
953 </sect2>
954
955</sect1>
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