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<sect1 id="perl-modules" xreflabel="Perl modules">
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<title>Perl modules</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>Perl</application> modules</title>

<para>The <application>Perl</application> module packages add useful objects
to the <application>Perl</application> language.  Modules utilized by packages
throughout <acronym>BLFS</acronym> are listed here, along with their
dependencies.</para>

<sect3><title>Perl Packages</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para><ulink
url="http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/C/CS/CSOE/PDL-&PDL-version;.tar.gz">PDL-&PDL-version;</ulink></para><itemizedlist spacing='compact'>

<listitem><para><ulink
url="http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/A/AA/AALLAN/Astro-FITS-Header-&Astro-FITS-Header-version;.tar.gz">Astro-FITS-Header-&Astro-FITS-Header-version;</ulink></para></listitem></itemizedlist></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink
url="http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/M/ML/MLEHMANN/Gtk-Perl-&Gtk-Perl-version;.tar.gz">Gtk-Perl-&Gtk-Perl-version;</ulink></para><itemizedlist spacing='compact'>

<listitem><para><ulink
url="http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/E/ED/EDAVIS/XML-Writer-&XML-Writer-version;.tar.gz">XML-Writer-&XML-Writer-version;</ulink></para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink
url="http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/M/MS/MSERGEANT/XML-Parser-&XML-Parser-version;.tar.gz">XML-Parser-&XML-Parser-version;</ulink>
</para></listitem></itemizedlist></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink
url="http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/D/DC/DCONWAY/Parse-RecDescent-&Parse-RecDescent-version;.tar.gz">Parse-RecDescent-&Parse-RecDescent-version;</ulink></para></listitem></itemizedlist>

</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>Perl</application> modules</title>
                                                                               
<para>Install <application>Perl</application> modules by running the following
commands:</para>
                                                                               
<screen><userinput><command>perl Makefile.PL &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>
                                                                               
<para>The module listed below requires a modification in order to install
successfully.</para>
                                                                               
<para>Gtk-Perl-&Gtk-Perl-version;:</para>
                                                                               
<screen><userinput><command>perl Makefile.PL --without-guessing &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>
                                                                               
</sect2>

<sect2><title>(Alternate) Auto installation of <application>Perl</application>
modules.</title>
                                                                               
<para>There is an alternate way of installing the modules using
<application>Perl</application>'s built-in <command>install</command> command.
The command automatically downloads the source from the <acronym>CPAN</acronym>archive, extracts it, runs the commands mentioned above, and removes
the build tree.</para>
                                                                               
<para>Start the perl shell with the commands:</para>
                                                                               
<screen><userinput><command>perl -MCPAN -e shell</command></userinput></screen>                                                                               
<para>Each module may now be installed from this shell with the command:</para>                                                                               
<screen><userinput><command>install &lt;moduleName&gt;</command></userinput></screen>
                                                                               
<para>For additional commands and help, type <command>help</command>.</para>
                                                                               
</sect2>

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