Changeset dbaa33d

Timestamp:

04/22/2006 09:12:34 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

Randy McMurchy <randy@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 6.2, 6.2.0, 6.2.0-rc1, 6.2.0-rc2, 6.3, 6.3-rc1, 6.3-rc2, 6.3-rc3, 7.10, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.6-blfs, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gnome, kde5-13430, kde5-14269, kde5-14686, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

1e2e591

Parents:

7112a9d

Message:

Modified the method of using cpan in the Perl Modules instructions, thanks to William Zhou for the suggestion

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@5911 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

Files:

• general/prog/perl-modules.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• introduction/welcome/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• stylesheets/blfs.css (modified) (1 diff)

general/prog/perl-modules.xml

@@ -1224 +1224 @@
     <title>(Alternate) Auto Installation of Perl 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 CPAN
-    archive, extracts it, runs the commands mentioned above, and removes the
-    build source tree. You may still need to install dependent library
-    packages before running the automated installation method.</para>
-
-    <para>The first time you run this command, you'll be prompted to enter some
-    information regarding download locations and methods. This information is
-    retained in files located in <filename class='directory'>~/.cpan</filename>.
-    Start the perl shell with the following command as the
-    <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
-
-<screen role="root"><userinput>perl -MCPAN -e shell</userinput></screen>
-
-    <para>Each module may now be installed from this shell with the
-    command:</para>
+    <para>There is an alternate way of installing the modules using the
+    <command>cpan</command> shell <command>install</command> command. The
+    command automatically downloads the source from the CPAN archive, extracts
+    it, runs the compilation, testing and installation commands mentioned
+    above, and removes the build source tree. You may still need to install
+    dependent library packages before running the automated installation
+    method.</para>
+
+    <para>The first time you run <command>cpan</command>, you'll be prompted
+    to enter some information regarding download locations and methods. This
+    information is retained in files located in
+    <filename class='directory'>~/.cpan</filename>. Start the
+    <command>cpan</command> shell by issuing '<command>cpan</command>' as the
+    <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user. Any module may now be
+    installed from the
+    <emphasis role='underlined'><prompt>cpan&gt;&nbsp;</prompt></emphasis>
+    prompt with the command:</para>
 
 <screen role="root"><userinput>install <replaceable>&lt;Module::Name&gt;</replaceable></userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>For additional commands and help, type <command>help</command>.</para>
+    <para>For additional commands and help, issue '<command>help</command>'
+    from the
+    <emphasis role='underlined'><prompt>cpan&gt;&nbsp;</prompt></emphasis>
+    prompt.</para>
 
     <para>Alternatively, for scripted or non-interactive installations, use the
     following syntax as the
-    <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
-
-<screen role="root"><userinput>perl -MCPAN -e 'install <replaceable>&lt;Module::Name&gt;</replaceable>'</userinput></screen>
+    <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user to install one or more
+    modules:</para>
+
+<screen role="root"><userinput>cpan -i <replaceable>&lt;Module1::Name&gt; &lt;Module2::Name&gt;</replaceable></userinput></screen>
+
+    <para>Review the <filename>cpan.1</filename> man page for additional
+    parameters you can pass to <command>cpan</command> on the command
+    line.</para>
 
   </sect2>

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -46 +46 @@
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
+          <para>[randy] - Modified the method of using cpan in the Perl
+          Modules instructions, thanks to William Zhou for the
+          suggestion.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
           <para>[bdubbs] - Updated to iptables-1.3.5.</para>
         </listitem>

stylesheets/blfs.css

@@ -448 +448 @@
   background-color: #f0fff0; 
 }
+
+.underlined {
+  text-decoration: underline;
+}