source: chapter05/perl.xml@ 725ef3b

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<sect1 id="ch-tools-perl" role="wrap">
  <?dbhtml filename="perl.html"?>

  <sect1info condition="script">
    <productname>perl</productname>
    <productnumber>&perl-version;</productnumber>
    <address>&perl-url;</address>
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  <title>Perl-&perl-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-tools-perl">
    <primary sortas="a-Perl">Perl</primary>
    <secondary>tools</secondary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

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    href="../chapter06/perl.xml"
    xpointer="xpointer(/sect1/sect2[1]/para[1])"/>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
      <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>&perl-ch5-sbu;</seg>
        <seg>&perl-ch5-du;</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Perl</title>

    <para>Prepare Perl for compilation:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="configure">sh Configure -des -Dprefix=/tools -Dlibs=-lm -Uloclibpth -Ulocincpth</userinput></screen>

    <variablelist>
      <title>The meaning of the Configure options:</title>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>-des</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>This is a combination of three options: -d uses defaults for 
          all items; -e ensures completion of all tasks; -s silences
          non-essential output.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <parameter>-Uloclibpth</parameter> and
          <parameter>-Ulocincpth</parameter>
        </term>
        <listitem>
          <para>These entries undefine variables that cause the configuration
          to search for locally installed components that may exist on the
          host system.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>




    <para>Build the package:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>

    <para>Although Perl comes with a test suite, it would be better to wait
    until it is installed in the next chapter.</para>

    <para>Only a few of the utilities and libraries need to be installed at this
    time:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="install">cp -v perl cpan/podlators/scripts/pod2man /tools/bin
mkdir -pv /tools/lib/perl5/&perl-version;
cp -Rv lib/* /tools/lib/perl5/&perl-version;</userinput></screen>

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  <sect2 role="content">
    <title/>

    <para>Details on this package are located in
    <xref linkend="contents-perl" role="."/></para>

  </sect2>

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