1 | <sect1 id="ch06-perl" xreflabel="Perl">
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2 | <title>Installing Perl-&perl-version;</title>
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3 | <?dbhtml filename="perl.html" dir="chapter06"?>
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4 |
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5 | <para>The Perl package contains the Practical Extraction and Report Language.</para>
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6 |
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7 | <screen>Estimated build time: &perl-time;
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8 | Estimated required disk space: &perl-compsize;</screen>
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9 |
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10 | <literallayout>Official download location for Perl (&perl-version;):
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11 | <ulink url="http://www.perl.com/"/></literallayout>
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12 |
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13 | &aa-perl-dep;
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14 |
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15 | <sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2>
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16 |
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17 | <sect2>
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18 | <title>Installation of Perl</title>
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19 |
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20 | <para>Prepare Perl for compilation:</para>
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21 |
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22 | <screen><userinput>./configure.gnu --prefix=/usr -Dpager="/bin/less -isR"</userinput></screen>
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23 |
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24 | <para>If you want more control over the way Perl sets itself up to be
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25 | built, you can run the interactive <userinput>Configure</userinput> script
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26 | instead and modify the way Perl is built. If you think you can live with the
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27 | (sensible) defaults Perl auto-detects, then just use the command listed
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28 | above.</para>
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29 |
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30 | <para>The meaning of the configure option:</para>
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31 |
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32 | <itemizedlist>
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33 | <listitem><para><userinput>-Dpager="/bin/less -isR"</userinput>: This corrects
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34 | an error in the perldoc code with the invocation of the less
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35 | program.</para></listitem>
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36 | </itemizedlist>
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37 |
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38 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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39 |
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40 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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41 |
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42 | <para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of
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43 | checks to ensure it built correctly. Should you choose to run it, you first
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44 | have to create a basic <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file, needed by a
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45 | couple of tests to resolve the name <emphasis>localhost</emphasis>:</para>
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46 |
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47 | <screen><userinput>echo "127.0.0.1 localhost $(hostname)" > /etc/hosts</userinput></screen>
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48 |
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49 | <para>Now run the tests, if you wish:</para>
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50 |
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51 | <screen><userinput>make test</userinput></screen>
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52 |
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53 | <para>And install the package:</para>
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54 |
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55 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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56 |
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57 | </sect2>
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58 |
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59 | &aa-perl-shortdesc;
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60 | &aa-perl-desc;
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61 |
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62 | </sect1>
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63 |
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