Revised README, added Strawberry Perl, replaced the dead link to the outdated NMAKE.EXE with the instruction for the MS-Windows users to use Module::Build instead. NMAKE does not work now anyway.
This commit is contained in:
parent
5ef16593ca
commit
502162504c
34
README.md
34
README.md
@ -99,11 +99,13 @@ System Requirement
|
|||||||
1. Perl, version 5.8.0 or above. `arclog` uses 3-argument open() to
|
1. Perl, version 5.8.0 or above. `arclog` uses 3-argument open() to
|
||||||
duplicate file handles, which is only supported since 5.8.0. I
|
duplicate file handles, which is only supported since 5.8.0. I
|
||||||
have not successfully port this onto earlier versions yet. Please
|
have not successfully port this onto earlier versions yet. Please
|
||||||
tell me if you made it. You can run `perl -v` to see your current
|
tell me if you made it.
|
||||||
Perl version. If you do not have Perl, or if you have an older
|
|
||||||
version of Perl, you can download and install/upgrade it from the
|
You can run `perl -v` to check your current Perl version. If you
|
||||||
[Perl website]. If you are using MS-Windows, you can download and
|
do not have Perl, or if you have an older version of Perl, you can
|
||||||
install [ActiveState ActivePerl].
|
download and install/upgrade it from the [Perl website]. For
|
||||||
|
MS-Windows, you can download and install [Strawberry Perl] or
|
||||||
|
[ActivePerl].
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
2. Required Perl modules:
|
2. Required Perl modules:
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
@ -275,7 +277,8 @@ System Requirement
|
|||||||
ppm install TermReadKey
|
ppm install TermReadKey
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
[Perl website]: https://www.perl.org
|
[Perl website]: https://www.perl.org
|
||||||
[ActiveState ActivePerl]: https://www.activestate.com
|
[Strawberry Perl]: https://strawberryperl.com
|
||||||
|
[ActivePerl]: https://www.activestate.com/products/perl/
|
||||||
[Date::Parse]: https://metacpan.org/release/TimeDate
|
[Date::Parse]: https://metacpan.org/release/TimeDate
|
||||||
[File::MMagic]: https://metacpan.org/release/File-MMagic
|
[File::MMagic]: https://metacpan.org/release/File-MMagic
|
||||||
[GnuWin32]: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net
|
[GnuWin32]: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net
|
||||||
@ -320,21 +323,15 @@ read the upgrade instruction later in this document.
|
|||||||
|
|
||||||
### Install with [ExtUtils::MakeMaker]
|
### Install with [ExtUtils::MakeMaker]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
`arclog` uses standard Perl installation with ExtUtils::MakeMaker.
|
|
||||||
Follow these steps:
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
% perl Makefile.PL
|
% perl Makefile.PL
|
||||||
% make
|
% make
|
||||||
% make test
|
% make test
|
||||||
% make install
|
% make install
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
When running `make install`, make sure you have the privilege to
|
When running `make install`, make sure you have the privilege to
|
||||||
write to the installation location. This usually requires the `root`
|
write to the installation locations. This usually requires the `root`
|
||||||
privilege.
|
privilege.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
If you are using ActivePerl under MS-Windows, you should use `nmake`
|
|
||||||
instead of `make`. [nmake can be obtained from the Microsoft FTP site.]
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
If you want to install into another location, you can set the
|
If you want to install into another location, you can set the
|
||||||
`PREFIX`. For example, to install into your home when you are not
|
`PREFIX`. For example, to install into your home when you are not
|
||||||
`root`:
|
`root`:
|
||||||
@ -344,10 +341,12 @@ If you want to install into another location, you can set the
|
|||||||
Refer to the documentation of ExtUtils::MakeMaker for more
|
Refer to the documentation of ExtUtils::MakeMaker for more
|
||||||
installation options (by running `perldoc ExtUtils::MakeMaker`).
|
installation options (by running `perldoc ExtUtils::MakeMaker`).
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### Install with [Module::Build]
|
For MS-Windows, since `make` is not universally available,
|
||||||
|
Module::Build is preferred to ExtUtils::MakeMaker. See the
|
||||||
|
instructions below.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
You can install with Module::Build instead, if you prefer. Follow
|
|
||||||
these steps:
|
### Install with [Module::Build]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
% perl Build.PL
|
% perl Build.PL
|
||||||
% ./Build
|
% ./Build
|
||||||
@ -355,7 +354,7 @@ these steps:
|
|||||||
% ./Build install
|
% ./Build install
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
When running `./Build install`, make sure you have the privilege to
|
When running `./Build install`, make sure you have the privilege to
|
||||||
write to the installation location. This usually requires the `root`
|
write to the installation locations. This usually requires the `root`
|
||||||
privilege.
|
privilege.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
If you want to install into another location, you can set the
|
If you want to install into another location, you can set the
|
||||||
@ -368,7 +367,6 @@ Refer to the documentation of Module::Build for more installation
|
|||||||
options (by running `perldoc Module::Build`).
|
options (by running `perldoc Module::Build`).
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
[ExtUtils::MakeMaker]: https://metacpan.org/release/ExtUtils-MakeMaker
|
[ExtUtils::MakeMaker]: https://metacpan.org/release/ExtUtils-MakeMaker
|
||||||
[nmake can be obtained from the Microsoft FTP site.]: ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/nmake15.exe
|
|
||||||
[Module::Build]: https://metacpan.org/release/Module-Build
|
[Module::Build]: https://metacpan.org/release/Module-Build
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Loading…
Reference in New Issue
Block a user