

Platforms where a failure is indicated even though the actual tests This is usually a smooth operation, but there are Note that this runs all the tests that the module to be installedĬomes with. This is very easy, but usually requires root The name of the module in question, with "lib" prepended andĢ. Perl modules in Debian based distributions use package names like $ sudo apt-get install libtext-template-perl Libtext-template-perl - perl module to process text templates On Debian based Linux distributions, it would go like this: Usually, all you need to do is searchįor the module name and to install the package that comes up. for Linux users, the easiest is to install with the use of yourįavorite package manager. In allĭescriptions below, Text::Template will serve as an example.ġ. There are a number of ways to install a perl module. These modules aren't already installed on the system. To avoid unnecessary initial hurdles, we have bundled a copy of theįollowing modules in our source. This module is absolutely needed, configuration Text::Template This module is not part of the core Perl modules.Īs a matter of fact, the core Perl modules do not This module is required for testing only! If youĭon't plan on running the tests, you don't need to The first to have all the features we're using. Test::More We require the minimum version to be 0.96, whichĪppeared in Perl 5.13.4, because that version was Ourselves to core Perl modules to keep the requirements down. We make increasing use of Perl modules, and do our best to limit One way to do so is toĭownload the source from, unpacking it, reading You will need to install Perl separately. Recommend ActiveState Perl, available from On Cygwin be sure to use the Cygwin package manager to install Perl.įor MSYS builds use the MSYS provided Perl. The key recommendation is to use "matching" Perl, Indeed, there are VC-* configs targeting VisualStudio C, as well as There are a number of build targets that can be viewed as "Windows". Other features that didn't exist in core Perl before that version. Requirement is due to our use of regexp backslash sequence \R among You MUST have at least Perl version 5.10.0 installed. on Linux distributions based on RPMs, you will need to install Install the core Perl modules as well, so you will be fine. on Linux distributions based on Debian, the package 'perl' will

We do not claim to know them all, but experience However, if you install Perl as binary packages, the outcome mightĭiffer, and you may have to check that you do get the core modules Source, so if you build Perl on your own, you should be set. For our scripts, we rely quite a bit on Perl, and increasingly on
