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Installation

For using PerlPoint and pp2html you need the following components:

An easy way to install all the needed modules is the following:


  perl -MCPAN -e 'Bundle::PerlPoint'

To install a module you must do the following steps:

  1. Get the module form CPAN.
  2. Unpack the tar.gz or .tgz file and cd to the new module directory, for example:

 % gunzip PerlPoint-Package-0.35.tgz
 % cd PerlPoint-Package-0.35
  1. Make and install the package:

 % perl Makefile.PL
 % make test
 % make install

If you do not have write permission in the standard Perl installation path you may install the modules in your home directory:


 % perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=$HOME

This will install the package somewhere in ./lib/perl5/... under your home. Don't forget to set PERL5LIB to include the corresponding paths. Otherwise the new modules will not be found in @INC.

Special hint for NT or Win9x systems:

Versions before 0.35 of PerlPoint-Package may have problems with the --cache option. Disable this option in the .cfg option files for the pp2html examples.

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