Compiling Perl and modules
PERL+MODULES COMPILE RECIPE by Frederik Dannemare
1) Configure Perl:
# SOL8SPARC: This will build perl without large files support,
# without perl's malloc, and without perl5005 compatibility:
sh Configure -Dprefix=/usr/local/perl5.6.1 \
-Uuselargefiles -Uusemymalloc -Ubincompat5005 -des
# Using "-Uusemymalloc -Ubincompat5005" makes it possible to create a shared
# libperl.so !
# LINUX: this will build perl with large files support, without perl's malloc,
# without perl5005 compatibility, and with a shared libperl:
sh Configure -Dprefix=/usr/local/perl5.6.1 \
-Duselargefiles -Uusemymalloc -Ubincompat5005 \
-Duseshrplib -Dlibperl=libperl.so.5.6.1 -des
2) Build and install Perl:
make
make test
make install
3) Build and install CPAN:
# Get it from http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/by-module/CPAN/
gunzip CPAN-1.59.tar.gz
tar xvf CPAN-1.59.tar
cd CPAN-1.59
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
4a) Now start CPAN - and let's install a few modules:
/usr/local/perl5.6.1/bin/cpan
cpan> install Bundle::CPAN
cpan> install MD5
cpan> install LWP
cpan> install Bundle::libnet
cpan> install Bundle::Apache
cpan> install Compress::Zlib
4b) Update all installed modules:
cpan>
b
# to get latest modules/bundles lists
cpan> install CPAN
cpan> reload cpan
cpan> quit
4c) List all installed modules:
# Make sure module ExtUtils::Installed is installed.
# Then create and run this script (Sorry, forgot where I found it. The author
# may email me (admin AT sentinel DOT dk) for his credits).
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#!/usr/local/bin/perl
use ExtUtils::Installed;
my $instmod = ExtUtils::Installed->new();
foreach my $module ($instmod->modules()) {
my $version = $instmod->version($module) || "???";
print "$module -- $version\n";
}
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5) Build mod_perl using apxs:
perl Makefile.PL PERL_USELARGEFILES=0 \
USE_APXS=1 WITH_APXS=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs EVERYTHING=1
make
make install
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